Helping Home Cooks Save Time and Money
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If you ever buy fresh fish cut into fillets, make sure to take home the trimmings too. You can use them to make fish stock, which is a wonderful base for any kind of soup containing mushrooms, lentil, beans, grains, onions, or whatever you have on hand. You can also use it as a base for sauces or cream soup. Store covered in the refrigerator for a few days, or freeze in small containers for later.
You can ask the fishmonger if he has extra trimmings, but make sure they are fresh.
Continue reading...Please welcome Liza Rosenberg of Something Something. Liza lives in Karkur, Israel, with her husband, six year-old son and a goldfish who’s trying to live forever. What do you remember about family meals and your mother’s cooking style when you were growing up? I’ve always enjoyed my mother’s cooking. Unless it was a special occasion, […]
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Pie crust is usually made with butter or margarine, both of which I avoid. In my post on creative pie crusts, reader Ilana gave a recipe for an oil-based crust. I finally got around to trying it the other day and was pleased with the texture. The recipe includes instructions for mixing by hand or with the food processor, and baking in the microwave or conventional oven.
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The frugal website Wisebread asked readers for suggestions on staying cool in the summer without air-conditioning. Since drinking is an important part of staying cool, I’ve collected tips on saving and quenching your thirst at the same time. While purchased drinks are a dispensable part of the grocery budget for many families, there are ways to save even if you already drink only tap water.
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There’s a reason bread is traditionally made in loaves. Loaf pans keep the bread from spreading, and slices are even and easy to use in sandwiches. They also save baking time.
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When you come home from the grocery store or market, it’s tempting to put everything in the refrigerator and forget about it. But taking extra time to deal with the produce will help you get the most from your money and give you a jump start on cooking.
Washing produce: I wash most produce shortly after getting home. It will keep slightly longer if I don’t, but this way I don’t have to remind kids to wash things, they’re ready to cook with, and I have less water dripping over the floor. And it saves time and water.
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The twenty-minute kid-friendly dinner challenge is turning out harder than I expected. I haven’t had much time on the computer lately to look for recipes, but the biggest question is, what is your definition of kid-friendly? Could it include beans or lentils? Cooked vegetables? Does everything need to be in tiny pieces?
This microwave recipe for baked beans takes less than twenty minutes only if you prepare the beans in advance. Preparation time is short.
White Beans Boston-Baked Style
Source: The Well-Filled Microwave Cookbook, Victoria Wise and Susanna Hoffman.
These instructions are for the microwave, but you can easily adapt it to the stove or crockpot.
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Please welcome reader Leah, an Israeli mom of 5 and professional translator. She blogs at ingathered.com, and her professional website is at aqtext.
