http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Accidental_Gourmet/Recipes, articles, ideas... if it can be done in the kitchen I will be writing about it.hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Accidental_Gourmet/564393Anyone who has read this blog for awhile knows that I don't usually eat rice. It swells, small stomach...etc. Anyway, Tom and I had chinese take out a few days ago and with my large order of sesame chicken (enough for at least three meals) came an equally large box of fried rice. Tom wil eat...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Accidental_Gourmet/561355Couscous is a type of wheat dish popular in middle eastern countries. Thankfully for me it has made its way across Europe and into my local grocer. The thing I like best about it is that once it is cooked it does not keep swelling like rice or pasta. And it is so easy to make. You boil water, add...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Accidental_Gourmet/558378Last night Tom and I went to pick up a few things around 3 am (My aunt works third shift so I go late to visit her). I was perusing the meats when I saw something that I could not believe.... a 13 pound eye roast marked five dollars. It was not out of date. There was absolutely nothing wrong with...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Accidental_Gourmet/555494Just for you Taps, I went looking for eggplant recipes. I only know a few but I thought these sounded easy and even inexpensive depending on where you live. Shopping locally for your veggies should keep the costs down. Baked Eggplant and Tomatoes 1 medium eggplant, about 1 1/4 pounds 1 small can...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Accidental_Gourmet/553897Being a large woman and always aware of my weight, the trauma of being told that I could not diet while healing from my knee surgury was like having a gun to my head. I know that, even after a gastric bypass a decade ago, I have to watch what I eat and doctors just do not get how the idea of just...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Accidental_Gourmet/544129I buy the Gwaltney brand of Polish Sauasage which costs $3.99. Each 3 pound package contains 16 bun length sausages. I use no more than 3 of these in a meal, depending on what else goes into the crockpot and I can get at least five meals out of one package. Here is how. The first thing I do is to...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Accidental_Gourmet/543880Thank you high gas prices I just paid nearly eight dollars for a large bag of shredded cheese yesterday. So how do you shave off the costs of your groceries? Everyone knows the easy stuff. Use coupons (which can get tricky and backfire if you are not careful). Stock up on the things you use all...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Accidental_Gourmet/542981This is really a big deal because he is not a veggie guy. He will eat tomatoes, corn and beans but past that I have to hide the veggies to get them into him. So, if you have a non veggie kid, husband or signifigant other, you gotta try this. Tom's Cauliflower 1 head of cauliflower broken into...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Accidental_Gourmet/538972I love bread and butter pickles but I have no patience for actually making them. My kitchen is tiny and I am so busy most days that I would probably screw them up if I tried. So I buy my bread and butter pickles every week and after a month I have lots of pickle juice leftover. So what do you so...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Accidental_Gourmet/537937After being sick with tonsilitis for a second day, I am finally able to eat. Not real meals but I am managing club crackers which means I won't starve. But the crackers alone were getting kind of boring so I whipped up a little something to put on top that is still easy to get down on a very sore...