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Every year, a few of my friends do the "man challenge", which consists of eating the hottest pepper you can find. Whoever can go the longest without reaching for their glass of water wins. I LOVE hot stuff. I add unbelievable amounts of pepper flakes and sriracha to just about everything, and I...

This should probably be kept quiet, and not considered at all for "budget meals" but I tell this story to so many people, because it embarrasses my mom. (What? She spent 18 years doing everything she could to embarrass me!) I was born on a US army base in Germany. Sounds cool, but we were...

My favorite to cook is Asian food, and a lot of what I throw together includes all of this. I'll definitely give this a try! Thanks!

Mango juice and chocolate Turtles for me!

:b My name is Carissa. I found this site this morning when I was sauteing chicken and mir poux and accidentally splashed in waaaay too much balsamic vinegar. While I only found a few threads that said "sugar" or "add more junk", I added some butter, because my cook-boyfriend said that the fat...

ha! I grew up in a poverty stricken area, so we made due with a lot of cheap meals. One my mom made often was canned tomatoes and pasta. Macaroni and cheese with sliced hot dogs. I remember more often than once eating crackers dipped in hot sauce... I used to mix ranch and bacon bits and dipped...

My boyfriend and I have our shopping down to a science. Each week, we spend about $45-50. We get the essentials every week, like mir poux, bread, frozen chicken, potatoes, and lunch meat. Then, we get things we need around the house or things we want. That usually includes chips and cereal. We...

We're frying up some pork chops and potatoes. >:3 Then, we'll devour some cream-filled lemon cupcakes.