Simple Thrift and Herbs

Saving money, time, energy. And chatting about herbs.

Recipes

  • Pizza Crust

    I looked at recipes, and tried a bunch, before I found this one. Many recipes for pizza crust are fine, but they make a crust that is limp. You can’t really pick up the pizza and eat it – you have to eat it with a fork. And where’s the fun in that?! Pizza Crust… Read more

  • Baking Mix

    I’ve tried a lot of different recipes for a homemade baking mix like Bisquik. A lot of them just didn’t work – too greasy, too… just not right. This one works! And works really well. I store mine in a cool dry area of my pantry, but if you don’t use it often, I would… Read more

  • Recipes to Stretch Meat, part II

    OK – sorry about last week. I will try to stay on track this week, but no promises! Meat – my gracious. So expensive these days. Right now, pork seems to be the most economical as far as price. I do know quite a few folks that do not eat pork (religious or health reasons),… Read more

  • Cream of Whatever soup

    To state the obvious, food prices are insane. And I am enough of a Midwestern/Southern girl, that having a can of cream of fill-in-the-blank soup means I can fix a casserole with anything. But those cream soups get expensive. Looking at Walmart online, they are 72 cents a can today. (I know, I really need… Read more

  • Zucchini Recipes

    It’s that time of year again – the zucchini gets away from me and the next thing I know, they’re the size of my leg (thankfully, I’m pretty short!). There are quite a few recipes floating around, but I hate it when I try a recipe and it doesn’t turn out. So I was nice… Read more

  • Hydration Helps for Hot Days

    I recently gave a talk at our local library on hydration. We tend to think dehydration only happens in the summer, but it can happen any time we have an imbalance in our intake and output. Think winter when we have a virus with vomiting or diarrhea, or a really dry climate where we are… Read more

  • Pinto Bean Cake

    I have a ton of beans around here and need to be using them, so when Dylan Hollis had this recipe on TikTok, I knew I had to try it. The Recipe Two 27 ounce cans of pinto beans, drained 1 1/2 cups peanuts 3/4 cup honey 5 eggs 1/2 cup melted butter 2 tsp.… Read more

  • Water Pie

    I’ve been trying to pick Mom’s brain about ways to save money that are even more black-belt level than the ones I already do. Mom was born in 1929 and remembers the depression quite a bit. One of the things she remembered was that the neighbors made ‘Water Pie’. According to her, “You ate what… Read more

  • White Sauce

    White sauce is a really basic thing that you can tweak to make other things. Plain white sauce, made thicker, can be used as a binder for things like croquettes. Thin it out and it can become a cream soup or the base for potato soup. Add cheese and it becomes the base for scalloped… Read more

  • Halving Recipes

    It’s down to just the man and me now with all the kidlets out of the house, so meals have gone from cooking for an army to cooking for just the 2 of us. I really dislike any kind of food waste, but I also get bored making the same thing all the time. I… Read more