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You all know how much I like a one pot-meal. I've been so excited about one-pot pasta meals, but I've been less than thrilled by how they turn out. Often soupy and not very flavorful. This one is different. It turned out beautiful and was even better the next day. Except for cooking the eggplant first and taking it out of the pot while the rest of the ingredients cook, this was truly a one-pot meal. It is adapted from one by The Kitchn.
We love pasta! If I make pasta, hubby will eat it all. I have a number of pasta recipes, some I've shared on this blog already. Here are two more that I love. The first one is so simple, yet supremely delicious. It will change your life; honest. The second is a less caloric version of a tomato cream sauce. Feel free to amp up the richness by using heavy cream or sour cream. I tend to use what I have on hand. Note also that neither recipe uses spices. Before you start dumping in the basil and other Italian spices and heaven forbid--meat, give them a try as is. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised by how flavorful these tomato sauces are. Enjoy.
This was really good. And very pretty. You can tell we liked it by how much is gone in the photo! It fed us for 2 days. Shared some with my neighbor who also really liked it. Give it a try with plums or experiment with other fruits. Adapted from a David Lebovitz's adaptation of a recipe from Marion Burros.
I have too many lemons this time of year. I think I've mentioned this before. I spend time searching and testing lemon recipes. This one turned out very good. The flavor is bright and it feels creamy in the mouth. If you use oil instead of butter, vegetable broth instead of chicken broth and a vegan cheese, it can be vegan. This is an example of simple delicious food that I easily can make. I think I adapted it from something I found in the Raley's Magazine. I sprinkled it with some of my left over lemon bread crumbs.
I don't always cook from scratch. Friday night is usually pizza night at my house. Our custom has been to order a pizza for delivery. Now that we are doing the retired-on-a-tiny-fixed-income gig, we are cutting corners where we can. We decided to see if we could get a grocery store pizza for less than what we pay for a delivered pizza. We wanted something good and not too heavy. Usually we spend about $30 for a medium delivered pizza (we end up with a couple pieces left over for snacking the next day). I like to limit my cheese intake on pizza, mostly because it is clumpy and greasy and high in calories. Most pizza places these days will provide less or no cheese. Unfortunately, this is not the case with grocery store frozen pizza, so frozen pizza was out of the question.
