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Bean soup with rice
It may be unnecessary now to treat yourself to extravagant meals out these days, but that doesn't mean you can't eat well and enjoy your home-cooked specialties. Keep an eye out for fresh produce and meats on sale and build delicious meals around them. Add substance to meals featuring only a small bit of meat or fish with cupboard products that are inexpensive and easy to store for later use.
Meal from a tin
This easy and filling bean and crouton salad costs next to nothing and is done within minutes
Baked barley
Recipe courtesy Alton Brown, 2006
Difficulty: Easy
Preparation time: 5 mins
Cooking time: 60 mins
Baked fish 'n' chips with honey vinegar
, 2006, Robin Miller, All rights reserved
Difficulty: Easy
Preparation time: 10 mins
Cooking time: 25 mins
Baked polenta
Recipe courtesy Giada De Laurentiis
Difficulty: Easy
Preparation time: 5 mins
Cooking time: 30 mins
Baked sweet potato chips
Recipe courtesy Paula Deen, 2008
Difficulty: Easy
Preparation time: 5 mins
Cooking time: 20 mins
Baked vidalia onions with morel butter
Recipe courtesy Zac Brown
Difficulty: Easy
Preparation time: 15 mins
Cooking time: 35 mins
Baked ziti
From Food Network Kitchens
Difficulty: Easy
Preparation time: 10 mins
Cooking time: 40 mins
Balsamic-glazed apricots with ricotta clouds
Recipe courtesy Sunny Anderson, 2009
Difficulty: Easy
Preparation time: 5 mins
Cooking time: 15 mins
Banana cream pie parfaits
Recipe courtesy Robin Miller, 2007
Difficulty: Easy
Preparation time: 5 mins
Barley bread
Recipe courtesy Alton Brown, 2006
Difficulty: Easy
Preparation time: 10 mins
Cooking time: 40 mins
Barley salad
Recipe courtesy Alton Brown, 2006
Difficulty: Easy
Preparation time: 20 mins
Cooking time: 12 mins
Basic Popover
Recipe courtesy Alton Brown, 2008
Difficulty: Intermediate
Preparation time: 10 mins
Cooking time: 40 mins
Batter-dipped chips
Recipe courtesy Paula Deen
Difficulty: Intermediate
Preparation time: 15 mins
Cooking time: 8 mins
Beef short rib enchilada
Recipe courtesy John Pettitt of Wine Cask Restaurant
Difficulty: Intermediate
Preparation time: 15 mins
Cooking time: 240 mins
Beetroot salad with watercress drizzle
, 2007, Ellie Krieger, All rights reserved
Difficulty: Easy
Preparation time: 10 mins
Cooking time: 45 mins
Black Beans
From Food Network Kitchens
Difficulty: Intermediate
Preparation time: 20 mins
Cooking time: 195 mins
Chicken cutlets with herbs
Recipe courtesy Rachael Ray
Difficulty: Easy
Preparation time: 20 mins
Cooking time: 10 mins
Chicory with lemon bread crumbs
Recipe courtesy Rachael Ray
Difficulty: Easy
Preparation time: 10 mins
Cooking time: 7 mins
Chocolate river over drunken berries
Recipe courtesy Rachael Ray
Difficulty: Easy
Preparation time: 10 mins
Cooking time: 5 mins
Cinnamon-pancetta carbonara
Recipe courtesy Giada De Laurentiis
Difficulty: Easy
Preparation time: 15 mins
Cooking time: 10 mins
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