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• 06.15.09
  Cheap Ass Monday: Getting Somewhat More Creative with the Eggs, in That They’re Not Just Sitting On Top cheap ass, pasta | (14)

  It's Monday and that means yes, here I am with dinner based around an ovum protein source.* *Another synonym for "egg," from thesaurus.com: cackleberry.  I am so not shitting you. Keep going... Related posts:Not a Salad Another harried weeknight, another bowl of pasta covered in green... It’s Not the Pasta’s Fault You can decide you want dinner at 8:45, and still... Tight Ass Tuesday: Between Four and Six Ingredient Fix So as not to infringe on the Food Network. You’re... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

  Tagged: cooking, cuisine, eggs, food, italian, pasta, recipes
  
• 05.18.09
  Cheap Ass Monday: If you lived here, you’d be eating dinner by now eating out | (8)

  Just in case you were wondering, there is nothing, literally nothing I would rather do in this life than participate in The Bachelorette. The small talk alone would send me spiraling into a catatonic state. Then again, ABC probably wouldn't want me either because with my propensity to instantly judge people, the season would only be one episode long. Guys: "You look beautiful tonight.  We can't wait to get to know you." Me: "You're all barely-veiled misogynist famewhores.  Go home so I can take a bath in peace." THE END Keep going... Related posts:I didn’t know we had a king. I thought we ...

  Tagged: cuisine, italian, italy, jersey city, restaurant
  
• 03.23.09
  Cheap Ass Monday: The nostalgia, she is filling. cheap ass, eggs, pasta | (28)

  To be upfront: The National Egg Council did not pay me to make this dinner or write this post.  But if anyone from the National Egg Council is reading and would like to pay me retroactively, I would be open to that.  Just getting that out there. Keep going... Related posts:It’s Not the Pasta’s Fault You can decide you want dinner at 8:45, and still... Not a Salad Another harried weeknight, another bowl of pasta covered in green... Thursday Night Smackdown: Nope, Still Not Enough Cowbell Something’s going screwy with my Olympic fever.... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

  Tagged: cheese, cooking, cuisine, eggs, food, italian, pasta, pepper, recipes, roman, rome
  
• 02.27.09
  TNS: Were the instructions written by a Chinese hairless crested? beef, smackdown, veg | (22)

  If you don't know what a Chinese hairless crested is, it's this.  Or as I like to call it, "the dog that should not be." You may wonder why they are in the title. I will to esplain: these are Lidia Bastianich recipes, and she's relatively hairless. And Chinese hairless crested are dogs, so they'd be pretty shitty at writing coherent recipes, and so is Lidia Bastianich. Combine all this, and we're lucky dinner got to the table at all, although thank god it did, because it was good.: Swiss chard cakes crusted with Asiago and tiny, adorable little braciole filled ...

  Tagged: cooking, cuisine, emilia, food, italian, italy, lidia bastianich
  
• 11.10.08
  Cheap Ass Monday: Roughage! Get your roughage here! cheap ass, pasta | (14)

  I know, the post title isn't very exciting or funny or clever. Don't blame me, blame the three and a half hour meeting I had this afternoon. Don't we go to work at non-profits so we don't have to sit through three and a half hour meetings? You pay me less, I wear comfy shoes to work and don't deal with meetings; that is the deal, no? Also this particular meeting was three and a half hours, did I mention that? It is, therefore, not surprising that when I got home I wanted something quick, warm ...

  Tagged: canon, cheese, cooking, cuisine, food, garlic, italian, pasta, powershot, ricotta, vegetables
  
• 11.07.08
  Thursday Night Smackdown: Liver is just as offal as I thought organs, smackdown | (26)

  Yeah, I know, some people pronounce it "OH-ffal."  I don't.  It's punnier that way. Keep going... Related posts:Smackdown: Pots So. Many. Pots.... Thursday Night Smackdown: Crabby Patties HEY YOU! Vote now on the year’s ugliest oven mitts,... Thursday Night Smackdown: The Kind of Crabs You Want to Have They’ve got a crunchy topping!... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

  Tagged: canon, cook, cuisine, food, italian, lidia, liver, offal, powershot, roman, rome
  
• 11.04.08
  Cheap Ass Monday: Brown Paper Packages Tied Up With String cheap ass, grains | (8)

  If you're here looking for a sub-$5 meal idea, I have to be up front with you and say that I actually have no idea how much this dinner costs. Maybe you can do it for $5, maybe it costs $100, I don't know. I just know that for me, it was cheap as free because it was made entirely of random food items that were sitting around and for which I had no plans. Food items that, I might add, comprise some of my all-time favorite edibles: farro, winter squash, onions, cheese and hazelnuts. A warm, comforting, filling ...

  Tagged: canon, cheese, cooking, cuisine, farro, food, grains, italian, powershot, risotto, squash
  
• 10.27.08
  Cheap Ass Monday: My Little Buttercup Has the Sweetest Smile cheap ass, pasta | (23)

  When you think about it, there's nothing really inventive or groundbreaking about basing a cheap meal around pasta.  I mean, that's kinda the point of it, right?  Somehow, though, making the pasta yourself tarts it up enough so that you don't feel like a total toolbox saying, "Hey, internet, did it ever occur to you that PASTA is an easy and economical meal? I know! Go figure!" Keep going... Related posts:Thursday Night Smackdown: Crabby Patties HEY YOU! Vote now on the year’s ugliest oven mitts,... Tight Ass Tuesday: Who doesn’t love a dumpling? Fools and liars, that’s who. Is there anyone who ...

  Tagged: cooking, cuisine, food, italian, pasta, squash, vegetables
  
• 09.15.08
  Cheap Ass Monday: Going All Derrida On Your Behind cheap ass, cheese, chicken, leftovers | (16)

  It warmed my heart to see all you Aqua Teen fans. It's too bad the Wolfen is going to come for you with his razor. This odd transitional season - one-half Indian summer, one-quarter early autumn, one-quarter what the fuck is going on make up your damn mind - calls for an odd transitional dish. Chicken parm was sounding tasty but a bit too heavy, and I didn't want to have to turn the oven on. Instead, I bring you deconstructed chicken parm: pan-seared chicken breasts, tomatoes with lime and cumin seed, and pan-fried smoked mozzarella. Or as I ...

  Tagged: cheese, chicken, cooking, deconstruction, food, italian, italy, recipes, tomatoes
  
• 08.28.08
  You say tomato, I say to-WHOA, Nellie. baking, cheese, veg, veg/vegan | (28)

  I would have invited you over for dinner, but I couldn't find your phone number anywhere, I SWEAR. I'm a little sad tonight, because I've just learned that I've wasted 30 years of my life not eating delicious, delicious tomatoes. You see, I always thought I didn't like tomatoes. Tomato sauce, sure (as long as there are no visible tomato chunks), tomato soup, okay, tomato ketchup, acceptable. But a whole, raw tomato? No, thank you, I'll pass. You can imagine how much this endeared me to my mother and nonna and zias. As it turns out, I DO like tomatoes. ...

  Tagged: baking, canon, cooking, food, herbs, italian, powershot, tart, tomatoes, tomatos, tuscan, tuscany
  

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