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What To Do With 12 Onions
For some reason, probably seasonality, onions have been on sale lately. I ended up with 12 big ones. The only solution was to make French onion soup. Problem: I don't really like French onion soup. Caramelized onions are not my fave, so that many is waaaay too many. Plus, isn't French onion soup just an excuse to eat the bread and cheese crouton? Why not shortcut to the bread and cheese to begin with? In the spirit of avoiding food waste, I made the soup. We ate it with a rid
Brenda Mellon
5 days ago1 min read
Cook Food for More than 1 Meal
Even though I like to cook, I don't necessarily want to cook every day. Plus, sometimes, you just don't have time to cook dinner before you fall off the hunger cliff and opt for ordering pizza. One of the ways I help myself out in this area is to cook more than one meal at once. My husband and I don't mind eating something 2-4 times within as many days, and it sure is nice to know that lunch or dinner is already made. One of my go-to meals this summer has been stuffed peppers
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For a Summer Soup, Add Sweet Corn
You know what makes a soup more summer-y? Fresh sweet corn, right off the cob. I first tried this because I had two ears of corn hanging out in my fridge for a few days. Food waste bothers me extremely, so I try to use all the leftovers, every time. While making one of my go-to soups, I thought, "Brenda, you could put that leftover corn in here, and get those out of the fridge." What will it taste like? I don't know, but the thought of moving that corn out was enough to get m
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