Monthly Archives: October 2010
Sunday Morning Mini Frittatas with Ham and Cheese
It’s Halloween morning, and as there’ll be lots of sweets this evening I thought it might be nice to have something a little more savory for breakfast this morning. Because we have plenty of eggs and cheese on hand, and … Continue reading
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Food Waste Friday: A Tale of Two Loaves
Last week I bought two types of bread: A day-old loaf Dave’s Killer Bread organic 21-Whole Grain from the outlet store, and a loaf of Trader Joe’s multigrain sliced sourdough bread. The Dave’s bread was for sandwiches in the girls’ … Continue reading
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Why I Shop at Ethnic Markets
I stopped into our local Asian supermarket this morning to pick up a few things for this week’s menu, and for next week’s as well. I spent $45.12 and got: 3 packages of roasted seaweed (nori) for the girls’ lunches … Continue reading
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Frugal Recipe of the Week: Chicken and Dumplings
I am usually not a fan of recipes that require a can or two of cream-of-something soup, but I will make an exception for a couple of recipes, and this is one of them. Chicken and dumplings is comfort food at … Continue reading
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Tuesday Leftovers
Odds and ends of stuff from around Chez Losing It that wasn’t worthy of an entire blog post: Just when I thought it was safe to put money into the emergency fund . . . . On the way home … Continue reading
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Sunday Morning Sweet Potato – Pecan Pancakes
Canned sweet potatoes and yams are starting to appear on store endcaps or in the sale section, in preparation for Thanksgiving, so it seemed a good time to try this recipe for sweet potato-pecan pancakes, clipped from Cooking Light magazine … Continue reading
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Food Waste Friday: A Little Feta on the Side
My hopes for a waste-free week were dashed when I discovered that a small tub of Athenos feta cheese I had thought was new and full was in fact opened and almost gone, and the cheese crumbles inside were the … Continue reading
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Frugal Recipe of the Week: Balsamic-Soy Sauce Drumsticks
One of my favorite (or Canadian-style, favourite) sites to check out for new recipes is The Savoury Starving Student. Gord Lamb is a Canadian University student whose aim is to show that good food can be affordable (even for students) … Continue reading
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Volunteer of the Year Award
. . . goes to our pumpkin crop this year! We didn’t plant any pumpkins, but they came up all over the garden as a result of our throwing the seeds from last year’s crop in the compost. We actually … Continue reading
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