Recipes

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Chocolatey Delight S’more Cookies

Ingredients: 1 cup unsalted butter, softened 1/2 cup light brown sugar, packed 1 1/3 cup granulated sugar 1 large egg plus 1 large egg yolk ...
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Vietnamese Steamed Plantain & Banana Cake With Coconut Milk

Ingredients: 3 ripe plantain bananas: 1/4 granulated sugar 1 cup tapioca starch 3/4 cup of water 1 cup of unsweetened coconut milk 1/4 cup of ...
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Kid's favorite

Huli Huli Chicken, known as “Hawaiian Turning Chicken”

After our trip to Hawaii this became a new summer grilling favorite….. Ingredients: 3/4 cup light shoyu sauce1/3 cup sherry1 Tbsp minced garlic1 Tbsp minced ...
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Delicious Apps

Easy Korean rice balls – Jumeokbap

Korean rice balls are a great appetizer or finger food for you and your kids with a customizable ingredient for the filling Ingredients: 2 cups ...
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Hammonton NJ Inspired Blueberry Cannoli

We have family in Hammonton NJ and every year they have their Blueberry Festival and of course they sell everything blueberry, which has inspired me ...
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Cherry Garcia Inspired Cannoli 

My husband’s favorite Ice cream is Ben and Jerry’s Cherry Garcia. In preparing for a recent holiday he suggested instead of traditional Ricotta Cannoli to ...
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Kid's favorite

Chicken Parmagiana (with Costco shortcut)

A delicious Italian favorite for the family short on time….. We use the frozen Panko breaded chicken, cutlets, uncooked in this recipe to speed things ...
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Delicious Apps

Vietnamese Cha Gio (Spring Rolls):

This is a party favorite. They disappear fast at our house when we host Ingredients: – 2lb ground pork -2lb ground shrimp  – 1 cup ...
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Ube Waffles The Frugal Gastronomy Way

Trader Joe’s seasonal Ube Waffles the Frugal Gastronomy way (stock up when in season for this year round treat. Ingredients: -1 box of Trader Joe’s ...
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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……