Kate's Cuisine

  1 1/2 cups uncooked long grain rice $0.42 Zest of one lemon $0.65 12 cherry tomatoes, finely chopped $0.47 1/2 red onion, finely chopped $0.33 12 Kalamata olives, pitted and finely chopped $0.77 1 tablespoon dried oregano $0.60 2 tablespoons olive oil $0.36 3 cups vegetable stock    $0.75 Salt $0.01 1 tablespoon olive [...]

One night after working on a Mediterranean cookbook for a client (I’m a content writer by day,) I went to cook dinner and couldn’t get all those wonderful Mediterranean ingredients out of my head. Looking through my fridge, I took out just about any ingredient I saw that might fit the mood, and then I [...]

  3 medium potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/2″ pieces $0.51 1 red bell pepper, seeded and cut into 1/2″ pieces $0.45 2 carrots, peeled and cut into 1/2″ pieces $0.34 5 tablespoons olive oil $0.90 1 onion, thinly sliced $0.47 1 large zucchini, cut cross-wise into 1/4″ thick slices $1.40 Salt $0.01 Freshly ground [...]

This dish comes from Giada De Lauretiis, who I’ve just loved ever since I first saw her on Giada at Home. Of course, when I saw the dish was created by her, I had a good feeling about it. The episode this recipe appeared on was titled Dinner Party Delivery so maybe that points to [...]

  4 medium potatoes, peeled and chopped $0.68 3 tablespoons olive oil $0.54 1 medium onion, diced $0.47 2 cups vegetable stock $0.99 4 ears corn, with corn cut off $0.68 2 teaspoons salt $0.02 Freshly ground black pepper $0.01 2 cups half and half cream $1.76 Total Cost    $5.15 Cost per Serving $1.29 [...]

A lot of corn chowder recipes have bacon or ham added to them. And even though I love the saltiness of both ingredients, I find that it really takes away from the sweetness of the corn – which is the best thing about this recipe if you ask me! I could probably even do without [...]

3 pieces round beef marinating steak, cut into strips 1″ thick $11.07 1 green pepper, thinly sliced $0.45 1 onion, thinly sliced $0.47 2 cloves garlic, minced $0.02 2 tablespoons vegetable oil $0.12 3 tablespoons butter $0.18 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour $0.02 2 cups beef stock $1.00 3 tablespoons sour cream $0.30 1 tablespoon Worcestershire [...]