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Ah, a challenge that involves math. How fun. The theme was supplied by Cady at $40 a Week, which as you might see coming, was to spend $40 a week on groceries (per person) and come up with a meal based on those constraints. Here, I will admit my laziness at not entirely sticking to …

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And bag. Which was something that I wasn't going to get but then I changed my mind when I saw this bag at Zappos. Besides, what if I want to bring the camera? Or Lipstick? The room key? See, I need a bag! Especially when it is an awesome light green bag. I really had …

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The other day I was searching around and came across a recipe for onion marmalade. I tried it, tweaking it quite a bit so let's just call it mine. Okay then. Anyway, here's what I ended up with. Delicious! Great on bread, chicken, uh, turkey* and anything else you could think to slather it on. …

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Ah, the wonders of the Trader Joe's frozen fish section. I give you turbot -- $3.90 worth of turbot. Woo! That's two meal-sized fillets for under $4. Now that's cheap...er economical. What's turbot? Yeah, I didn't know either. Thank you, wikipedia! And it even gets a good rating from the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Excellent. Now, …

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I have been wanting to make this recipe for the longest time -- Ina Garten's Asian Marinated Salmon. I made it as written, except I added 1 tablespoon of honey to the marinade. And okay, I used a grill pan. Fine, I also only used 1 pound of salmon instead of a whole side of …

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