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

I’m always looking for ways to re-purpose leftovers, and these salmon patties are one of my new favorites.  I used leftover salmon and leftover mashed potatoes to make some delicious burgers of salmon goodness. With both horseradish and hot sauce, you might expect these patties to be really spicy, but they really blend nicely with the other ingredients.  If you’re looking for kick, mix a little wasabi with mayonnaise to spread on your bun, it helps bring out the spiciness. Read more

When you’re on a tight budget, shrimp is a rare treat.  Even buying them in bulk usually leads to a price tag of 25 cents a piece, which means when you eat them you typically want something spectacular.  Sometimes I’ll chop up 2-3 shrimp a person and stretch them in a salad, curry, or soup.  But one of my favorite ways to eat shrimp is hot off the grill. Read more

Salmon cucumber sushi rolls with cream cheese are pretty popular at one of our nearby sushi restaurants, so I thought the salmon cream cheese dip would be perfect for making some sushi of our own.  As I packed up the kitchen in our apartment I made sure to leave some wrappers, rice, and soy sauce in a cupboard for us to have sushi for lunch one day.  Since the dip recipe is from Eric’s mom, I decided to call this the Patti Roll! Read more

This Salmon Cream Cheese Dip is CRAZY GOOD!  It’s a recipe of my mother in law’s that I tweaked just slightly because she doesn’t really measure it and I thought you guys would appreciate some actual measurements of the ingredients.  I first tried this dip when she was helping us with our house and brought it over for lunch.  We were driving to Ikea looking for a bathroom vanity (not the right place to find one!) and my stomach began growling like a mama bear guarding her cubs!  Read more