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Ribollita – How Come Peasant Food Tastes SO Good?

Posted in Italian, Italy, Potato, Recipe, Recipes, beans, bread, cabbage, cheap meal, food, healthy, kale, parsley, sausage, soup, stew, tradition, tuscany, vegetables, vegetarian, weather on February 21, 2008 | 7 Comments »

Continuing with more comforting winter foods, I decided one night to make Ribollita again. Traditionally, this Tuscan dish is usually made one day using whatever leftovers were around and reboiled (what ribollita literally means in Italian) the next for even more of a flavor power-punch.  I also read that ribollita should take a total of three days to [...]

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Shredded Chicken Sopes with Tomatillo-Avocado Salsa

Posted in Chorizo, Los Pollitos, Mexican, Recipe, Recipes, avocado, beans, black beans, cheap meal, chicken, chile, chili, cilantro, cornmeal, cream, food, lime, masa, onions, peppers, pinto beans, red beans, serrano, sopes, spicy, tomatillos, tagged on February 14, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Almost every time we eat out at one of our favorite local Mexican cheap-eats, it is difficult for me to resist the crunchy and tasty sopes. These traditional Mexican dish involves fried masa cakes and can be topped with a variety of things – chorizo, beef, chicken, pork, veggies or beans. Some are made small [...]

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Avgolemono Soup – Greek Chicken Soup for The Soul

Posted in Greek, Recipe, Recipes, cheap meal, chicken, easy, food, healthy, lemon, onions, oregano, orzo, pita, quick meal, rice, soup, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on February 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

There’s a Greek restaurant up the street from where we live that makes really delicious Avgolemono Soup and we’ve been recreating it at home since we first tried it. The best way to describe this soup is like a lemony, creamy chicken soup – Avgolemono actually means ‘egg-lemon’, natch. The most interesting part about it [...]

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Potato and Leek Soup

Posted in Garlic, Potato, Recipe, Recipes, bacon, cheap meal, easy, food, fried, leek, liik, quick meal, soup, vegetables, vegetarian, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on February 3, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Another meat-free meal (with exception of our bacon crumbles garnish) once we returned from our pig-fest in Madrid. This one was a winner! The fried leeks added a bit of crunch (if you want to take the extra time to do this). We added a bit of sour cream for a bit of extra creaminess, [...]

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Get Rid of Your “Pouch” with This Pouch – Sweet Anise-Flavored Salmon in a Pouch (Salmon en Papillote)

Posted in Alton Brown, Recipe, Recipes, anise, cheap meal, easy, fish, food, healthy, lemon, onions, quick meal, salmon, sauce, vegetables on February 1, 2008 | 2 Comments »

As we mentioned in other posts, although our trip to Madrid was fabu and delicious, we definitely needed to abstain from eating any meat and drinking any alcohol the week we returned. It was difficult and I officially think my body went through a strange form of detox – NonCelebrity Vacation Overconsumption Rehab, anyone? Has [...]

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