Gourmet Food on a Budget — Ever Forward, Ever Flavorful
These smoky barbecue roasted potatoes are called chips across the pond. These are easy to make on your grill. They are perfect for Memorial Day, the 4th of July, or that last Labor Day barbecue. Go out, get some potatoes, and get crackin’!
Many of us are familiar with the scene in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers:
These are jumbo shells stuffed with ground beef, carrots, onions, and spinach then topped with tomato mornay. Enjoy it with a big green salad and red wine.
Goat cheese and sun-dried tomato pizza with basil chiffonade is a party for your mouth. It might sound long and complicated, but it’s not. This happens to be my absolute favorite pizza. Once you make pizza at home, you won’t want to order it out again.
Apple Pear Crisp With Yogurt is a healthy and delicious choice that can be for breakfast or dessert with a scoop of ice cream. A little bit of cardamon gives brightness to this without it being cloyingly sweet.
Roasted vegetables are so easy to prepare on a sheet pan – set it and forget it. Adding an Asian-style sauce to them makes them even better.
This moist and flavorful pork loin with cashews, fennel, and garlic was roasted in an air fryer. If you don’t like pork that is all dried out, you will like this because the crust keeps the moisture in.
Flank Steak Stuffed with Duxelles, Spinach, and Blue Cheese is a great holiday dinner that’s healthy, impressive, and won’t break your bank. You could put it on the grill or in the oven in a Graniteware Covered Roaster.
Frozen lemon slices are what you do when life or neighbors give you lots of lemons. These are great for the summer to keep your drinks cold.
The sauce is from Joseph “Joe Dogs” Iannuzzi’s Mafia Cookbook. Even though the recipe for this Lasagna with Béchamel has been tweaked to reduce fat and calories, you would never know from the taste. Enjoy this with a salad and a glass of red wine.
Air Fryer Twice-Baked potatoes are an easy to make, tasty side dish that you can even make ahead for fancy dinners or even just one for yourself.