Budget
Budget recipes draw on inexpensive ingredients and familiar staples. Omelettes, zucchini pancakes, and other preparations offer starting points when keeping ingredient expense low is part of choosing a meal.
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Chimichurri Sauce
Drizzle over gazpacho, or toss with cooked shrimp and pasta for a zingy Argentine-inspired scampi. Adding whole garlic cloves to the food processor first seasons the work bowl…
Sweet and Spicy Peanut Sauce
Stir into ground turkey for a savory burger, or toss with rice noodles and thinly sliced veggies for an Indonesian-style salad. Ingredients 6 tablespoons unsalted creamy peanut butter…
Chimichurri Sauce
Ingredients 1 garlic clove, peeled 1/2 cup fresh parsley leaves 1/3 cup fresh cilantro leaves 1/3 cup fresh mint leaves 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 1 tablespoon Dijon…
Thai Watermelon Salad
Fresh, bright and full of flavor, this salad is the perfect way to highlight fresh summer melon. Ingredients 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice 2 tablespoons fresh orange juice…
Mojo Sauce
Pungent, sour, and refreshing, this simple Caribbean sauce of garlic, citrus, oil, and cumin was born for hot-weather cooking—and eating. A combination of fresh-squeezed orange and lime juices…
Waffle Latkes
Ingredients 2 eggs, lightly beaten 2 cloves garlic, minced 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 1/2 pounds russet potatoes Creme fraiche or sour cream (optional) Snipped fresh basil (optional) Strawberry jam (optional) Preparation Place eggs,…
Fresh Tomato Sauce
There is nothing better than a sweet, juicy, sun-ripened tomato. Make the most of the season’s bounty with this fresh no-cook tomato sauce. Fresh Tomato Sauce Balsamic vinegar,…
Tzatziki Sauce
Dunk, slather, drizzle, smother. No matter how you sauce it, a spoonful of a special sauce makes everything taste better. Especially during summer grilling season, a good sauce…
Caramel Sauce
This isn’t our healthiest recipe, it falls in our “sinfully delicious” category. But sometimes treating yourself to something rich and sweet is a form of “Living Healthy”! We…
Fried Squash Croquettes
Looking for a simple side dish to use garden-fresh yellow squash? Try this straightforward version of fried squash. Ingredients 2 cups yellow squash, finely chopped 1 cup onion,…
