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Category: From Frugal to Exotic

Recipes and adventurous food, living frugally

My mom’s granola recipe

Posted on June 20, 2012June 16, 2012 by Hilarey

Granola can be expensive to buy. It’s often stale, or contains cement-hard dried fruit. At very least… the wrong combinations of nuts and dried fruit. When you make your own you can experiment by adding candied ginger, pumpkin seeds, anything you love! I grew up eating granola warm from the oven and sometimes still pour Read More

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Sereno-Cilantro Miso Soup

Posted on June 12, 2012June 10, 2012 by Hilarey

Miso is not something that should feel intimidating to make. Miso is a fermented soybean paste (occasionally rice or barley) used to season everything from broth, marinades and salad dressings. You can find miso paste in the refrigerated section of  Asian markets or usually in the health food sections. I once got  hold of a Read More

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Egg Foo Young

Posted on June 7, 2012June 8, 2012 by Hilarey

Egg Foo Young is a quick and easy vegetarian/pescetarian dinner. We sprout our own mung beans and that takes several days, but otherwise, this doesn’t take much planning. I whisk  two eggs per person, and add vegetables until it looks like there is the same mount of veggies as eggs. You want one half of Read More

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Hippie Craft

Posted on May 3, 2012June 1, 2012 by Hilarey

My son needed to make and decorate a pinata for his Spanish class in homeschool co op. He had a handful of waded up tissue paper that he brought home, but I wanted to find the tissue squares we used to decorate pinatas when I was little. I don’t know if my mom was particularly Read More

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Jalapenos? Kitten food…

Posted on November 17, 2011June 1, 2012 by Hilarey

My husband has developed a taste for spice that few peppers can temper. We had a whole garden bed devoted to the fiery little bits. This is a small portion of our harvest,  in the back you can see the bell peppers…second class citizens. We’ve dried and pickled serenos, jalapenos, Thai chilies, Tabasco “super chilies” Read More

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SSSSalsa!

Posted on August 5, 2011June 1, 2012 by Hilarey

According to Seinfeld people only eat salsa because the like to say “SSSSalsa!” But I remember the first time I had fresh salsa as a teenager, I abandoned the chip and used a spoon. We also love variations on the traditional tomato salsa. My grandfather in California gave us peaches and nectarines last week. I Read More

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Quilting

Posted on July 22, 2011June 1, 2012 by Hilarey

I have been trying my hand at quilting lately. Thanks to my husband’s aunt who visited this summer, I got a crash course. I love learning new things. Here is my first project: When my aunt asked my uncle, “What do you think?” He said, “I’ve seen better.” He’s honest, she is a fabulous quilter. Read More

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Spring

Posted on June 2, 2011June 1, 2012 by Hilarey

This is the time of the year where I spend many hours outside. Writing and even reading drop off quite a bit. The garden is planted though, and the worst chore (moving compost) is done for the year too. This year we’ve also taken on an exchange student. He is from Korea, which of course Read More

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