Zucchini and Mushrooms

Heather says: My friend has asked for more side dish recipes, so here we go.  If you’re cheap frugal like me, you wait until the vegetables you need are in the marked down produce.  I was able to get four zucchini for $0.99 and a 10oz package of  mushrooms for $0.89.  The other ingredients are …

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What is Pastry Flour

Dear Home Ec 101: What’s the difference between pastry flour and regular flour? I came across this– and looks like it’d be easy enough to do gluten free if I can just figure out which grain would best cross over to pastry flour. ~Wheatless in Wilshire Heather says: Supermarkets often carry four kinds of white …

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Asparagus, Grilled

Heather says: Nothing says spring like fresh asparagus. Well, that is not quite true, there is also: pollen, hay fever, the first gnats of the year, and rain. However, there are few things I look forward to more than the price of asparagus dropping. Yes, I am still exaggerating, but it is a nice perk. …

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