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Recipe: Pasta with sun dried tomatoes and spinach

Last Thursday in an attempt to both a) self-medicate and b) pay homage to the great Jersey Shore, Joe and I stopped by A.G. Ferrari and picked up lots of Italian goodies to snack on. The next day, we had to go for broke and indulge two nights in a row, so the leftovers from [...]

MacGyver Me This: Pancetta vs. Prosciutto (Recipe included!)

It might be hard to believe, but there was a time in my life when I did not readily consume meat. I didn’t call myself a vegetarian or anything like that. In fact, looking back, my abstention from meat had less to do with me not finding it scrumptious, and everything to do with cutting [...]

MacGyver Me This: Easy Weeknight Stir Fry

Two days before I left for Europe, I got this email from Susannah: Here’s your challenge for the week! I want to make Andy [her gentleman friend] a delicious stir fry  – brown rice bowls are one of his favorite things on earth. I would love some suggestions as to how to make a delicious [...]

MacGyver Me This: Making chicken stock

It hasn’t come in as an official MMT question, but one thing I repeatedly encounter when discussing cookery with friends and family is the reliance on store bought stock. It seems like there’s a lot of mystery (and perhaps fear?) when it comes to making stock, which is funny, because unless you’re being graded on [...]

MacGyver Me This: Pan Fried Tilapia with Lemon Butter Sauce

Welcome to MacGyver Me This, what I hope will be an at least bi-weekly Thursday feature here at VMAC + Cheese! With the fun (and — if you don’t mind my patting myself on the back — success) I had with Susannah’s empty pantry dinner in our inaugural MMT post, I couldn’t wait to do [...]

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