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What’s Cooking?

When I think of the holiday season, the first thing that comes to mind is not Jack Frost nipping at my nose, jingle bells or dancing elves, it’s… food; mountains of meat, plenty of potatoes, and heavenly homemade desserts. Seeing the snow pile up on the East Coast today reminded me about all the eating I will be doing in the weeks to come. Moreover, it made me think about the holiday-inspired recipe scrapbooks I’ve crafted in the past. The memory books make amazing gifts for family members and friends. Fortunately, the instructional albums are also a cinch to create. … Continue reading →

TVP and The Frugal Cook

Have your heard about TVP? It is an easy way to get the protein you need while increasing the number of meatless meals you make. TVP is a cheap, yet healthy, alternative to ground meat, and can be used in most of your regular recipes. TVP is textured vegetable protein. It contains a lot of fiber, and of course, protein, so it would make a great addition to anyone’s diet. It is also very economical. An entire meat loaf can be made out of TVP for very little money. TVP is made out of soy flour, and it comes in … Continue reading →

Cook Books with More Meat

When is a cookbook more than a cookbook? Come with me and let’s find out. In recent release “Cooking with the Bible,” authors Anthony Chiffolo and Rayner Hesse Jr. outline meals they feel would have been served in Biblical times, based on scriptural references and also on their own research into the region and the times. According to the Reader’s Digest, the duo spent over three years researching and experimenting to come up with dishes that would be just right, but because of the scarcity and rarity of some of the ingredients, substitutions were made to suit what is available … Continue reading →

Save Time and Money with a Crock Pot

The second appliance I consider essential in the kitchen, and nowhere near as expense as an upright freezer, is the crock pot. It is a useful way of using cheaper cuts of meat and making it mouth wateringly tender. It also saves money. When you’ve been out at work all day, or even if you’re a stay at home Mom running around after a young family, the last thing you need when you’re tired is to think about preparing a meal. Rather than opting for take out, you can have a healthy meal cooking during the day. It means a … Continue reading →

How to Make Oat Flour

Oats are still pretty inexpensive around here, especially when you consider all of the nutritional value that they contain. Oat flour is also gluten free in and of itself. Buying oat flour at the grocery store or specialty store can be quite expensive. This is because there isn’t as much demand of oat flour, making it a specialty item. You are much better off making it yourself. While oat flour won’t behave like wheat flour, you can use it in baking when you combine it with wheat flour (white or whole wheat). If flour prices are getting a bit to … Continue reading →

Gourmet Food at Home

Meat loaf is dandy, and chicken is nice, but don’t you miss getting a nice gourmet restaurant meal? If so, you can learn to do gourmet at home, without being qualified to appear on Top Chef. Gourmet cooking at home is all in the details. You can adapt one or several of these ideas to boost your regular home cooking into the exotic. Here is how. Practice presentation When preparing a meal, give some thought to the presentation. This can make all of the difference in the world between gobbling a meal and appreciating it. For example, you can grate … Continue reading →

Low Cost Recipes

Groceries are one of the biggest expenses in a typical family’s budget. You can easily spend $200 a week or more for a family of four. Finding ways to cut the grocery bill can make a big impact on your food bill. The first thing to do of course is to cut out a lot of the processed foods. But once that is done, how can you create meals for your family that are nutritious and low cost? One way to do this to to take advantage of the knowledge of others and then apply it to your own family. … Continue reading →

Author Interview – Janet Kay Jensen, When She’s Not Writing

Thank you for joining us for our third and final installment of our interview with award-winning author Janet Kay Jensen, who has brought us “The Booklover’s Cookbook” and “Don’t You Marry the Mormon Boys.” If you missed days one and two, you can click the links to get caught up. Janet, when we left off yesterday, we were comparing tastes in books. What are some of your other interests? Glad you asked, Tristi. I love going to the theater – almost anything on the stage is intriguing. My husband and I love Broadway musicals, plays, ballet and other forms of … Continue reading →

Author Interview – Janet Kay Jensen on Life, Writing, and Reading

Yesterday we were joined by Janet Kay Jensen, author of “The Booklover’s Cookbook” and “Don’t You Marry the Mormon Boys.” If you missed our first installment, click here to get caught up. Janet, yesterday we talked about your first fiction book, “Don’t You Marry the Mormon Boys,” which has received numerous awards. Now let’s talk about life as a writer. What is your writing schedule like? Not as disciplined as it should be. I’ll be “stuck” somewhere and rather than tackling the problem or working on another segment until I can figure out a solution, I’ll just procrastinate. I’m amazed … Continue reading →

Author Interview – Janet Kay Jensen

Today we are joined by Janet Kay Jensen, author of “The Booklover’s Cookbook” and “Don’t You Marry the Mormon Boys.” Janet, your new book “Don’t You Marry the Mormon Boys” came out at a time that was very significant in our current affairs. Warren Jeffs was on the front of every newspaper. Did his story inspire you to write the book at that time, or was the book already in the works and came out coincidentally at the same time the Jeffs story broke? I actually started the book in 2000, when Warren Jeffs was not on the FBI’s Most … Continue reading →