Category: Italian
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Simple Italian Meatballs
Meatballs are very flexible and easy to make if you have some ground meat. I’ve used ground pork and ground beef, only ground beef, or ground turkey. My favorite is to use half ground pork and half ground beef but ground pork isn’t always easy to find. The last time I made them with ground…
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Meatball Sandwiches
My youngest requested meatball sandwiches for dinner. I had some meatballs in the freezer. I like to make them up on a weekend and then flash freeze the extras so I can pull out a few when needed for quick dinners like this or to throw in some soup (see meatball, pasta and spinach soup). …
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Chicken Parmesan: One of the Ultimate Leftovers
I’m just guessing but I think Chicken Parmesan came about when someone like me made too many chicken cutlets. You can turn them into pretty good chicken sandwiches (why else would they sell frozen breaded chicken patties?) and even Buffalo Chicken Sandwiches. But I think the classic dish for leftover chicken cutlets has to be…
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Review: The $5 Dinner Mom Cookbook and Spaghetti and Oven Meatballs
Updated to add: The drawing is over and we have a winner. Thanks! But go check out Erin’s web site and/or buy the book and/or get your library to buy a copy. Lots of good frugal recipes. I was so excited to receive a copy of this cookbook to review: The $5 Dinner Mom Cookbook:…
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Stracciatelle Soup with Meatballs, Pasta, Spinach and Carrots
This was originally a totally ad hoc soup but it has become a family favorite. I make a soup of broth, tiny pasta and carrots (we call it Frog Eye soup, after the pasta) but then one day I had started making that and decided to turn it into a meal and added some spinach…