While at Barnes and Nobles last week, I couldn’t resist the July/August 2007 issue of Cooking With Paula Deen. Who knew she had a magazine? I love that woman!
I made her Carne Asada pizza with the Traditional crust and also the Whole Wheat Crust tonight (for a 6 cheese pizza). I also [...]

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Sorry for the delay in getting the Perogie recipes up here.
We traditionally make this (I should say, Slobo and the kids make this) during an all day weekend event. Freezing about 40 at a time for later use. The last batch they made, included fresh chopped parsley from the garden. It was [...]

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The first recipe to go into the 10$ dinner category is:

Aglia Olio with Broccoli
1 large head of broccoli
1 lb. spaghetti
1/3 c. olive oil
1/2 stick butter
4 cloves crushed garlic
1/3 c. finely grated Parmesan reggiano cheese
1 tsp. red pepper flakes
salt to taste
1/4 c. chopped basil and/or Italian parsley
Blanch broccoli in salted boiling water for 5 minutes. [...]

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I thought it would be fun and maybe helpful for others, if I posted how we handle grocery budgeting and such to the site, so I’ve made a new category called 10$ dinners and a page called, “The Pantry” that I wll upload soon.
I thought about this after a friend of Slo’s thought he was [...]

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Yesterday, I posted a picture of what we rounded up from our blackberry bushes in the backyard. It was a meager few cups. The first real roundup was a good amount to try. They have alot of berries on them again but they still need to ripen. In the meantime, Muscadine [...]

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Or…. Banana Nutless Lemon Muffins
For a dinner desert, I decided to make Chef Tom’s Banana Nut Muffins. I left off the nuts because our budget doesn’t allow for walnuts and pecans these days and I didn’t think peanuts were going to cut it. I added about a tbsp. of lemon juice because [...]

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