Comments on: Free Beer – Day 36: Eating Well On $1 A Day

By: Nicole

Nicole — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 01:07:41 +0000

Your sister is going to have something to say about those beers.

By: Mitch

Mitch — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 03:32:37 +0000

Another lemon suggestion is to let it get to room temperature and then roll it on a flat surface for a minute with your hand. You will get a lot more juice out of your lemon.

By: Tracy

Tracy — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 17:14:16 +0000

If you have a gallon pitcher (or rinse out a milk jug or juice container) you can fill it with water and put 1/2 a lemon, sliced, in it and stick it in the fridge. You’ll cut back on how much lemon you use, and have lemon flavored water ready for you in the fridge.

By: jeffrey

jeffrey — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:23:16 +0000

@AB

No, you can plainly see that I received $2.97 back in extra bucks for the 3 bars from the Extra Bucks pic I posted. That was a weird promotion — there was a month long promotion where you could get 3 free (and that is when I got mine) and then one week where you could only get two free. Not sure why CVS did that.

By: AB

AB — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:12:29 +0000

The blunder was that the Pure and Simple energy bars had a limit of two for the extra bucks.

By: Barb

Barb — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:57:44 +0000

Idaho (baking) Potatoes:
Scrub clean, poke holes in, toss in 375 degree oven for 60 minutes. To eat while hot slice across length and squeeze ends so they pop open – add butter or cheese. Throw extra potatoes in fridge and eat cold by slicing and adding salt and/or catsup. This is great so you always have cooked potatoes on hand ready to go. They can be eaten cold, nuked or pan warmed.
Or cook in microwave (be sure to puncture!) for 6 to 8 minutes for quick baked potatoes. If undercooked they stay hard all over, if overcooked the bottom (on the plate) gets really hard.
For best pan fries use sliced cold baked potatoes cooked in hot oil. I slice about 1/4″ thick.
For potato salad peel and chop/dice the cold potatoes, also a few boiled eggs (1 egg for 2 potatoes). Mix mayo, mustard, salt, pepper and grated raw onion (I often omit the onion or replace with dried onion that I let sit in the mayo for 5 min). When well mixed add to potatoes & eggs. You can also add sliced red onion or pickle relish or diced dill pickles. Refrigerate religiously!!

For mashed potatoes peel raw potatoes, chop or dice, toss in pot with enough water to cover and boil until soft then drain. Return immediately to cooking pot and add lots of butter and a few tablespoons of milk. Mash, if no masher then make sure very well cooked and use large spoon. Also add salt and pepper. Adding grated cheese can add lots of flavor. be sure to stir mashed potatoes well after mashing and adding extras.

Red/White/Yukon potatoes:
Much better for potato salad than bakers, not so good when baked. Boil like making mashed potatoes but remove quickly at first sign of softness and rinse well in cold water. Internal heat keeps them cooking so your mushy potato salad was probably either overcooking or using baking potatoes which turn to mush when boiled.
Reds also roast very well and make good gratins which is just sliced thin and baked with cheese topping.

Cheers!!

By: Rachel

Rachel — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 03:04:19 +0000

wait a second….why are your bottles of beer fizzy at the tops. that doesnt seem right?!

By: Mike Dunham

Mike Dunham — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:37:36 +0000

Since you already have Bisquick and brown sugar, you can make beer bread. Google “Bisquick beer bread” for plenty examples of this very simple, three-ingredient recipe (I can’t imagine subbing brown sugar in for regular white sugar would make that much of a difference).

By: Joless

Joless — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:02:54 +0000

Spuds are awesome cheap food, you can boil them, bake them, mash them, make chips, rosti, spanish omlette etc. To fry them either boil or par-boil them and slice / cube them (prob better fried from cold?), or make mash and fry the leftovers next day. To get mashed potato just boil til they are soft when you stick a knife in, and then mash with some butter and a little milk. Maybe add salt/pepper. And how did you manage to overcook a baked spud? Just stick it in the oven at about 160-180C for a couple of hours. Serve with cheese and baked beans. Easy Enjoy!

By: Gail

Gail — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 00:21:24 +0000

If you are just making home fries and not hash browns with the potatoes, it works very well to use leftover baked potatoes. Cut hem into slices or cubes and brown in REAL oil or bacon fat on medium heat covered and check frequently like every couple minutes. I don’t know if you mentioned if you cook on gas or electric, but electric is a bit harder to control the heat. If you are cooking on gas and things seem to be going too quick turn the heat down, if cooking on electric you may actually have to take the pan off the heat until the burner is cooled down so your stuff doesn’t burn.