Recipes

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

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 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

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