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Snacks

How to Make Spiced Pecans (or Cashews. or Almonds.)

May 4, 2010

This recipe, which I found in a Cook’s Illustrated library book, probably doesn’t really qualify as a frugal recipe, simply because pecans (and nuts in general!) are not cheap foods. However, nuts are really nutritious, and they are what I would consider to be real food. Plus, they’re kind of snacky, and it’s hard to [...]

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Homemade Granola Bars

June 11, 2009

A couple of years ago I found this recipe on All Recipes, and I made these bars regularly. For some reason, though, I kind of got out of the habit. I dusted the recipe off lately, though, and my family is very pleased. Some granola bar recipes employ a method similar to the one used [...]

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The Crouton Recipe.

July 18, 2008

The basic recipe that I followed is from Cook’s Illustrated, although most crouton recipes seem to be pretty similar. I doubled the recipe, because it seems silly to go through the effort of making these only to end up with a few croutons.  I tried the recipe once with real garlic and another time with [...]

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