by megan | Dec 25, 2010 | Desserts, Gluten Free/Wheat Free, Reviews - Books and Products
The Babycakes book is very pretty. The pictures are beautiful, the stories great, and it looked like everything should have been easy. I followed the recipe to the letter — I know, not my usual! – and the cupcakes were an epic fail. They came...
by megan | Dec 2, 2010 | Breakfast, Gluten Free/Wheat Free, Muffins
Gluten-Free Blueberry Oatmeal Muffins Preheat oven to 325 degrees F Bake for 20-25 minutes 1 Cup oatmeal 1/2 cup almond meal/ almond flour 1/4 cup potato starch (NOT potato flour) 1 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 cup brown sugar ...
by megan | Feb 26, 2010 | Heathy Eating, Supper Tonight, The $35 per week grocery challenge
Believe it or not, steak is a cheap and affordable alternative to ordering takeout. If you're vegetarian, just ignore this part. Steak is about $6.99 lb on sale in my area, and I can generally get three decent sized strip loins or rib steaks for about...
by megan | Jan 17, 2010 | Uncategorized
Eating healthy on a budget can be really challenging. It isn't easy to stick to a healthy diet, and it certainly doesn't help that food prices, especially for fresh produce, have gone up so much in the last couple of years. I've actually been...
by megan | Dec 16, 2009 | Uncategorized
A bit more micro-blogging for now. I just bought a side of beef (split the whole steer with my sister) for $2.40lb which should really help with my $35 week grocery goal. It cost me about $800 for 325lbs, and it has FILLED my freezer to the brim. Insane. More recipes...
by megan | Nov 19, 2009 | Uncategorized
Hey – microblogging! Just ate a not-so healthy supper of chicken nuggets and french fries. I hope to start blogging about healthy eating on a budget soon. It’s not easy, or cheap, but it’s necessary, right?
by megan | Aug 15, 2009 | Uncategorized
Hi everyone – once again I've had a long hiatus from my poor, neglected blog! I thought I would give a quick update, though, to let you know I haven't completely disappeared. First up, the very cool guys and girls at Jerky.com have sent me...
by megan | Apr 12, 2009 | The $35 per week grocery challenge
Grocery Bill:Total: $522 hams (bone-in you-gotta-cook-em hams) 99 cents/lb, and $8.00 each4 cake mixes at 99 cents eachJunk – 4 cans icing at 99 cents each (just a note on these – I have about 4 pounds of icing sugar at home, and I use that to ice my...
by megan | Apr 4, 2009 | The $35 per week grocery challenge
March 31 Real Grocery Bill: It was a bit of a stock up trip too. Cheez Whiz was on sale for half price at one store in town, so I had to get a few jars of that.Cheez Whiz – 3 jars x $2.77Bologna (lunches, pre-packaged and not from the deli counter) –...
by megan | Apr 3, 2009 | Supper Tonight
Samosas, made with egg roll (wonton) wrappersI have no idea how many I made – maybe 10? I used a whole package of Wings Egg roll wraps425* for 12 minutesOR Deep Fry in 2 inches of oil (recommended)1 package Wonton or Egg roll wrappers (Spring roll wraps would...
