Recipes by The Frugal Hostess
FruHubs Food: Chuckwagon Baked BeansPagesCutting to the chase before you fall asleep after what would have been a very long story about meat, The Frugal Hostess..... Wait. How many stories have you heard recently that start like that? Since when is there such a thing as a long story about meat? But, honestly, TFH has more long stories about meat than she does short… |
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Slow Carb Recipes Tim Ferriss Would LikeThe Frugal Hostess, like most women, is on a diet. Dieting is cheaper than mammoplasty, so that's where she's landed. In an effort to do the least complicated and simultaneously most effective thing, FruHo is following Tim Ferriss's slow carb diet, as outlined in his book, The 4-Hour Body. Listen, there's a great chance that this… |
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Winter DrinksThe Frugal Hostess loves classic cocktails. She's been collecting cocktail shakers and other bar ware since before she was old enough to drink, and 1920s cocktail culture has always been a lure.Now that she's older and wiser, FruHo no longer knocks back seven gin gimlets and a pack of Camel Lights on a Saturday night, but she can… |
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Blog Birthday Gifts: Delayed, But Not ForgottenRemember how The Frugal Hostess had plans for lots of extravaganza-ing in honor of this blog's birthday? Then, remember how she got so sad and upset about the Gulf of Oilexico that she couldn't talk about anything for days and days, thus forgetting about any extravaganza-ing in honor of weeping and wailing? Well, maybe you don't… |
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Gremlin Book Review + Cocktail RecipesWell, The Frugal Hostess keeps getting sent these amazingly beautiful books about cooking and drinking. For free. It just keeps on happening. Amazing.The first, Organic, Shaken and Stirred by Paul Abercrombie, has some amazingly creative ideas for drinks, whether you're a freak about organic ingredients (as you should be) or not.… |
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Great People Given Money, FruHo DelightedAwesomeFood announced today its second microgrant of $1,000has been awarded to Concrete Jungle, avolunteer-run Atlanta-based organization that distributes urban crops tohomeless shelters and other charities. ConcreteJungle is among the nearly 800 applicants from around theworld for grants from Awesome Food, which made its first… |
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DIY XMAS: Bath SnowballsPagesAs a companion to the Spa Salts we talked about the other day, why don't you make some Bath Snowballs?IngredientsDirections1. Stir together citric acid, baking soda, and cornstarch.2. Stir in sugar and food coloring. If you leave out the food coloring, the final product will be white and more snowball-esque. But you might want… |
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DIY XMAS: Spa SaltPagesThe Frugal Hostess is a big fan of bathing. Just kidding. But she does bathe. Just kidding. Who cares. Let's just skip the formalities and get straight to the easiest gift to make ever: bath salts. This is also super cheap, like about $2 for two to three gifts. Just kidding. But it's cheap.OK, here we… |
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Review: Substituting Ingredients | The A to Z Kitchen ReferenceHave you ever heard a song that was so good you wanted to slap the person next to you for not listening hard enough? ["The Cool, Cool River" by Paul Simon] What about a movie that is so good you want to pass a law that makes it required viewing?… |
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The 5th Drink - Steakhouse CocktailsThe Frugal Hostess and Husband went out for a very nice and extremely delicious dinner last week. They had amazing tuna, steaks, and wine at Kevin Rathbun Steak, and it was cheap (-er than normal) since the restaurant was participating in Inman Park Restaurant Week. Delicious for the win.There was only one thing missing from this… |
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