The Good Plate
Gourmet Food on a Budget
Welcome to The Good Plateโs kitchen. My name is Adrienne Boswell, and Iโm here to give you recipes, tips, and methods for making gourmet food on a budget. A new recipe comes out every Friday at noon and the Whatโs Cookinโ? Good Stuff newsletter is published on the last day of the month.
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The Good Plate wants to make your holidays more manageable and tastier while staying on budget. Follow along and make holidays to remember.
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Good Stuff!
Last Updated on February 3, 2023

Easy caramelized onions recipe is so simple to make that you can sleep through it. Really. Just sleep through it.

Cajun Shrimp And Tomato Cream Sauce over the pasta of your choice is easy to make and as spicy as you like it. Itโs perfect for a weeknight meal.

This Southern Air Fryer Fried Chicken is just as tasty and crunchy as its oil-fried cousin. All the taste without the guilt.


Stuffed Fresno Chilies make a great, easy-to-make appetizer with a lot of heat for a little work. Warning! They are HOT!

Savory round baklava appetizers are sprinkled with Justice and stuffed with a combination of walnuts, dried cranberry, and blue cheese, then dusted with smoked salt.
To become a good cook requires more than the blind following of a recipe. It means to gain a knowledge of foods and how they behave and skill in manipulating them. The recipe by itself, helpful as it is, will not produce a good product; the human being using the recipe must interpret it and must have skill in handling the materials it prescribes.
~Ruth Berolzheimer, Director Culinary Arts Institute โ American Womanโs Cook Book
Never be afraid of food.
~ Chef John Farion, CWC

Fresh Food
We will show you how to make homemade gourmet food on a budget, so you know what is in it.

From Soupโฆ
Why buy that stuff in the can when you can prepare your soups for half the cost and with a much better flavor?

to Basil Pine Nut Pesto
We like fresh foods at The Good Plate, and this Basil Pine nut Pesto canโt be beaten!

Your Just Desserts
Everything has to come to an end but you can make a memorable dessert for every occasion.
Why is it Called The Good Plate
I wanted my recipes with me. Being a website developer, I decided to tip my toe into WordPress and make a recipe blog. First, I found a theme with a plate and fork on it and decided that would be the name, The Good Plate. The problem with that original theme was the plate. I have been collecting the wonderful Organdie plates from Vernonware. Those plates became my logo, and they really are Very Good Plates.
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Are You Ready to Make Some Gourmet Food on a Budget?
So come along with us. Grab your apron, your curiosity, your thriftiness, and your appetite. Letโs get started on a wonderful journey! Glad to have you here. Share your love, and cook good food!