Here’s what we bought recently:
From the Pioneer:
daikon (not jicama, as Phil previously stated, that went in the carrot salad)
baby red potatoes
cilantro
limes
jalepenos
plaintains (updated, I forgot about these)
tonic water
Total: $9.53
From Trader Joe’s and Chinatown:
tofu (2): 3.58
carrots: .50
small bag of almonds: .99
cauliflower: 1.50
baguette: 1.99
whipping cream: $1
Total: $9.56
GRAND TOTAL: $19.09 – $26.19 = $7.10 left for the week
Having some good friends over to dinner last night and not wanting our oven to contribute any more than necessary to the humid funk of Brooklyn (and thus our apartment), we decided on a make you own Bahn Mi night.
Heaped on top of fresh French bread, we had:
mounds of cilantro
baked tofu (marinated in soy, [...]
Our friends are off on their well deserved honeymoon and asked us if we would like to pick up their partial CSA in Crown Heights, of course we said YES!
To supplement our tummies, we got:
1 bunch Ong Choy Chinese water spinach
1 pound fingerling potatoes
1 bunch Tatsoi greens
1 pound beans
1 pound baby summer squash
1 head Red [...]
We’re having a friend over for dinner tonight in exchange for some help with our kitchen shelves. Since we don’t want her to swelter in our kitchen, we decided to try and make things that didn’t require the oven or stovetop. We’re serving mujadara – caramelizing the onions in the slow cooker and cooking the [...]
We were out of town for the weekend, so our apologies for the lack of activity. I did want to make note that we spent some more money last week (and will be spending more money later today).
Condensed milk: $1
Heavy cream: $1.50 (I made beer ice cream with the above ingredients, following this recipe loosely, [...]
If you happen to have checked out our about page, you might have noticed that I write (or rather, co-write) another blog – Enclosure of the Commons, which deals with resource privatization – everything from copyright issues to water rights (a better topic summary can be found here).
In general, the material here hasn’t overlapped too [...]
This what-do-we-have-in-the-fridge special turned out really well. Most especially, we would never have thought to add avocado on top of a polenta, but if we had waited another day, the avocado would have gone to waste, so we chucked it on top. Happy accident. This dish should really be called Polenta with [...]
This week’s receipt is pretty small because we got some veggies from my mom’s garden and we’re outta here for the weekend.
I also bought a few things from Jack’s and our local supermarket.
Yves veggie meatballs: $1
Yves ground “turkey”: $1
Pasta: $1
Bread: $1
Total: $4
Grand total for the week so far: $16.62
After all the June rain, Tina’s mom’s garden has gone into overdrive. She came back from a visit today with more collards, some lettuce, a few cukes, and a series of mutant zucchini. Submitted for your perusal:
One is going to be made into zucchini bread for sure, but we’re not sure what to [...]
Phil made these for an impromtu picnic we went on the other day and they are an excellent summer cookie! I bet they would be even better made with key limes, but we just had a couple of limes in the back of our fridge to use up.
Lime Cookies
Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter
1 cup white sugar
1 egg
1 [...]
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