By TULSA TO DO on Aug 25, 2008, at 1:44 PM Updated on 8/25 at 1:44 PM
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Yellow eye beans have a creamy taste
and texture.
Everyone seems to be looking for ways to save money on food.
Some of us are trying not to eat out as much. I miraculously remembered to bring my lunch to work two out of five days last week. It's a start.
But there are ways to save money in your home cooking, too.
A couple of weeks ago I cooked a pork shoulder that I was able to turn into at least four dinners. The recipe, which you can find here, came from the Pioneer Woman's blog. Don't you love her?
The pork was great on its own and with corn tortillas, salsa and limes.
I saved the bones and leftover bits from the pork roast and stuck it in a freezer bag for a rainy day.
A friend gave me a bag of yellow eye Rancho Gordo beans, and I immediately remembered those leftovers bits.
By the way, Rancho Gordo beans are super-good heirloom beans sold at the San Francisco Farmers Market and a select 10 stores in the country, including our own La Donna's Fancy Foods on Cherry Street.
So, I made a stock from the bones and then cooked the yellow eye beans in that delicious pork stock, reserving bits of the pork to add toward the end. The beans were so good, they didn't even need salt and pepper.
When I bought it, that $12 pork shoulder didn't seem that cheap. But it turned out to be a great deal. It gave me pork roast, carnitas and a delicious pot of beans.
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