CheapCooking
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Beef Curry in Coconut Sauce
I’ve made green chicken curry before, just following the basic recipe on the back of the green curry paste jar. The other night I decided to try a red curry, a bit milder I’m told. The original recipe called for flank steak but I didn’t have one around so defrosted a tri tip steak instead.
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Corn Fritters and More…
A friend dropped off a few ears of corn tonight, as she’d bought it yesterday then not cooked it and was going out tonight. I made corn fritters with some of it and then just sautéed the rest in a bit of butter, salted it, then added some 1/2 and 1/2. This very rough recipe…
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Fried Dough / Sfingi
Also from an old Italian cookbook… Pizza Fritta says the cookbook but I think my ex MIL called it Sfingi. To me, they are like a raised doughnut without the hole. You can use any basic white bread dough. If you don’t have a favorite recipe, try the one below.
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Fried Cauliflower
I’ve been trying to find some ways to get more of a variety of vegetables into our diet. I know frying isn’t healthy, but if the oil is hot enough, the food doesn’t absorb too much. And the kids loved this! This was from an old Italian cookbook. I used half a cauliflower because I…
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Indian Spiced Cauliflower, Carrot and Zucchini
I made this last night to mixed reviews. It was a bit salty for my taste, but I was halving the original recipe and it’s conceivable I forgot to halve the salt! Mistakes do happen now and then. But even though it was salty, 1 child and the other adult pronounced it good. And my…