Judge me however you want, but I love dollar stores. Most of their canned food is absolute garbage, I know this, but for a buck I’ll gladly skimp a bit (especially on non-paycheck weeks). This entire meal was basically $3 plus some pantry items, and fed about 4 large servings. Mackerel meatballs! Not the most…
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Stephen, my boyfriend, got me an Instant Pot for Valentine’s Day. Why? I have no idea. Maybe because he heard me mention my mom had one and that she loved it. Other than that, it’s something I knew very little about and kind of really didn’t want to. Pressure Cookers scare the shit out of…
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Spring is coming! And who else besides my group of (gay) friends decided to throw a welcome party into spring? The rules were clear: ingredients must be spring-forward, and just be cautious on not bringing too many meat dishes (vegetarians in the house of course). Challenge accepted. I went to the local vegetable stand (or…
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Stephen has always been anti-soup for whatever reason. So a personal mission of mine has been to find soup-worthy recipes and make him fall in love with them. Stuffed pasta pockets were an easy way for him to give a thumbs up for this recipe. Although the tortellini is the show in this dish, I…
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I love making carbonara at home – it’s easy, quick, and always tastes good. But if I post this anywhere on social media, I’ll get utterly destroyed by all the food snobs and grandchildren of Italian grandparents from the motherland. I don’t give a shit – this is my version at the time with what…
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Pot roasts are pretty synonymous with the holidays. Although not particularly on sale, I still wanted to cook something with a nice beef round. Don’t even get me started on the different cuts for beef round – because I have no idea the difference between bottom round and top round. I’ve never seen a more…
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DIA New York, a relatively new Italian restaurant, opened in the Lower East Side. The setting is more upscale, but the food presentation and the atmosphere is more casual. They’re known for their thin crust Roman-style pizza, but the menu encompasses much more than just that. The table setup is pretty intimate and we never…
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