To kick my first week off right, I’ve asked some of my favorite bloggers to share their secrets for being a foodie on a budget. Here, Grace Boyle of Grace(full) Plate shares some of the ingredients that make our shared food experiences rich—without spending an extra dime. Gathering Over Food One of the reasons...
The Ultimate Guide to Eating Organic on a Budget
The Difference Between Surviving and Thriving Eating Organic on a Budget There’s a big difference between just surviving for a month on a tight budget and thriving on organic foods while sticking to a thrifty budget. I recently saw a post—one of many—where the blogger challenged herself to buy organic for a month on...
Whole Foods Taste on a Wal-Mart Budget
Welcome to Laughing Lemon Pie, a resource for the family foodie. The idea for this website came about in 2011 when I left my full-time job to be a full-time mom (and a part-time freelance writer). When I got pregnant, I gave up alcohol, soft cheeses, and sushi—not to mention a salary, free time,...
Recipe: Laughing Lemon Sponge Pie
The name of this website, Laughing Lemon Pie, comes from a cooking mishap that has become the stuff of legend in my family. Many years ago, my grandmother made a lemon pie for the family, but something must have gone slightly awry in the kitchen, because as the pie was served, everyone noticed immediately...
Recipe: Dock au Gratin
Oh, sweet spring! It’s come early in Colorado, with unseasonably warm temperatures and no snow this March—which is usually our snowiest month. But I was ready for a little green to start poking through the brown. I am ready to be done with winter for this year, ready for things to be growing and...
Today’s Kitchen: Omelette Puffs
We really didn’t know what to expect with this recipe. I mean, the ingredients are innocuous enough, but with a name like “omelette puff…” Turns out, these are pretty tasty, if a little unusual. They have a nice, fluffy, slightly spongey texture. The other nice thing is that they lend themselves almost infinitely to different toppings; pretty much...
Use it or Lose it: Apple Pie Ice Cream
I have something very shameful to admit. I bought an ice cream machine in October and only finally put it to use last week. It had been sitting in my garage, lonely and unused, all that time. But when I finally did use it—well, it was definitely worth the wait! About two weeks ago,...
Today’s Kitchen: Green Enchilada Casserole
I’ll admit, when I got my Grandmother’s collection of more than 180 recipes from her 1950s-era television show, Today’s Kitchen, I was a little daunted. I knew I wanted to cook my way through it, but where to start? Should I start with recipe No. 1 and just work my way through numerically? Or...
Today’s Kitchen
When I was home over the Christmas holidays, I had a chance to chat with my grandmother about a certain recipe collection she had been holding on to for quite some time. You see, I come by my foodie tendencies honestly, and perhaps even genetically; my grandmother, Joan Carter Archambault, worked for the television...
The New Normal
Have you read Tara Parker-Pope’s latest feature in the NY Times Magazine, The Fat Trap? It’s fascinating stuff. I already knew, to some degree, that the odds are stacked against us when it comes to keeping off any weight we lose. Heck, I knew it from personal experience; in college, after I lost 40...