The Penurious Kitchen

Last time I posted, I was pretty fried and having a bad attitude about...well, a lot of things, really. Then the angels sent my mother-in-la...

Well, I didn't entirely run out of money. We got paid again, but had some moderately large expenses, including a bunch of babysitting (u...

I know canned refried beans can be bought for fifty cents and taste just fine, but this is even cheaper and it tastes so much better that I ...

I hadn't made this recipe for years, but discovered it in an old binder of recipes from when I was a student. I'm not a confident ba...

What I really want to figure out is how to make a sandwich bread that's 100% whole wheat, but still binds together and doesn't fall ...

The old Mr. and Mrs. B would have shrugged and gone to the grocery store anyway, thrown whatever they liked into the cart, and slapped the w...

This is an adaptation from various recipes I've used over the years. I'm a big fan of pasta and tomatoes with a sprinkling of Parmes...