Book: Barefoot Contessa at Home Episode: Welcome Back Breakfast Rating: 4/5 How Easy Is That: Easy Store Bought Is Fine: Yogurt Pricey Ingredients: — Hard-to-find: — Note: If you’re lazy like me, you can replace the 1/4 cup of fresh pineapple with canned. It’s not as tasty but is fine with such […]
Book: Barefoot Contessa How Easy Is That Episode:Just Candy Rating: 5/5 How Easy Is That: Easy Store Bought Is Fine: Dried apricots Pricey Ingredients: White chocolate bars (make sure you don’t get the chips!) Hard-to-find: — Note: As much as you’d like to save money by going with white chocolate […]
Book: Barefoot Contessa Parties! Episode: Supper in a Box Rating: 5/5 How Easy Is That: Easy Store Bought Is Fine: Buttermilk and Semi-sweet Chocolate Chips Pricey Ingredients: — Hard-to-find: — Note: The recipe calls for a 10-cup bundt pan, but I used my heritage bundt pan that held a little less — […]
Book: Make It Ahead: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook Episode: — Rating: 4/5 How Easy Is That: Easy Store Bought Is Fine: Greek Yogurt and Mayo Pricey Ingredients: — Hard-to-find: — Recipe on BarefootContessa.com. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Trent (@storeboughtisfine)
Book: Make It Ahead: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook Episode: — Rating: 5/5 How Easy Is That: Easy Store Bought Is Fine: Mascarpone cheese, Chicken stock Pricey Ingredients: — Hard-to-find: — Note: If you don’t have a 8 x 11 x 2 inch baking dish, you can use the more common 9 x […]
Book: Barefoot Contessa Family Style Episode: — Rating: 5/5 How Easy Is That: Easy Store Bought Is Fine: Raspberry jam Pricey Ingredients: — Hard-to-find: — Recipe on Food Network online. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Trent (@storeboughtisfine)
Book: Cooking for Jeffrey Episode:Cook Like a Pro: Pasta Rating: 3/5 How Easy Is That: Easy Store Bought Is Fine: Fresh ricotta Pricey Ingredients: — Hard-to-find: — Note: I didn’t love the dollops of ricotta throughout, so next time I may combine them with everything. Also think I may make […]
Book: — Episode:Black and White Party Rating: 4/5 How Easy Is That: Easy Store Bought Is Fine: Sour cream Pricey Ingredients: — Hard-to-find: — Notes: The recipe says to sauté the onion and potatoes for 10 minutes until browned and cooked through. It took me more than double that time over […]
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