CheapCooking
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How I Cook to Get Things Done
When I was first learning how to cook it took all my attention just to get everything on the table, hot, at the same time. But once you’re past that stage, you find lots of time where you have a spare 10 or 15 or 20 minutes while you’re waiting for something to happen. If…
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Make Ahead Mexican Ground Beef Mix
Another good one from Cheap. Fast. Good! Just a good basic Mexican flavored ground beef mix, suitable for burritos, enchiladas, taco salad, quesadillas, and nachos. In all honest, the first night we had it for burritos and I thought it would have been better without the sour cream. But two nights later on a taco…
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Make Your Own Taco Seasoning Mix
I haven’t bought a packet of taco seasoning mix in years because when I make tacos I do this. But sometimes recipes call for a packet of taco seasoning mix and just a bit of cumin doesn’t seem like it will do the trick. Try this instead, courtesy of the book Make-A-Mix. Actually that’s a…
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Recipe for Ranchero Pinto Beans
I love it when I get a fabulous recipe right off the package of the main ingredient. In this case, the recipe came off the Safeway house brand of a 1-lb bag of pinto beans. I don’t bother soaking the beans overnight. I just cook them a bit longer and they seem to come out…
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Prosciutto Breakfast Bagel
When I was looking through the Scarpetta cookbook, I spotted Marino’s Breakfast Bagel Sandwich and noted it mentally. Then when I went shopping the prosciutto just about jumped into my shopping basket. NOT cheap cooking. But very delicious. I bought some onion bagels, prosciutto, and Swiss cheese. Split the bagels in half and toasted one…