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$ = Good budget cooking recipe
V = Vegetarian
Q = Quick
W = Watch an online video lesson
Starters & Sides
Easy Tuna or Salmon Ceviche
Provencal spread V
Golden Onion Quiche V
Grandma’s Yeast Pancakes V, $
Salade Niçoise
Perfect Mashed Potatoes
Potato Gratin with Chevre and Pancetta
Cranberry Relish with Port and Orange
Mushroom-Lentil Pate V, $, Q
Roasted Carrots with Mustard V, $
Soups
Soup 101: A primer (video lesson)
How to Make a Gumbo Out of (Almost) Anything
Chilled Asparagus and Spinach Soup with Avocado Garnish
French Onion Soup V, $
Carrot and Rosemary Soup V, $
Chicken Noodle Soup for Flu Emergencies $
My Mom’s Minestrone Soup
Go with the Flow Lentil Soup
Ramen Soup Revisited
White Beans & Dark Greens Stew V
Pasta, Grains & Rice
Risotto 101 V, $
Easy Fresh Tomato Sauce
Pasta with Olives, Tomatoes & Tuna
Creole Shrimp with Pasta
How to Make Healthy Ramen Soup V, $, Q
Pasta with olives, tomatoes and tuna $, Q
Paella Valencia
Spicy Creole Shrimp Pasta in Saffron Tomato Broth Q
Pasta Pomodoro (simple tomato sauce) V, $, Q, (Video)
Pasta with Shrimp, Tarragon and Wilted Greens
Poultry
How to Roast a Whole Chicken
Coq au vin
Chicken Braised with Mustard Sauce $
Rotisserie Chicken Pho $, Q
Corn Flake-crusted Chicken $
Chicken Piccata (How to Cook a Chicken Cutlet) $, Q
Chicken Cordon Bleu with Mornay Sauce
Easy & Versatile Thai Curry $, Q
Spicy Turkish Chicken Wings with Chili-Oregano Salt $
Your Basic Chicken Stock $
Seafood
Basic Pan-Seared Fish Q
Easy Thai Shrimp Curry Q
Easy Planked Salmon
Fragrant Salmon Cakes with Avocado Basil Dressing
Delaware-style Crab Cakes
Spicy Creole Shrimp Pasta in Saffron Tomato Broth Q
Miso Marinated Black Cod (or Halibut)
Moules à la Mariniére
Paella Valencia
Easy Planked Salmon (or other fish)
Fish en Papillote (cooked in parchment/foil) $, Q (Video)
Pasta with olives, tomatoes and tuna $, Q
Vegetarian
How to Make Risotto Out of (Almost) Anything V, $
Easy & Versatile Thai Curry $, Q
French Onion Quiche V, $
Mushroom-Lentil Pate V, $, Q
Miso Ramen V, $, Q
Pasta Pomodoro (simple tomato sauce) V, $, Q, (Video)
Mushroom-Lentil Burgers V, $, Q
Black beans, corn and greens veggie burgers V, $, Q
Beef, Pork, Lamb
Classic Beef Bourguignon
Bone Broth 101
Lamb with Rosemary & Olives
Mushroom-crusted steak with red wine sauce
Flint-style Coney Island Dogs $, Q
Fundamentals
Bone Broth $
Chicken Stock $
Vegetable Broth $
How to Use a Whole Chicken $
Risotto 101 V, $
Simple vinaigrette (Video lesson)
How to Outfit a Kitchen on a Budget $
Tips on Buying Fish
Rosemary Thyme and Lemon Oil
Homemade Finishing Butter
Canning, Baking & Sweets
Quick No-Knead Bread
Blueberry Jam Like my Grandfather’s
Bread and Butter Pickles
Sea foam candy
Peppermint Bark
Mom’s Oatmeal Cookies
Kate McDermott’s Perfect Pumpkin Pie (video lesson)
Mom’s Cranberry Nut Bread
Scones for the Baking Challenged
Dill popovers
Cranberry Relish with Port and Orange
