Food is Cheap

I posted a link earlier to the Bay & Lemon Brined Turkey that I’ll be doing this year for Thanksgiving — more and more turkey chefs are swearing by the brining process lately, for good reason. The juiciness and flavor that brining infuses into the bird is too good to pass up!
 
Brining, courtesy of epicurious:

Here’s how my turkey’s gonna go down this Thanksgiving: Bay & Lemon Brined Turkey, courtesy of Bloghungry. Also, for bonus points, check out the sweet-sounding mashed potatoes recipe with chives, thyme, and tons of garlic. Yum.
I think this recipe for sweet potatoes doused in apple juice concentrate is at the very least worth trying, plus […]

From the first blog post I ever wrote, exactly three months ago:
 
Yes, it is a plate of pancakes. Yes, that’s all I have for today.

 
I was inspired by this post on ma’ona to post a slow cooked pork recipe.
This recipe for BBQ pulled pork is the result of said inspiration — and it also goes well with the cheap and easy theme of this foodie blog.
This type of pulled pork dish is heavily identified with American culture — pulled […]

Buy in bulk: bulk packages of hamburger and frozen chicken parts can easily be pieced out by the pound in re-sealable baggies.
Stores like Costco or Sam’s Club are your best bet for things like soda, sandwich meat, and bottled water.
Whole rotisserie chickens are excellent in terms of price and convenience: serve half for a big, […]

I covered Pyrex pie plates and baking dishes in a previous post, but haven’t made an in-depth list yet; Pyrex dishes are such invaluable tools that they warrant a quick run-down. Pyrex glass is used by space shuttles and far-range telescopes because of its shatter-resistant structure — and it lasts pretty darn long, too. At […]

Ratatouille (rat-a-too-ee), named after a pastoral French stew, opened in June 2007 to much fanfare and acclaim — it quickly became one of Pixar Animation Studio’s biggest box office draws and as of November 1st, 2007 it holds a rating of 97% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Ratatouille relates the story of an overly-sophisticated rat named Remy, who […]