Eating Archives - Page 9 of 96 - Better.Cheaper.Slower.

Chocolate for breakfast. I confess.

March 26, 2025

I probably wouldn't admit this if I hadn't read the results of the study. The one that concludes that dessert after a balanced breakfast "can help dieters to lose more weight and keep it off in the long run". Talk about food for thought, huh?

Dessert, Deprivation and Diet

March 25, 2025

This is Sweet Tooth Week. Yeah, let's talk about desserts. I make them and write about them because making traditionally craved and satisfying desserts with minimal sugar is really important. And because, well, I like them. Don't you?

Arancini. Great balls of rice.

March 20, 2025

Always make too much risotto. Roll up the leftovers and fry them. Ten minutes later you have a great treat. Serve them with a salad or a spicy tomato sauce. Or make them small enough to just pop in your mouth.

Cassoulet Shortcut: Not pork & beans

March 19, 2025

Onion, garlic and herb-scented. Tomato-sweetened. Earthy, creamy beans. Smoky bacon. Rich, plump sausage. And a whole flavor experience much greater than the sum of its great parts. A classic in 45 minutes.

Almost Spring Risotto

March 18, 2025

You can't make the spring asparagus and morels grow faster. But you can make an equally luscious risotto with green beans and shiitake mushrooms. Right now. Pretty easy to make a great risotto in 30 minutes. Just stir.

Irish Soda. No Bread. Pop.

March 15, 2025

Green soda. Way Better than green beer. Delicious. Five minutes to make a batch that'll keep in the fridge for five days. Just squirt in some sparkling water whenever you want a glass of soda. Make your own. Improve your health. Save money and planetary wear and tear.

Green Mashed Potatoes

March 13, 2025

Not just for St. Patrick's Day. You could eat these every day. Not just because they're luscious and full of flavor. Because they provide complete nutrition. A lot of Vitamins A, B and C. Many minerals. Protein. Carbohydrates. A little dietary fat.

The Naples – Bologna Express

March 12, 2025

The classic Bolognese sauce on a pizza crust is a perfect example of Better being Cheaper. Not just a great $3 pizza. A great pizza, period.

Tomato+Corn+Beans: The Posole Three

March 11, 2025

Two great couples make a terrific threesome. Tomatoes and corn taste like summer. Corn and beans make complete protein. All in one bowl of soup that's deeply delicious, rich and fat-free. $1.75 for a great big bowl of it.

Bolognese “Sauce”. E pluribus unum.

March 6, 2025

$2 per serving for a deeply delicious meat "sauce" that elevates pasta, mashed potatoes or pizza crust to greatness. So many flavors. After two or three hours of simmering together, they make a huge, complex one.