The Penniless Chef

After a filling Sunday dinner of chicken and mashed potatoes, I realized I made far too many mashed potatoes for one girl (and I can really ...

Fall is my favorite time of year. Sweaters, football, red wine and most importantly, soup, are some of my favorite things. I find cooking a ...

I wanted to create a recipe inspired by eggplant parmesan, and came up with a dish perfectly portioned for one. I grilled my vegetables firs...

Challenge Recipe #2 So my original plan was to split the spaghetti squash and make two separate dishes, but I made enough sauce to cover a...

Challenge Recipe #1 When researching recipes with eggplant, boring old eggplant parmesan flooded my google page. Ratatouille, however, stu...

Yesterday I stocked up at Harris Teeter and really wanted to challenge myself to load the cart with produce and to try new veggies that I do...

When I'm wanting a big bowl of pasta, class pasta and meat sauce never fails. I made a quick and cheap bolognese and served it over whol...