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Breakfast of Cheap Champions

the Editors @ September 11, 2009 # One Comment

Homemade granola!  We started down this road when we saw how much wheat filler, and we’re not talking healthy wheat germ, gets added to the store-bought stuff.  So no matter how healthy it may appear on the box front, you’re paying a lot of money for some good things, plus (at best useless) filler.  And [...]

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“I Can’t Believe It’s Not (100%) Butter!”

the Editors @ April 27, 2009 # No Comment Yet

For some recipes, you just can’t beat the taste of real butter. But the chief cook of Planet Cheapskate always hesitated when it came time to replace (yet another) stick or pound, until alert friend (and proud fellow Cheapskater) Lorri turned us on to a tasty butter extender. By following these simple instructions, [...]

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