Category: cheap

• summer squash, corn and chiles over rice

  

  Summer Squash is abundant in our area, and since Ben worked the local farmer’s market, the other vendors gave him a whole bunch as barter for Ben’s pizza! But other than making zucchini bread, which we will still need to do, Ben cooked one of his typical meals for us tonight, which was awesome! This […]

  Dave G

  September 11, 2016

  cheap, dinner, food blogging, healthy, low-fat, mexican food

  cilantro, corn, mexican, mexican food, poblano chiles, summer squash, zucchini

• spam musubi bites

  

  After making and eating spam musubi last week, I began to think of ways to make them more of a bite size appetizer. But how? Then I saw this! And I realized that a cheaper alternative was right within reach–in my freezer! I realized that I didn’t need to buy a fancy rice cube maker, because I […]

  Dave G

  May 21, 2014

  appetizer, cheap, Guam, Hawaiian, island food, savory

  appetizer, Guam, Hawaii, hawaiian, island food, spam, spam musubi, spam musubi bites

• finding a cheap pizza fix

  

  Now that I’ve been a furloughed federal contract employee for nine days (AAAAARGHHH!!!) I’ve become somewhat more conscious of my frivolous purchasing choices in day-to-day life. Which is a good thing. So when I went to Trader Joe’s today and noticed that, in the produce section, one can find one pound bags of refrigerated pizza dough for […]

  Dave G

  October 9, 2013

  appetizer, baked goods, cheap, muffins, pizza

  mozzarella cheese, pepperoni, pizza dough, pizza sauce, trader joe’s