Recipes

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Mango margarita over ice with a chili-lime salt rim and a lime wheel
Drinks/beverages

Spicy Mango Margarita Pitcher

The pitcher margarita has a bad reputation because most of them are made from sour mix. Built from actual limes and actual fruit, it is ...
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Two peach-colored bourbon cocktails garnished with citrus peel on a wooden tray outdoors
Drinks/beverages

Grilled Peach Bourbon Smash Pitcher

Grilling the peaches is what makes this worth doing. Raw peach in a pitcher gives you a faint sweetness and not much else. Ten minutes ...
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Watermelon punch poured into a glass, garnished with mint and fresh watermelon slices
Drinks/beverages

Watermelon Mint Vodka Punch

Watermelon is the best value in the summer produce section and almost nobody drinks it. A five- or six-dollar melon yields roughly eight cups of ...
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Tall glass of orange Thai iced tea over ice with a mint garnish on a carved wooden tray
Drinks/beverages

Thai Iced Tea Rum Punch

Thai iced tea is one of the great restaurant drinks and one of the most marked-up: three or four dollars for a glass whose ingredients ...
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Tall citrus highball over ice with lime wheels, served on a wooden tray
Drinks/beverages

Yuzu-Ginger Whisky Highball Pitcher

The highball is Japan’s default bar drink, and it is built on restraint: whisky, ice, soda, and nothing else getting in the way. Batching one ...
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Two pink lychee cocktails garnished with whole lychees, served on a wooden tray
Drinks/beverages

Frozen Lychee Soju Slush

A frozen drink for a party usually means someone standing at a blender all night making two servings at a time. This is the other ...
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Pitcher and glass of deep red cranberry pear sangria on an outdoor table
Drinks/beverages

Cranberry Pear Sangria

Summer sangria is red wine and citrus. This is its cold-weather counterpart. White wine keeps it bright enough that the cranberry reads as tart rather ...
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Apple cider being poured into glasses on a wooden table with apples and whole spices for a bourbon cider punch
Drinks/beverages

Big-Batch Bourbon Apple Cider Punch

This is the drink to make when twelve people are arriving and you would rather talk to them than stand behind a shaker. Everything goes ...
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Mug of slow cooker mulled red wine punch garnished with cinnamon sticks, star anise and an orange slice
Drinks/beverages

Slow Cooker Mulled Red Wine Punch

Mulled wine is the one drink where cheap wine is the correct choice, not the compromise. Heat and spice flatten the subtleties you pay for ...
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Warm spiced buttered rum in a glass mug with a cinnamon stick, served on a tray
Drinks/beverages

Slow Cooker Hot Buttered Rum for a Crowd

Hot buttered rum sounds like a restaurant drink and is actually one of the cheapest ways to serve sixteen people something memorable. The whole thing ...
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Mary

Frugal Gastronomy was born out of Mary’s creative mind (and stomach). The desire to eat restaurant quality food at a lower price point at home.

She has the motivation and unique ability to crave something, look up some recipes out there, and modify them to taste even better.

She has the ability to eat something at a restaurant and think about how it could have been better, then come home and recreate it with her twist.

She also has the uncanny ability to find a deal and shop the sales so we have the ingredients at home so when she craves something, she doesn’t need to run out and pay full price or even “Overpay” for convenience.

She started this blog and her website to pass on this knowledge on to other foodies to enjoy……