Cooking On Pennies XVIII: From "Bravo! 365 Budget Recipes" 🌞

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Three Cheese Macaroni With Tomatoes

Ingredients

2 pounds elbow macaroni
8 ounces Colby-Jack cheese, cubed
8 ounces Cheddar cheese, cubed
8 ounces white Cheddar cheese, cubed
2 (14 ounce) cans stewed tomatoes, undrained, crushed
1 cup dry bread crumbs

Direction

Set the oven to 350 ° F (175 ° C) to preheat. Grease a medium-sized baking dish lightly.

Boil lightly salted water in a big pot. In the pot, put macaroni
and cook until al dente, about 8-10 minutes; strain.

Combine tomatoes with juice, white Cheddar cheese, Cheddar
cheese, Colby-Jack cheese, and cooked macaroni in the baking
dish. Evenly spread over the top with bread crumbs.

Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes until pale brown and
bubbly.



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Tofu With Pork And Miso

Ingredients

1/3 cup miso paste
1/2 cup water
1 tablespoon sesame oil
1/4 cup chopped green onion, white and green parts separated
1/3 cup ground pork
1 (14 ounce) package tofu, cubed

Direction

Beat the water and miso together until the miso has fully
dissolved, then put it aside. In a wok or a frying pan, put the
sesame oil and let it heat up over medium-high heat setting. Put
in the white parts of the green onion and let it cook for 30
seconds to 1 minute until you can already smell the aroma of the
onion and the color has turned light. Add the ground meat and
mix well; let it cook for a couple minutes until the mixture is
almost done cooking.

Add the miso paste and tofu and gently mix everything together.
Allow the mixture to simmer and let it cook for a couple
minutes until the tofu becomes warm. Garnish it with the
sprinkled green parts of the green onions on top prior to serving.


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Tomato Cakes

Ingredients

1 (14.5 ounce) can peeled and diced tomatoes with juice
1/4 onion, chopped
30 saltine crackers, crushed
1 pinch salt and pepper to taste
3 tablespoons vegetable oil

Direction

In a large bowl, place crackers, onion and tomatoes. Season
with pepper and salt; thoroughly mix. Cover and allow to sit for
about 15 minutes. This will let crackers soak up juices from
tomato. The mixture should become a stiff paste.

Over medium-high heat, heat oil in a large skillet. Shape tomato
mixture into patties; put in hot oil. Fry patties, until both sides
turn golden, flipping once only.


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Vegan Mashed Potatoes

Ingredients

2 pounds russet potatoes
8 cloves garlic, peeled and smashed
1 sprig fresh rosemary
1 sprig fresh thyme
1/4 cup olive oil
1 pinch salt and ground black pepper to taste

Direction

In a big pot filled with salted water, add thyme, rosemary, garlic
and potatoes, then bring to a boil. Cook with a cover for a half
hour, until potatoes are easily pierced with a knife. Drain and
save 1 cup of cooking water.

Turn to a bowl with garlic and boiled potatoes, then get rid of
the thyme and rosemary. Put in pepper, salt and olive oil, then
use a potato masher to mash the mixture while putting in more
cooking water to get wanted consistency.


All the above from "Bravo! 365 Budget Recipes"
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55092513-bravo-365-quick-and-easy-recipes

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