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Bacon and Homegrown Tomato Sandwiches
The tomatoes in my garden are ripe and delicious, begging to be eaten three meals a day, which I do many days. Breakfast is often sliced tomatoes on toast and maybe an egg. Dinners have been pasta with tomatoes, curry with peas and tomatoes, and of course BLT’s-bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwiches. When I was…
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Red Lentils with Ginger
I was thrilled to find some red lentils in our local Sprouts grocery store. The store is a bit out of my way but I try to pop in when I’m over that way to see what looks good. I ended up making these Red Lentils with Ginger from Madhur Jaffrey. The other night I used…
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Make Your Own Indian Curry Paste
While cruising a few other frugal blogs, I saw this recipe for making your own Indian curry paste, which caught my eye. I especially liked how she suggested freezing it in portions suitable to your family size. I made this tonight and am freezing it 10 portions. She said the original was suitable for a…
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Pasta with Fresh Tomatoes, Onions and Cheese
This recipe for Pasta with Fresh Tomatoes, Onions and Cheese is such a flexible “recipe” — I love it! All you REALLY need are fresh tomatoes and some kind of cheese and pasta. My original inspiration from this came from Don’t Eat Your Heart Out Cookbook. (That’s an affiliate link. I’ll make a small bit…
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No Knead Bread from The New York Times
Last night after dinner I started the New York Times’ famous no knead bread. I definitely need to add more flour (or maybe cornmeal) to the towel next time because my bread stuck to it when I tried to dump it into the pan. But no matter. It still came out great! And it’s so…