Vegetarian Frugal Housewife

“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. ” ~J.R.R. Tolkien, British Author and Linguist Last night I finally attempted one of my favorite Asian dishes, Singapore Noodles. Usually served in Thai and Chinese restaurants, Singapore Noodles tend to have multiple types of meat […]

One of my last bastions of “instant” food was rice and couscous. I couldn’t imagine myself EVER being able to make one that tasted as good as the Near East brand does. Papa thought this was silly, as couscous is meant to be dead simple. But Mama was holding onto her 1980’s instant food upbringing […]

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 […]

By far my absolute favorite ethnic vegetarian dish in the world is Aloo Mutter. Being from the U.S. I have always wondered if that is the correct spelling, as the spelling differs depending on which Indian restaurant you visit. I prefer spelling it Aloo Mattar. When I lived in Britain they called it Aloo Peas, […]