Novel Eats

Think making chili is hard? Try out this easy chili recipe to see how delicious and satisfying it can be!

Cooking dry beans can be an easy and rewarding process, especially if you use a crock pot (a.k.a. slow cooker). In this post, I give you a simple recipe on how to cook dry kidney beans.

Imagine the following scenario – you’re partway through cooking a standby recipe that calls for standby ingredients that you always have in your kitchen. Except, when you go to add that one ingredient you realize that you’re either going to have to turn off the stove or the oven, drive to the store and buy [...]

This is another post in the Frugal Eats series, meant to help you save money in the kitchen. First off, a confession – I am not a big fan of hummus. But more specifically, I am not a fan of bland hummus. It has to have flavor, preferably through the incorporation of lots of fresh [...]

I am not big on making New Year’s resolutions, and this year I have made only minor ones that I’ve already broken. That said, here’s one that I am confident I can keep up throughout the year. My resolution is to try to make more foods outside of my comfort and cultural zones. While I [...]