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Cheap Ass Monday: My Little Buttercup Has the Sweetest Smile

Cheap Ass Monday: My Little Buttercup Has the Sweetest Smile

When you think about it, there’s nothing really inventive or groundbreaking about basing a cheap meal around pasta.  I mean, that’s kinda the point of it, right?  Somehow, though, making the pasta yourself tarts it up enough so that you don’t feel like a total toolbox saying, “Hey, internet, did it ever occur to you ...

Oct, 27
Cheap Ass Monday: Going All Derrida On Your Behind

Cheap Ass Monday: Going All Derrida On Your Behind

It warmed my heart to see all you Aqua Teen fans. It’s too bad the Wolfen is going to come for you with his razor. This odd transitional season – one-half Indian summer, one-quarter early autumn, one-quarter what the fuck is going on make up your damn mind – calls for an odd transitional dish. ...

Sep, 15
You say tomato, I say to-WHOA, Nellie.

You say tomato, I say to-WHOA, Nellie.

I would have invited you over for dinner, but I couldn’t find your phone number anywhere, I SWEAR. I’m a little sad tonight, because I’ve just learned that I’ve wasted 30 years of my life not eating delicious, delicious tomatoes. You see, I always thought I didn’t like tomatoes. Tomato sauce, sure (as long as ...

Aug, 28
Cheap Ass Mondays:  Italian Beach Pasta

Cheap Ass Mondays: Italian Beach Pasta

I accidentally took all of these pictures with my camera set on “foliage.” Sorry. Tonight’s dinner is a total throwback to my childhood, and has not been modified in any way from the way my mom used to make it. It’s an odd dish, I don’t really know its origins and I don’t really expect ...

Jul, 28
Vanquishing the Noid

Vanquishing the Noid

Le sigh. Hello. My name is Michelle, and I am addicted to grilled pizza.

Jul, 27
Cheap Ass Monday:  Cheap As Free

Cheap Ass Monday: Cheap As Free

I am BACK. A gaping wound IS NOT ENOUGH TO STOP ME. I’ve never had a cut deep enough that it healed from the inside out before; even though it’s clearly knitting together underneath and is no longer seeping, it still looks like I have an open gash in my hand. Grody. Dinnertime! Aside from ...

Jul, 21
Cheap Ass Wednesday: Il pane della Nonna

Cheap Ass Wednesday: Il pane della Nonna

I ate too much of this. You will, too. I was really excited about the meal I was prepping for Cheap Ass Monday when my cheap ass glassware sliced through my priceless right hand and incapacitated me: potato focaccia with onions and a warm white bean and spinach salad. Aside from being delicious, simple and ...

Jul, 16

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