If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Upon realizing that we need to include more vegetables and fruits in our diet to keep future medical expenses down, I went onto Safeway’s website, entered our zip-code, pulled the “produce” menu and cross-referenced it with the state list [...]

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This recipe is grand because it can be cooked in the morning and eaten in the evening.
Start in the evening by soaking some black eyed peas and some navy beans. These can be pressure cooked in the morning while DW takes a shower(*) and you cut up some green onions (I found a few in [...]

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I’ve been annoyed at having to throw out the last 5% of my (stick) deodorants that  doesn’t come up no matter how much the dial on the bottom is turned. Now, I have a solution to that. Take an old stick and put it in the microwave until the deodorant melts (don’t boil it!). Then [...]

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I’m constantly blown away by people who spend $250+ per person per month. Over time this adds up to tremendous amounts of money. Most likely, such huge food bills are due to eating out or eating preprocessed foods, so this is likely to be followed by substantial sick care costs down the road.
The simple answer [...]

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I have started using vinegar and baking soda for basic cleaning. Generally I spread baking soda of the grime and then soak a rag in vinegar. When the acid of the vinegar comes in contact with the baking soda a chemical reaction ensues which works very well for cleaning (for extra effect heat the vinegar).
I [...]

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One cooked cauliflower for the elven kings under the sky,
an equal volume of boiled potatoes for the dwarf lords,
nine dashes of pepper for mortal men, doomed to die.
One pan for the dark lord, also a lid,
and enough eggs to rule them all and in darkness bind them together
in the pan of Mordor - Served with [...]

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Here’s how to make refried beans (unit cost: negligible)
First you get a 20lbs bag of pinto beans for free at freecycle.org
Second, you take a large bowl and soak the some beans in water all day.
Third, you cook them in a pressure cooker. An ordinary pot works as well, but it takes 3 times [...]

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You need a bag of mealy potatoes, an onion, some eggs, and a ton of cooking oil. This will basically be a meal so full of fat, starch, and cholesterol that you’ll be able to hear your arteries hardening while you eat it.
Peel about 2-3 times the number of potatoes you would usually eat as [...]

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Cheap, fast, very filling, and filled with starch, cost <$1/person.
Ingredients:

2 pounds of potatoes
6-8 cylinders of mystery meat (hotdogs)
paprika
1 large onion
1 cup of milk
1 small can of tomato paste

How to:

Peel the potatoes and boil them.
While they boil chop the onion and fry them golden brown in a large pot.
While they fry, cut the hotdogs in slices [...]

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These are the instructions, I mean recipe, for what I ate 90% of the time when I was in grad school. It is a healthier alternative to ramen and it takes no time to do (the 30 minutes includes the time needed to clean up). We are going to cook two different meals at the [...]

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