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Quick and Cheap Dinner: Mexican Layer Casserole

March 6, 2010

Quick and Cheap Dinner: Mexican Layer Casserole

Mexican Layer Casserole is comfort food to me. It’s flavorful and filling and comes together quickly, even though the ingredient list looks long. The chiles in adobo sauce, with their spicy smokiness, really punch up the flavor in the casserole.

Quick and Cheap Dinner: Quick Chili

February 10, 2010

Quick and Cheap Dinner: Quick Chili

my new favorite winter dish is this super quick chili recipe I tweaked from Real Simple. I added some ground meat to it, but you could just omit that part if you want to keep it vegetarian. I love the addition of bulgur because it adds a little more heft to the dish. It sticks nicely to the ribs.

Quick and Cheap Dinner: Double Boil Pasta Madness

June 15, 2009

This is a weekend meal for me, mostly because it takes about 30 minutes to prepare. I realized when planning for this dinner that I was gonna dirty up quite a few pots, so I made one pot do double boil duty.