Frugal Feasts – Sumptuous Savings for the Pickiest Palates is Janice Alexander’s lifetime of experiences in cooking many delicious and incredibly frugal recipes that are not only very, very tasty but they empower the body with healthy ingredients. Some of the French or Cajun recipes are influenced by Janice’s life in Louisiana. She spent years working for the very famous Brennan’s restaurants in the French Quarter of New Orleans and learned from the chefs there that she worked with how to incorporate just the right ingredients into food dishes to make them taste incredibly delicious. She also traveled abroad eating at famous restaurants as well as throughout Louisiana eating at the best restaurants: Broussards, Ralph and Kacoo’s, The Oxbow, Mansurs, Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse, Landry’s Seafood, Pinetta’s European Restaurant, the Asphodel Plantation’s restaurant, Nottoway Plantation’s restaurant and the ever popular breakfast spot Louie’s Cafe by the LSU campus – all of which helped her to develop a connoisseur’s palate over many years.

In this cookbook, Janice uses her sense of good taste with healthy ingredients that will not only satisfy the pickiest palates but empower you and your family as well. There are many dishes incorporating herbs and mildly pleasant spices that are divinely delicious and nutritious. There is also a section at the beginning of the book that tells you exactly what vitamins and minerals are found in which foods and how they empower the body and help to prevent illnesses. It is really a multi-cultural recipe book as many of the over 100 original recipes in 378 pages are inspired by Janice’s travels abroad and throughout the United States eating at so many different restaurants and thoroughly understanding the ingredients that made these dishes sumptuously divine. There are plenty of meat and seafood dishes as well as many different salads, soups, casseroles, bean, fruit and dessert dishes that are so sumptuous and delightful and yet so inexpensive to make. There is a wide variety of vegan, vegetarian, raw & live food dishes as well as meat and seafood dishes, so there are numerous new recipes to please everyone. No one is left out in this incredibly diverse cookbook! There is also a “snack” section with many healthy and very tasty ways to satisfy those cravings without all the carbs.

The dessert section of this diverse cookbook has a wonderful variety of good choices for you as well, such as several sweet breads, cheesecakes, fruit salads, tortes, muffins, cookies and mouth-watering bourbon balls as well as other scrumptious recipes – many of which have healthy sweeteners that definitely satisfy your cravings with no loss of flavor or aftertaste. One of the best things about this cookbook is that the directions for cooking are more detailed than most. The instructions cover exactly what needs to be done for wonderful results. The recipes also begin with a detailed description of what the dishes taste and look like and there are many photographs and illustrations. There are even crock-pot versions of some recipes. With the incredibly inexpensive price of this wonderful cookbook, you cannot go wrong by adding it to your collection. It is priced to fit the most “frugal” cook’s budget and it will be a family treasure for a lifetime that will please every guest and member of your family.

Table of Contents

Introduction…………………………………………..

Organic Products at Discount Grocery Stores…….

Vitamins and Minerals……………………………….

The Grocery Store……………………………………

Healthy Snacks……………………………………….

Simple Secrets in Cooking…………………………..

Quiches and Pizzas……………………………………

Tomato and Artichoke Quiche

Vegetarian Pizzas

Pinwheels and Parsley Pizza

Beef and Pork Meat Dishes……………………………

Pork Chops, Rice and Gravy

Pandora’s Pepper Stuffed Mushrooms

Raisin Pork Chops in Gravy

Jambalaya Jubilee

The Master’s Meatloaf

Mexican Sunrise Casserole

Spectacular Spaghetti – Meat, Vegetarian and Vegan

Southwest Stuffed Peppers

Tamales

Lava Beneath the Rouge Sun Lasagna

Chicken Dishes……………………………………….

Penne Pasta and Chicken Casserole

Chicken and Dumplings

Green Goddess Chicken Salad

Braised Honeysuckle Chicken Breasts

Malaysian Chicken and Pasta

Pleasure of the Tantric Priestess

Braised Southwest Apricot Chicken & Pasta

Chicken Curry Casserole

Sri Lanka Chicken Salad

Iced Teas………………………………………………

Smooth and Balanced Southern Iced Tea

Blackberry Bliss Iced Tea

Orange Cranberry Iced Tea

Lady Lemon Thai Tea

Citrine Sanctity Tea

Pompadour Iced Latte

Seafood Dishes………………………………………..

Tahitian Island Shrimp and Pasta

Queen of Hearts Shrimp Salad

Mermaid’s Medley

Fiery Fiesta Shrimp Fettuccini

Garden Melody Crab Cakes

Trout Fleur de Lys

Sunday Surprise Salmon Pasta

Cherry Salmon Pasta

Orange Oil

Citrus Sensation Salmon

Trebbiano and Perry Grilled Salmon Salad

Salmon and Sweet Suzie Sauce

Tarragon Tuna

Tijuana Tuna

Soups………………………………………………….

Tuscan Bean Soup

Garden of the Gods Meatball Soup

Fuss-Free Homemade Vegetable Beef Soup

Southwest Senorita Soup

4C Soup: Complex-Carb Cabbage and Celery Soup

Black Bean Soup

Cheddar Cheese Potato Soup

Cream of Kale Soup

Kingdom Come Chicken Kale Soup

Baton Rouge Budget Bouillabaisse (fish soup)

Lentil and Bean Dishes………………

Last Lunch for Laodicea Lentils

London Layman’s Lentils

The Lying Lady’s Lentils

Cowboy’s Copper Pebbles (Pintos)

Pompano Beach Pintos

Ruby Red Beans with Savory Sausage and Rice

Salads, Pilaf and Vegetable Dishes……………………

South Carolina Braised Celery Bottoms

Tangy Thai Peanut Sauce over Fresh Veggies or Salad

The Master’s Medley

Jehovah Gave the Victory to Joshua at Jericho Salad

Clayton’s Kale

Kale and Ale

Psalms Salad

Citrine’s Kale Salad

Citrine’s Summer Salad

Black Beans and Basil Pasta Medley

Cherry and Sherry Pilaf

Rock My World Rice Salad

Southwestern Spinach Salad

Lemon Cucumber Salad

Ciara’s Coleslaw

Fiesta of Flavors Salad

Jicama Jubilee

Sweet Serenade Salad

Black Gem Cherry Pilaf

Cajun Cornbread Dressing

Promised Land Potato Salad

Sierra Scalloped Potatoes

Shimmering Sun Salad

Forbidden Fruit Salad and Vinaigrette

Ruby Emerald Pasta Salad

Sweet Potato Casserole

Caramelized Onions

Key West Kale

Panoche’s Creamed Spinach

Nectar for Neptune Salad

Branson Black Bean Medley

Loving My Lettuce Children’s Salad

Eden’s Edamame Salad

Salad of Seduction

Jewels of Jade Pilaf

Cezane’s Vegan Delight

Servant’s Supper

Baton Rouge Broccoli and Rice Casserole

Cezanne’s Sunset Salad

Desserts………………………………………………..

Espresso Ecstasy Cake

Bourbon Dobos Torte

Banana Bran Muffins

Sugar Free Mocha Madness Cheesecake

Black Rum Cheesecake

Chocolate Cherry Cheesecake

Chocolate Cinnamon Cappuccino Cheesecake

Farmer’s Chocolate Cheesecake

Hues of Honey Harvest Jumbles

Jubilee Jumbles

Plum Delicious Muffins

Hillbilly Hayride Variation

Panny’s Plum Applesauce Bread

Panny’s Pumpkin Bread

Samaria Sweet Bread

Faith and Fruitfulness Bread

Lazy Lover’s Loaf

Chocolate Bourbon Coffee Balls

Ginger You’re a Hot Momma Bread

Panny’s Pancakes

Artistic Angels Ambrosia

Waldorf Salad