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Improvisation is one of the tenets of the Cheapo lifestyle, along with innovation and substitution. I apply these principles most often to cooking. I’ll get a craving for a certain dish, and even if I’m out of a couple of ingredients, I’m usually able to substitute other ingredients in their place or improvise a slightly [...]  Freezer marmalade? You bet. With a hat tip to NPR and Lifehacker, we’ve discovered the perfect salvation for those summer fruits whose days are numbered: FREEZER JAM! What a brilliant idea. It’s certainly a healthy way to spread yumminess on a PB&J. And cost-effective, too. While Kat has dabbled in canning — she made homemade pickles [...] Mmm, beets. (Photo: hotblack/Morguefile) I rely on old cookbooks and homemaking manuals from the early twentieth century for information on seasonal cooking, simply because those books were written at a time when refrigeration was rare and local farms abundant. Using seasonal ingredients also makes sense from a money-saving point of view, because seasonal produce is [...] |
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