The Tasty Cheapskate

Sometimes I hijack this blog for my own greedy purposes. Which is what I'm doing today. Well, sort of. Because this isn't real...

This seems like it won't be much--it's rice, beans, some sauce, some cheese. I mean, really, every time I assemble it I think, ...

Several months ago, I posted a cheesy bean dip, which is super simple, cheap, and which we love. It uses pinto beans (in their ref...

And now it's time for another uber-cheap, yet perfectly amazing meal . When you think beans and rice, you think cheap, but you...

There is nothing I love quite so much as a stupid easy recipe. Except a stupid easy recipe that is also super delicious. Lately I...

This is the type of salad your mother would be so proud to hear you are eating. (Unless, of course, your mother is the type of woman who...

(nighttime picture; arg) I know everybody's all crazy about the green beans with cream of something something something and also c...

It might be Dr. Seuss's birthday, but it looks like Christmas outside. What better time to re-do some pictures for a lovely Coconut...

You know I always thought that refried beans were one of those mysterious foods that just came in a can. Nobody really knew how to make r...

It's time for another Secret Recipe Club recipe. This month I had Savvy Eats , which was a lot of fun. There were tons of great recipe...

I'm not sure what I've done to offend my metabolism, but lately it seems we may have permanently parted ways. If I've had even ...

Cheap Eat Challenge, Part 2 : Watch as our family of 6 eats on less than $10/day. So, dal and I are, like, officially on now that...

Cheap Eat Challenge, Part 2: Watch as our family of 6 eats on less than $10/day. Okay okay, before the rude comments (not that you would,...

Cheap Eat Challenge, Part2: Watch as our family of 6 eats on less than $10/day. Let me start off with a disclaimer: If you or someone yo...

Cheap Eat Challenge, Part 2 : Watch as our family of 6 eats on $10/day. Q: Do you know what I love even more than a recipe that gets m...

Cheap Eat Challenge : Watch as our family of 6 tries to eat on $6/day. I've had a good streak of people eating foods they claim not t...

Cheap Eat Challenge : Watch as our family of 6 tries to eat on $6/day without perishing or complaining too awfully much. My sister is alw...

Cheap Eat Challenge : Watch as our family of 6 learns to eat on $6/day. This is no beauty queen. It's barely even a recipe. But ...