CheapCooking
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Steak Tacos with Lime Mayo from Cooking Light
I’m on a taco roll. The spicy shrimp tacos were so good that I wanted to try the steak tacos with lime mayo. The current issue of Cooking Light is full of tacos! I don’t know if I’ll make my way through all ten recipes but these first two are definitely repeats. Tacos work well…
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Simple Vegetable Soup
I wanted a simple vegetable soup the other day to go with some grilled cheese sandwiches. It had turned cold here suddenly and soup seemed a good antidote. I pulled a quart of homemade chicken broth from the freezer, some pasta, an onion and a potato from the pantry, and some carrots and celery from…
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Spicy Shrimp Tacos
These came from the latest issue of Cooking Light, one of the few magazines I subscribe to off and on. The latest issue has a bunch of taco recipes and this one caught my eye tonight. Yowza! Really good. I made an avocado salsa rather than just using smashed avocado and diced tomatoes. I also used…
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Burrito Bowl: Chicken, Rice, Beans and More
I gather Chipotle made burrito bowl a common term for those who wanted to cut a few carbs out of a burrito. Wherever the idea came from, it’s a good flexible meal and leftovers work well too, for packing up a lunch or eating a late dinner. With my oldest living back at home but…
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French Toast
You can vary the milk : egg ratio for French toast depending on your tastes. You want a somewhat sturdy bread for this, either day old French or Italian bread or what they sell as “Texas Toast” where I live, thicker sliced sturdy white bread. You can also use raisin bread if you’d like (and…