Welcome to the Frugal Cooking Carnival! I hope you’re all set to share three days worth of menus, costs, pictures, and recipes. Guidelines can be found here. But even the recipes from one or two meals will be helpful, so please participate at whatever level you feel able. Before I share my own three...
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This is my tweak on a recipe from the Congo Cookbook. According to their recipe, homemade peanut butter is often used. If you’d like to do it that way, you can grind your own at the grocery store, or whirl some roasted peanuts in your food processor if you happen to have them. But...
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This recipe is a favorite at our house. It is sooooo easy to make a second one to freeze that I went ahead and listed amounts for two 9×12 casseroles. This freezes beautifully and is also great as leftovers. Even if your family will only eat half a 9×12 dish at a meal, remember...
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Yours too?? Then take time TODAY to go sign up for a free sample of Fiber One cereal because this giveaway ends tomorrow. And if you think you don’t love bran cereal, try making these yummy muffins with the cereal! My mom made these all the time when we were kids. They are called...
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It is pumpkin central at our house these days. I have been making muffins and pie and sauteed pumpkin, and everything else I can think of. Just in case any of you also have such issues, I thought I’d share my recipes for Pumpkin Pie from Scratch and Ethiopian Pumpkin Sautee (you can substitute...
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A couple readers asked me to share my salsa recipe. My recipe is a rather fluid thing, so I hope this is not too terribly vague for you. I start with a heap of tomatoes, chopped into about 1/2-inch to 3/4-inch pieces. You can skin them if you want, but I don’t. I chop...
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Potato Carrot Curry served with corn tortillas. I used more carrot and potato since I have no idea what ridge gourd is…and I used dried yellow split peas. I think this would be good with injera too. Remember, y’all have only a few more hours to enter the drawing for the Bono book (scroll...
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My Aunt KT sent me a yummy recipe this morning that immediately had me running for the kitchen to try it out. Need a chocolate fix? This one works for me! And it’s healthy too….kinda… Mostly it’s yummy, though. Mock Babe Ruth Bars 4 cups quick oats 1/4 cup corn syrup 1/4 cup chunky...
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In my quest to keep meals affordable at our house, I try to buy chicken for less than $1 a pound whenever I can. Occasionally I can find chicken breasts for that price (bone-in), but more often I find whole chickens or 10-lb packets of legs and thighs. I package some thighs up in...
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I made this for dinner the other night and it turned out so pretty that I thought I’d share the picture and recipe with you. Jazzy Ramen Stirfry1-2 cups diced ham2 T. sesame (or olive) oil1 onion, sliced into long thin slices2 carrots, peeled and sliced thinly on the diagonal1 cup slivered cabbage1 cup...
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