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post Category: Misc — kai @ 11:11 am — post Comments (3)

I just read that McDonalds had a big third quarter (2008) that’s being attributed to the economic downturn. Apparently, consumers are jumping on the frugal food bandwagon and think they’re being frugal by eating at McDonalds. Well, they very well may be. It really depends why they choose to go to McDonalds. True frugalites, frugalists and frugalistas know that frugality is much more wholistic than just saving a few bucks on a single meal.

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post Category: Low carb,Misc — kai @ 7:36 am — post Comments (2)

You can make a frappamochasomething at home and save lots of money but that’s not what I’m going to talk about. There are plenty of copy cat recipes around. This post is about making Turkish coffee, possibly the most frugal coffee around.

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post Category: Misc — kai @ 11:36 am — post Comments (1)

Being a frugal cook doesn’t mean you have to eat bad tasting or unhealthy food. Part of the reason I started writing this blog is to show how easy it can be to be a frugal cook while feeding your family delicious AND healthy food. Alas, some people still don’t see a reason to be frugal in the kitchen. I can only speculate why…

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post Category: Cooking tips,Misc — kai @ 11:35 am — post Comments (0)

Last night I was waiting to get into a restaurant in the Little Saigon area of Westminster/Garden Grove and wandered into a Vietnamese supermarket. They had the best looking ribeye steaks I think I’ve ever seen for $2.99/lb. I was blown away.

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post Category: Misc — kai @ 9:20 pm — post Comments (0)

If you’re looking for the old pages they’re still here for now.  Some links are broken but you can make some of them work by adding /old/ right after the frugalcooking.com part of the URL.  Sorry if this doesn’t work for you. If you’re looking for ideas to create your own healthy recipes your family [...]

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