Novel Eats

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 [...]

Not all vegans eat the same things, but just like everybody else, we’ve got our own common meat and potatoes items. One thing that eventually winds up on a vegan’s plate is tofu scramble (or scrambled tofu, depending upon your preference), and we vegans are known for making it a variety of ways. Even my husband and I make it two different ways, but I’ll share my preferred method here.

As I have said before, I love potatoes and can hardly resist them when either thought about or put in front of me. What’s really nice about potatoes is that they are incredibly versatile, so there are countless ways to prepare them. Lately I have been seeing armadillo potatoes on my web surfing journeys, and I finally decided I needed to try these myself.

I love homemade crackers, and these are easy to make. Be sure to make the dip, too!

A few weeks ago I made a batch of orzo with basil pesto. The recipe had originally been inspired by a recipe in a food magazine that used dill instead of basil. The recipe continued to eat at me because I was terribly curious if dill pesto would be as tasty and satisfying as basil pesto.

One day at the grocery store I grabbed one bunch of dill and decided I’d find out, for better or worse, if dill pesto is all that magazine cracked it up to be. The recipe from a few weeks ago remains the same, just the dill is different.