Almost Frugal » Frugal Food http://almostfrugal.com Learning about frugality Sun, 03 Jul 2011 00:45:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Lovely Lentilshttp://almostfrugal.com/2011/04/14/lovely-lentils/ http://almostfrugal.com/2011/04/14/lovely-lentils/#comments Thu, 14 Apr 2011 17:00:10 +0000 Kelly http://almostfrugal.com/food/?p=635 I love lentils. They’re cheap, easy to prepare, adaptable to most cuisines and good for you. What could be better? Oh, and they’re good served hot in the winter and cold in the summer. Yum! In the winter I like to make a simple, but fragrant lentil soup: start the lentils cooking, then add chopped [...]

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]]> http://almostfrugal.com/2011/04/14/lovely-lentils/feed/ 10 The Joys of Sixhttp://almostfrugal.com/2011/02/03/frugal-cooking-six-ingredients/ http://almostfrugal.com/2011/02/03/frugal-cooking-six-ingredients/#comments Thu, 03 Feb 2011 10:52:52 +0000 Kelly http://almostfrugal.com/?p=5598 I have six key ingredients that I use in all of my basic, day-to-day baking: flour, baking powder, salt, oil, milk and eggs. These six essentials, when put together in different proportions, allow me to create delicious, easy to make main and side dishes for very little money. A lot of milk (and water), with [...]

The Joys of Six is an article from Almost Frugal

]]> http://almostfrugal.com/2011/02/03/frugal-cooking-six-ingredients/feed/ 10 Everybody’s Got to Eat! Thinking About Foodhttp://almostfrugal.com/2010/11/24/everybodys-got-to-eat-thinking-about-food/ http://almostfrugal.com/2010/11/24/everybodys-got-to-eat-thinking-about-food/#comments Wed, 24 Nov 2010 18:13:48 +0000 Beth http://almostfrugal.com/?p=5538 Thanks again for your helpful comments on last week’s introduction to the “Thinking Outside the Wallet” series.  This kind of exchange is encouraging to me because it reminds me that there are so many of us who are in the same situation—trying to have the best possible life on a frugal budget.  I’m going to [...]

Everybody’s Got to Eat! Thinking About Food is an article from Almost Frugal

]]> http://almostfrugal.com/2010/11/24/everybodys-got-to-eat-thinking-about-food/feed/ 12 Making Something Out of Nothinghttp://almostfrugal.com/2010/03/31/making-something-out-of-nothing/ http://almostfrugal.com/2010/03/31/making-something-out-of-nothing/#comments Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:00:15 +0000 Beth http://almostfrugal.com/?p=4535 My husband and I generally see eye-to-eye when it comes to money, but we have very different ideas about shopping for food.  Since I do the cooking, I find it’s easier for me to grocery shop as well-after all, I’m the one who’s going to be preparing the food, so I have a head start [...]

Making Something Out of Nothing is an article from Almost Frugal

]]> http://almostfrugal.com/2010/03/31/making-something-out-of-nothing/feed/ 19 Adventures in TVPhttp://almostfrugal.com/2010/03/18/adventures-in-tvp/ http://almostfrugal.com/2010/03/18/adventures-in-tvp/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:35:26 +0000 Nicole http://almostfrugal.com/?p=4477 Cooking is probably one of the single most useful and money saving skills anyone could ever learn. For the cost of one nice meal out, I can buy groceries for a week. We also know from health class and our moms that protein is a key part of any meal nutritionally and has the added [...]

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]]> http://almostfrugal.com/2010/03/18/adventures-in-tvp/feed/ 11 Coleslaw: The Perfect Winter Saladhttp://almostfrugal.com/2010/01/22/coleslaw-winter-salad/ http://almostfrugal.com/2010/01/22/coleslaw-winter-salad/#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:00:06 +0000 Kelly http://almostfrugal.com/food/?p=624 According to The Seasonal Chef, the word “coleslaw” comes from the Dutch koolsla, which means cabbage salad. And while they make a point of insisting upon cabbage as a central ingredient, I like to think of coleslaw more as a crunchy salad mixture, open to anything that can be sliced into thin slivers, then dressed. [...]

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]]> http://almostfrugal.com/2010/01/22/coleslaw-winter-salad/feed/ 2 Fish Chowder & Mashhttp://almostfrugal.com/2009/12/15/fish-chowder-mash/ http://almostfrugal.com/2009/12/15/fish-chowder-mash/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:24:42 +0000 Kelly http://almostfrugal.com/?p=4037 If you’re like me, then this is an overwhelming time of the year. Not only is it cold (at least where I live), making being outside and getting fresh air less desirable than usual, but there’s all the stress and preparation related to the holidays. I’m a very practical cook most of the time, which [...]

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]]> http://almostfrugal.com/2009/12/15/fish-chowder-mash/feed/ 0 The Frugal Lunchhttp://almostfrugal.com/2009/09/02/the-frugal-lunch/ http://almostfrugal.com/2009/09/02/the-frugal-lunch/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:35:06 +0000 Kelly http://almostfrugal.com/?p=3633 A friend of mine sent me a link to instructions on how to make the cutest lunch bag, the Back-to-School Lunch bag at the Purl Bee. I’m not going to be making it, because I already have two lunch bags: one I bought about 15 years ago and another one that I picked up off [...]

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]]> http://almostfrugal.com/2009/09/02/the-frugal-lunch/feed/ 11 Join the Conversation at Almost Frugal Foodhttp://almostfrugal.com/2008/10/28/join-the-conversation-at-almost-frugal-food/ http://almostfrugal.com/2008/10/28/join-the-conversation-at-almost-frugal-food/#comments Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:15:41 +0000 Kelly http://almostfrugal.com/?p=1632 How do you stretch your food budget? Join the conversation at Almost Frugal Food and share how you make your food dollars (or euros!) go further. © Kelly for Almost Frugal, 2008. | Permalink | 3 comments | Add to del.icio.us Post tags:

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