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Quick and Cheap Dinner: Creamy Lemon Pasta

November 16, 2009

Quick and Cheap Dinner: Creamy Lemon Pasta

I love healthy pasta recipes. They are usually quick to prepare, filling, and they make great leftovers. I’m always on the hunt for a new veggie combo or a simple and tasty sauce to dress a pasta. Lucky me, this recipe has both.

Quick and Cheap Dinner: Balsamic Lentil Stew

November 4, 2009

Quick and Cheap Dinner: Balsamic Lentil Stew

The temperature has dipped below 85 degrees, and that can only mean one thing in Houston: Fall has arrived. I know what you northerners are thinking, and you are probably right. Sixty-five degrees is hardly bundle-up weather, but in Houston it can still elicit the desire for wool socks and bowls of thick and steaming autumn stews.

Quick and Cheap Dinner: Garden Pita Pizza

October 29, 2009

Quick and Cheap Dinner: Garden Pita Pizza

When I’ve had a particularly exhausting day and would rather jump out a third story window than cook, I turn to the pita pizza. Not only are they quick, but pita pizzas are a great way to use up the odds and ends leftover in your fridge. Any cheapskate knows that wasting food is a big money sink.