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Easy One Pot Dinner/Use What You Have
I was clearing out my refrigerator before grocery shopping for the week and pulled out everything that either needed to be used before going bad or was a remaining ingredient that just didn’t make it into other preparations. I don’t like to throw away food and try my best to use EVERYTHING. The recipe for this pork stew can be found below. During these winter months in upstate New York, I prefer to prepare meals that feed my family multiple times a week from one day of cooking. I rely heavily on one pot meals like stews and soups. It’s also convenient for my family to have meals like this…
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Wintery Day Lamb And Beer Stew Using Veggies Of Your Choice.
I live in the Northeast and our winters can be pretty tough and long. I love to warm my home with my wood burning stove accompanied by a warm oven that has been on for a couple hours with a hearty meal cooking away. I work outside of my home sporadically during the week, so when I am home on the weekdays I try to multitask as much as possible. A large one pot meal that will offer more then one dinner during the week is my go to. Lamb is something I don’t cook with very often so I’ve been challenging myself to branch out. In my past experience,…
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Roasted Eggplant And Easy Tomato Sauce With Rigatoni
This tasty meal came together quickly and I think would also work great using zucchini in place of the eggplant:) The recipe will follow at the bottom of the page. I started out with this large eggplant which I peeled and cut up into 1″ cubes. Once that was done I coated the cubes with olive oil, Italian seasonings, garlic powder, salt and pepper. I spread the pieces on a cookie sheet and roasted the eggplant until browned at 400 degrees for 20 minutes. TIP: If some of the cubes stick just scrap them off the sheet with a spatula and throw them into the sauce. They ad great texture…