November 13, 2008

Favorite Frugal Recipes: Rustic Lentil Soup

A reader asked me if I could post my recipe for Rustic Lentil Soup, and I’d be happy to!  It’s adapted from a recipe from one of my favorite cookbooks, The New Best Recipe by America’s Test Kitchen.  I think it’s fairly flexible, so if you don’t have one or two of the ingredients on hand [...]

November 13, 2008

Making Your Home Your Haven: Fun in the Food Stamps Office

I almost laughed out loud when I read that today’s task at “Making Your Home Your Haven” was to incorporate fun into the day, because so far, our day hasn’t seemed very fun.  I got up early this morning and got both my son and I fed and dressed before we met my Turkish neighbor, Rano, outside [...]