Vegetarian Frugal Housewife

I LOVE APPLE CRISP! And I have always been mystified by it. By the seeming complexity of it and by the way that no two ever seem to taste the same. Some people like cranberries in it, some just apples. Some people even put cocoa powder on top. As a kid, I always thought of […]

Mmmmmm, yum. I just adore sloppy joes. They were not a regular staple in my life before I became a vegetarian but they always remained a special treat, a once-in-a-while thing that occurred mostly during summer and autumn. But I have to admit that I am so excited about all the cooking and exploration that […]

Sometimes I think that there are more lentil burger recipes out there than there are soup recipes. But of course I am exaggerating a bit. Still I know of quite a few variations on the theme, so I thought that, for now, I would just post the basic recipe that I tend to use and […]

Papa and Mama have been traveling in the UK for the past couple of weeks and, although we are looking for some place to settle for the next few months, have been hopping from place to place. We have, thus, also been hopping from kitchen to kitchen…some equipped better than others. On a recent visit […]

Trail mixes are a specialty of mine. The combinations are made up randomly on the spot of whatever I have handy. That is why I call them confetti, whatever colorful scraps of paper are laying around, so to speak. I like to use some of the same ingredients in each mix, just personal preferences I […]