Hi, I'm Ellen.
Cheap Cooking is a site I set up to provide information and resources for people needing—or wanting—to cut back on their expenses. When I needed to cut back on expenses, I scoured used bookstores and garage sales and libraries for information. I'm trying to gather my favorite tips here, along with enough recipes to spark some imagination. Email me today if you're interested in advertising on this site or have any questions.
By day, I'm a software designer and freelance writer. These days I'm doing more web content writing than anything else with a focus on natural search engine optimization and persuasive online copywriting. I've designed the user interface for software on handhelds, client-server applications, and web applications. I have a few blogs, including ones on small businesses and cooking. And I started some new sites focused on gardening, cooking for single parents, and urban-homesteading.
I was also a contributor to Digital Dish, The Freshest Writing and Recipes from Food Blogs Around the World.
I'd love to hear your comments about the web site so email me me if you have a chance and tell me what you liked, what you didn't, and what you want that you didn't find.
Press
The Herald-Mail from Maryland, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia
A bit of local press for me, the web site, and Digital Dish from the Pleasanton Weekly.
Sunset: Fall favorites: recipes from our readers
USA Today's Hot Sites, June 10, 2005
University of Cincinnati's The News Record April 27, 2005