CheapCooking
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Lidia’s Italy in America
Last night I tried a new recipe for Italian Wedding Soup, adapted from Lidia’s Italy in America. In the past, I’ve made it with chicken broth and used pre-cooked meatballs. I was worried that this version, with water instead of broth, might be a bit bland but the girls and I loved it. The long…
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When Menu Plans Change, Save the Produce!
It happens to all of us. You make a menu plan, you do the shopping, and then something happens. I had a recipe I wanted to try that called for a red and yellow pepper but then I didn’t get to it. No way was I going to waste those peppers so I washed them,…
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Bacon and Tomato Pasta
This came from a Paula Deen cookbook my stepson and his wife gave me for Christmas. It is creamy and good and easy–hard combination to beat! I’ve been watching the Lidia Italian cooking shows on our PBS station and she almost always adds a bit of pasta water to a sauce, saying the starch in…
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Ham, Green Beans and Scalloped Potatoes
A great dinner for New Year’s Eve or Day–but I did it a few days early. I saw shank end hams on sale for .99 a pound and that was all I needed to see.
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Making Fudge: Substituting Chocolate Chips for Baking Chocolate
My eldest wanted to make fudge today. I was going to the store so picked up the marshmallow fluff and evaporated milk. I was SURE we had those squares of baking chocolate at home… Not! Uh oh. Found this table for substituting different kinds of chocolate. Yay! So we used 2 1/4 cups semi sweet…