You guys are in for SUCH a treat today!  It may surprise you to find a recipe for King Crab on a blog all about cheap cooking, but it is possible to enjoy such a decadent ingredient on a tight budget.  I’ve mentioned several times that one of my favorite tips to save money on food is stretching your more expensive ingredients like meat and seafood.  If you buy just one or two King Crab legs, you can stretch them with other more affordable ingredients to make an incredible dish that’s perfect for a special occasion. Read more

Can you believe this GORGEOUS dessert was made at our campground out of a cooler and in a campfire?  I know, sometimes I amaze even myself!  Cooking the strawberries and nectarines directly in the campfire gives a smoky earthy quality to a dessert that somehow makes you feel as though you’re one with nature.  But before I tell you all the tasty details, let me share some of our week long camping trip with you. Read more

Our CSA started up a couple weeks ago and for right now is limited to greens, radishes and rhubarb.  In Washington there has been more rain in the first few days of June than there typically is in the whole MONTH of June.  This has definitely affected the local farms but the nice thing about CSAs (Community Supported Agriculture) is that they help farms be supported in the good or difficult growing years.  I’ve been playing around with our radishes the past few weeks to figure out some new ways to eat them besides with butter on fresh bread (which is amazing by the way!). Read more

Strawberries are one of the jewels of the food world.  They come in reds so bright they’re nearly glowing, the bigger they are the more they make you want them, and they’re often considered a romantic way to get your loved one to dash off the bedroom with you.  Personally, I’d take them over jewelry any day!  Unfortunately they don’t last as long as gemstones, but even if they’re too soft to eat fresh, they’re still perfect for strawberry lemonade. Read more

Another strawberry dessert!  I was needing to use up my strawberries and thinking about what I’d make with them when I walked into our local grocery store and saw angel food cake bars for $1.  I looked at the list of ingredients and was surprised to see that it looked like something I could actually make myself (not a bunch of chemical sounding ingredients).  So for only $1 I couldn’t resist. Read more