Bread, especially the high quality whole grain breads, can get pretty pricey. I love toast, sandwiches, toast sandwiches and bread with butter or jam or oil… I like bread–a good, tasty bread. Being that my budget is pinched, I’ve turned to making my own. I shared my favorite basic white […]
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Thrift Kitchen: Moosewood Restaurant New Classics
More than any other cookbook, I’ve been grabbing for my Moosewood Restaurant New Classics cookbook. It is full of delicious recipes that never disappoint. So far in the last two weeks of cooking we have tried Biscuits a la Focaccia, Sweet Potato Black Bean Hash, Drunken Beans, and Spicy Broccoli […]
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Thrift Kitchen: Guacamole with homemade chips!
I’ve been trying my best to stay the heck away from bad food. I did pretty well not stuffing my face with one hundred cookies over Christmas, but now I’m facing New Years! How do I indulge and celebrate when I’m trying to keep my alcohol at a minimum and […]
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Falling Out of the Kitchen & Falling Back In
Well, I have to admit, I fell out of my Thrift Kitchen. Not only was I eating junk food and fast food on a regular basis, but I also have not been cooking as much as usual. When I did eat at home, it was crap. Chicken or the egg. […]
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Thrift Kitchen: Spinach Lasagna Done Right
Over the course of my life I have tried many lasagna recipes. Think of Garfield the cat’s love of lasagna, that’s me. Ever since I was a kid. And spinach lasagna is my favorite. A few weeks ago I finally tried my hand at my own recipe for lasagna. You […]
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Thanksgiving Leftover Pick-Me-Up
It’s always great going home for thanksgiving. My parents pack up and freeze loads of yummy food for Jason and I, and his parents do the exact same thing. The end result is that our freezer is filled with turkey, packets of stuffing, sweet potatoes, and a bunch of other […]
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Thrift Kitchen: Enchiladas for freezing and eating later!
Enchiladas are one of my all time favorite foods. It’s a tasty packet of yum and all the things you need in a meal. Once complex, now it’s a dish I can whip up in under a half hour! They are great to mix up in a large batch and wrap […]
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Thrift Kitchen Recipe: Chili Again!
I love chili so much! It starts as a nice warm yummy meal in a bowl and ends as chili dogs on buns. Yum yum yum. Last week I made a chili that turned out so delicious. I wasn’t really in the mood for cooking, or for going to the […]
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Thrift Kitchen: Visiting the Local Orchard
My favorite activity during the fall is going to the apple orchard, hands down favorite. No contest. I look forward to it every year, am filled with childhood glee while there, and delightfully filled with joy when home again — drinking apple cider and eating baked apples. We are really […]
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Thrift Kitchen: Favorite White Bread!
I remember getting fresh baked bread from the bakery with my mom as a special treat. She loved it and would savor every nibble. I also remember one Christmas my mom baking what seemed like 2 dozen loaves of knotted bread for presents. Homemade bread has always been a special […]
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Sneaky Chef: Book Review
For today’s Thursday in the Thrift Kitchen I’m going to switch it up a bit. Instead of sharing a recipe, I’m going to share a new (to me) recipe book with you. Missy Chase Lapine has really put together a fine collection of Sneaky Chef recipes for The Sneaky Chef: How to […]
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Thursday in the Thrift Kitchen: Cucumber Salad Recipe
When faced with a mounting pile of cherry tomatoes, what does a gardener do? I Eat Them! Yum yum yum! Rooting through my frig and realized I had the perfect combo of ingredients to make my all time favorite dish from the garden: Cucumber Salad! You can toss this wish […]
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Thrift Kitchen: Enchiladas for stress season!
I’ve worked hard to eat healthier, work out, and loose weight. I don’t want that to just get blown off when I hit my busy season. Turns out my friend is in the same place as me. We decided to get together every week or so to make healthy entrées […]
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In the Thrift Kitchen :: Hummus!
I love love love hummus. But I always have two issues with it: The brand I used to eat and love is no longer sold at my local supermarket and it’s expensive. Really expensive. Like $4 for one of those little tiny itty bitty containers.
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DIY Detergent :: From the Kitchen of Thrift Kitchen!
Earlier this week I posted a tutorial for the Coupon Catcher and posted it on Thrift Kitchen as from the studio of Craft Leftovers. Well now I’ve posted a tutorial on Thrift Kitchen about making laundry detergent and I’m sharing it here with you. In a way it actually is […]
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Starching Lace for Non-Traditional Reasons
I’ve been overly fascinated by crochet lately and have started to use it more and more in my paintings. I’ve working on this particular piece and while I want the crochet to be flat across the painting I do not want a lot of tension on the sides of the […]