CheapCooking
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Make Ahead Freezer Meals: Recipes & Batch Cooking Ideas
Whether you actually like to cook or not, having a small freezer stash of either full meals (think casserole) or meal kits (think chicken or flank steak frozen in a bag with marinade that can be moved the fridge in the morning or the night before to defrost, then thrown on the grill or into…
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Baked Ziti
You can use grated Mozzarella, which is how I always used to do it, or diced Mozzarella. Now I tend to dice it as I like getting a bite with a small chunk of melted cheese in it. It’s good with meatballs or meat sauce; just use what you have. I gave quite a variance…
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Pie Crusts
Here are recipes and detailed directions for making pie crusts. First, is the old-fashioned shortening based recipe that is pretty standard. Following that is a low-fat version that tastes great as well. Pie crusts do take a bit of practice but once you learn how, you’ll save a quite a bit of money compared to…
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Apple Pie
A very basic apple pie–but very good! I don’t have a picture of the pie, but I like to use these little pie cutters rather than cutting slits in the top crust. If you have some leftover pie crust, I like to roll it out and top with a bit of cinnamon and sugar, then…
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Bubble and Squeak