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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Sriracha Sauce
This homemade version of the insanely popular Thai hot chile-garlic sauce is thinner and fresher-tasting than store-bought. It needs a few days to ferment at room temperature, but…
Parmesan Baked Potatoes
It always amazed me that this simple recipe could make potatoes taste so good. Ingredients 6 tablespoons butter, melted 3 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese 8 medium unpeeled red…
Caper Parsley Sauce
Ingredients 2 Tablespooms (30 ml) balsamic vinegar 1/4 cup (60 ml) olive oil 1/4 cup (34g) detained capers 1 cup (60 g) fresh parsley, stemmed 1/4 teaspoon ground…
Changua
Changua, a milk-onion-egg soup from the central Andes of Colombia, though often served for breakfast, this soup can also be a light lunch or dinner. The toasted bread can be…
Cheesy Potato Pancakes
Ingredients 3 cups leftover mashed potatoes, chilled 1 egg ¾ cup flour (more if needed) ½ cup shredded cheddar cheese 2-3 Tablespoons canola oil, for frying Preparation Mix…
Alabama White Wasabi Barbecue Sauce
Are you getting tired of that chicken teriyaki yet? Do you find yourself making the same chicken dish on the grill all the time? I know I have…
Brandied Fruit
An innovative use of yeast in fermenting favorite fruits for a sauce used on desserts, meats and many other foods. Many people prepare Brandied Fruit Sauce in decorative…
Yogurt Dessert Sauce
This light, tangy dessert sauce can top fresh fruit, pudding, sponge cake or any dessert that you would use whipped cream, sour cream or custard sauce over. It’s…
Sous Vide Salted Caramel Sauce
Caramel is not exactly one of my favorite things to make since there are so many things that can go wrong, but sous vide caramel really takes all…
New-Fashioned Apple and Raisin Slaw
Crunchy and creamy are the two most important characteristics of a good slaw, but this recipe turns the traditional on its head. Sweet apples form the base of…
