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Kitchen tips: How to keep herbs fresh

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CF / March 21st, 2011 / 1 Comment

I love having fresh Thai basil on hand for soups and stir-frys. But if you stick them in the fridge and don’t use them within a few days, they tend to wilt and then I feel bad about wasting money. A great way to keep Thai basil fresh is to treat it like a flower. Cut off the ends of the stems and stick it in a glass of water. Put the glass in an area that gets indirect sunlight, like your...

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Recipe idea: Soy braised ribs with root vegetables

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CF / March 17th, 2011 / 2 Comments

Having the most frugal grocery budget in the world isn’t going to help you and if you can’t put together at least a few healthy, tasty, and cheap eats! Every month, The Outlier Model features a cheap recipe idea, along with the cost breakdown. This is a great meat-efficient recipe that produces soup stock as a byproduct. I used daikon (a large, white radish), but regular radishes and carrots...

Posted in: Food and Grocery, Recipes Tagged with: braised ribs, daikon, recipe

A grocery budget for 2

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CF / February 5th, 2011 / 12 Comments

Last time, I posted my grocery budget for singles, including a breakdown of where this money went over a three month period. This was basically how I ate while I was in university. I lived alone (stupid, stupid, stupid… !) and given the high costs of housing in Vancouver, I had to learn to maximize my budget. It worked out pretty well for me. I cooked most of my meals at home and supplemented this...

Posted in: Food and Grocery Tagged with: $100 grocery budget, budget, couple, grocery

How to butcher a whole chicken

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CF / February 2nd, 2011 / No Comments

If you are strictly being economical when eating chicken, it is usually cheapest to stick with drumsticks or thighs, which can almost always be bought on sale at $1.50/lb or less. Usually, I get chicken drumsticks at $0.49-$0.79/lb. But it’s easy to get “bored” of eating drumsticks and understandable to want a variety of white and dark meat. Buying whole chickens can be an economical way to...

Posted in: Food and Grocery Tagged with: butcher, chicken, how to