Some of you who follow the weekly ALDI meal plans have been asking which pantry staples are best to stock up on, so here’s my first stab at a list. Your family’s cupboards of course might differ from mine due to anything from food allergies to personal preferences, though, so take these recommendations with a …
Welcome back to Sunday Scratchups, your weekly recipe from scratch around grocery sales and affordable ingredients! This week I picked up a 7 oz bag of garam masala for $1.79 at my local produce store. When you’re shopping for ethnic spices, you’ll often find a much better deal when you look outside the regular aisle …
Welcome back to Sunday Scratchups, your home for weekly recipes from scratch around grocery sales — or garden bounty! In October we’re really winding down the growing season here in Chicagoland, but I’m still picking pecks of pickled peppers… more accurately, my garden is still producing both jalapeños and cayenne. Just two jalapeño plants do …
And for today’s Sunday Scratchups trick… here’s why crushed red pepper is one of the cheapest spices to buy at the store, because here’s how ridiculously easy it is to make, and peppers are ridiculously easy to grow! So I’m not the best at gardening, but every year I grow at least two different kinds …
