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Mmm, breakfast! Who doesn’t like it? Anybody? Anybody? A few years ago I was making green smoothies for breakfast every day. You know what green smoothies are: Lots of kale or spinach and lots of fruit crammed into one yogurt smoothie. It’s insanely healthy, but it’s also insanely expensive for a food you’re making at home. … Read more
It’s a super special edition of Cost Per Serving today. It’s a dish we assembled during our trip in Peru! So before you read about the whole trip next week, you can “whet your appetite” with this tale of tastes. Chinchero is a beautiful little Peruvian town, so far not ruined by tourism, at the … Read more
Happy birthday to me. Happy birthday to me. Happy birthday to meeee. Happy birthday to me. Hey everybody. It’s Norm’s birthday today! Whadja get me? Something good I hope! Didja set a place at the table for me, too? Whatya makin’ for dinner? To celebrate my birthday, every home in America sets a table for … Read more
It’s the second installment of that venerable series Cost Per Serving! You know what they say. You can’t control something without measuring it first. In view of trying to reduce our food costs, I will be comprehensively calculating the cost per serving of various recipes. And not only that, but I will be rating their deliciousness!* … Read more
Hello and welcome to a new feature here on Ridinkulous. It’s Cost Per Serving! If you’re like me, and I think I’ll just assume that you are, you’re desperate to know what the true cost of your home-cooked meals are. That is, how much does the hamburger you made cost? How much is the slice … Read more
Hey everyone, before we get into this week’s analysis of a recipe, I have some other food news to report. I need all of you to send your good vibes toward NY because Marge is competing in a big macaroni and cheese cook-off this weekend! She created a new and delicious recipe which I’ll share here … Read more
Hey everybody! It’s another edition of Cost Per Serving, where we figure out how much a meal costs and find its place on the Frugal Deliciousness Spectrum. Today, for the first time we are going to Russia. Every culture has their version of cheap eats, and like my people, the Irish, the Russians’ staple cheap … Read more
Well, it’s the triumphant return of the Ridinkulous series Cost Per Serving! My god, it’s been three months since the last installment, Chocolate Babka. And what do we have today but yet another chocolate dessert! What does that say about me? That I only eat things made out of chocolate? That may be true. But don’t … Read more
Usually I do the grocery shopping by myself. I have a routine and go every Sunday. But recently Marge decided to come along. And as I often do, I bought a box of granola bars. I always like to have a box of these in my desk at work for a snack. I know it’s … Read more
Last year, I started hearing about a new and different food delivery service: Misfit Market. We’ve mostly stayed away from these companies and continue to get our groceries from the supermarket or farmer’s market. We did get a coupon for meal kit delivery service Hello Fresh once, so we did that for a few weeks … Read more