The Tightwad Gazette (TWG) - A Partial List of TWG Recipes

The Complete Tightwad Gazette by Amy Dacyczyn is a revised collection of articles and ideas from Amy's previous Tightwad Gazette newsletters. The book is full of tips on how to save money as well as instructions to make a variety of craft items and other how-to ideas. Scattered among the articles and tips are many recipes.

This is a list of some of the over 86 TWG recipes found in the book and the page they are on in the book.


Tightwad Gazette Recipes

1. After-Thanksgiving Soup 72

2. Apple-Oatmeal Bars 349

3. Bean-bacon Chowder 160

4. Bean Soup Mix 129

5. Biscotti 499

6. Bread Bears 91-92

7. Burritos 377

8. Cake-mix Cookie 505

9. Candied Orange Peel 500

10. Carrot Pumpkin Pie 626

11. Cheese Ball 500-501

12. Cheese Sauce 355

13. Chilli 454-55

14. Chocolate Syrup 424

15. Coffee and Tea Mixes 128-9

16. see 422-25

17. Cookies and crackers 291, 498-99, 501, 505-6, 681, 905

18. Corn-broccoli Casserole 714

19. Corn casserole 41

20. Corn pone 160

21. Cracker Jack Snack 360-61

22. Cream Soup mix 424-25

23. Croutons 231

24. Cuban Bread 521, 542

25. Dunkin Soup 160

26. Gazpacho 379

27. Granola 27

28. Heart-shaped cupcakes 673

29. Hot cocoa 81

30. Hot rice with milk and sugar 354-65

31. Jam and milk popsicles 377, 417

32. Jell-O eggs 164-65

33. Jim’s Best Candy 138-39

34. Lentil burgers 376-77

35. Lentil-rice Casserole 453, 505

36. Maine Baked Beans 159-60

37. Mint Candy 158

38. Muffins 466-68, 682-83, 859

39. Mustard 766-67

40. Onion-Soup Mix 424

41. Orange Marmalade 813

42. Oven-Fried Potatoes 186

43. Pancake Snacks 608

44. Pancake Syrup 122-23

45. Peanut-butter Snacks 534

46. Pie-making…..633-35

47. Pigs in a blanket 805

48. Pilaf, Universal 824-25

49. Pizza 309-11

50. Pizza Casserole 772

51. Pizza Sauce 904

52. Potatoes and toppings 355-56

53. Potato-peel Appetizers 638

54. Puffy Pancake 858-59

55. Punch 859-60

56. Purple Cow 379

57. Quiches 134-35, 761-64, 872

58. Raisin-Oatmeal Scones 89-90

59. Refrigerator-dough 597-98, 626

60. Rice and beans 229, 245

61. Rice-a-Roni-style ground beef dish 738

62. Salad Dressings 230-32

63. Salsa 501

64. Seafood Casserole 211-12

65. Seasoned Rice Mix 426

66. Seasoned Salt 423

67. Shake and Bake Mix 265

68. Shake and Bake Potatoes 734

69. Soft Pretzel Valentines 389

70. Sourdough Bread 668-69

71. Stained-glass Cookies 498-99

72. Stuffing 423-24

73. Sweetened Condensed Milk 204

74. Taco-Seasoning Mix 423

75. Toaster Pastry 814

76. Toffee 500

77. Tomato Soup 424

78. Tuna-Cheddar Chowder 570

79. Turtles 868-69

80. Universal Casserole 625

81. Whipped Topping 352

82. Whole Wheat Crackers 501

83. Whoopie Pies 398

84. Worcestershire Sauce 290-91

85. Yeast Bread 885-87

86. Yogurt 715-21

Over time, I will post some of the TWG recipes I attempt to make.