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Author Archives: Matthew
Invest a little time, make a lot of dough
Making bread and pizza at home is all about planning. Once you’ve got the timing right, it requires very little active work. I hadn’t made bread at home in over a month since we had been out of town, and well ya know, summer… but when I saw artisanal multigrain loaves in the store selling [...]
Posted in Bread, Budget, Recipes Tagged Artisan, baking, Basics, Bread, Budget, from scratch, In advance, Recipes, whole grains, yeast 4 Comments
Pantry Staples + Cheese + Scallions = Another Mexican Casserole from Matthew
Thursday Night. Got home late from work and I knew Alexa wasn’t going to be around, so I stopped at my grocer to pick up tortilla chips with which to better enjoy a Mexican layered polenta casserole. My sister taught me this one a decade ago. What makes it such a winner is it can [...]
Posted in Budget, Recipes, Vegetarian Tagged Budget, Dinner, Easy, Healthy, Pantry, Recipes, Vegetarian, weeknight dinner, whole grains 11 Comments
Making fresh, beautiful bread doing little more than watching and waiting
I have a busy schedule. I would never have thought that I would be capable of baking an artisanal style crusty bread with minimal effort, and minimal ingredients, in the middle of the week, but that’s exactly what I just did (I actually made two), and you can too. On Monday night I decided I’d [...]
Posted in Bread, Budget, Recipes Tagged Artisan, baking, Bread, Budget, Easy, entertaining, In advance, Pantry, Sandwich, Vegetarian, yeast 7 Comments
Mexican Comfort Food
I discovered this dish on foodnetwork.com a couple of years ago and it has stuck in the repertoire ever since. It’s sort of like a Mexican lasagna, with a great smokey spice from the chipotle. This recipe is easy enough to put together for a midweek dinner, and the leftovers make an equally good lunch. [...]
Posted in Budget, Recipes, Vegetarian Tagged baking, Budget, Easy, Healthy, Pasta, Vegetarian, weeknight dinner 1 Comment


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