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Turkey dinner, potluck style

roasted turkey, Easy Turkey, turkey recipe, thanksgiving dinner, turkey dinner

CF / October 11th, 2011 / 1 Comment

Brian and I had a few of our friends over for a turkey dinner this past weekend for (Canadian) Thanksgiving. I have had an incredibly hectic week with three assignments due, a midterm, plus work and an overdue blog. I was really looking forward to have some turkey and relaxing. It turned out to be a great success and we couldn’t have done it without everyone chipping in. We used...

Posted in: Food and Grocery Tagged with: canadian thanksgiving, potluck, turkey

Turning a $6 ham into 24 meals

ham into 24 meals, ham, ham sandwich, ham meals, slice of ham

CF / September 5th, 2011 / No Comments

I bought a ham. And it is the most glorious ham ever. Why? It cost me only $6 for 6lbs of it. Here’s how it fed me and Brian: Note: Some common calculations: Eggs are ~20 cents/egg given $2.40 a dozen Slice of cheese ~15 cents given a 400g-450g block for $4.29, and I get about 6 slices from 100g Rice ~30 cents/pot, assuming I make a pot of rice every day and a half and knowing that a 40lb...

Posted in: Food and Grocery, Minimalism and Frugality Tagged with: budget, groceries, ham

Foraging for your food

Foraging, foraging for food, free food, food in the woods

CF / July 29th, 2011 / No Comments

BC, and the the Pacific Northwest in general, is blessed with a variety of edible plants, mushrooms and fruit. It is legal to forage for edible plants and mushrooms in Canadian crown lands, and if you are knowledgeable, the forests contain a wealth of food. There are many resources that can help you identify edible plants and mushrooms. Here are a few of my favourite free edibles: Berries This...

Posted in: Food and Grocery, Life Hacks Tagged with: berries, fiddleheads, finding wild mushrooms, foraging, mushrooms, pacific northwest, picking wild food, salmonberries

Recipe ideas: Vietnamese beef noodle soup

Vietnamese beef noodle soup, pho, soup, noodles, Vietnamese sour soup

CF / April 15th, 2011 / No 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. If you haven’t had pho or Vietnamese beef noodle soup, truly you are missing out. It is a wonderfully rich, broth soup made with slowly simmered beef...

Posted in: Food and Grocery, Recipes Tagged with: pho recipe, rice noodles, Vietnamese beef noodle soup