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@missjess: I know! I've pretty much boycotted Food Network forever in my house.
I used to love Ina Garten and I think I still would, but I can't stand the way they film it now-I liked the old format better.
Once Giada crapped out her kid the show changed, too. I can't even watch it. I don't want to know about her family and I hate the way they film it--it looks like a soap opera!!! The fuzzy lighting is terrible. Looks like Sandra Lee's craptastic show. Aesthetics are important to me.
They have all these new 'personalities' that I can't stand. It's not even about the food anymore, it's about the host and how "TV ready" they are. Barf.
Give me old ass episodes of "Chefs of the World", Jacques Pepin's show, and Cooks Illustrated and I'm happy.

I've been waiting for a feature like this for a long time! Thanks so much and I'll be waiting for more great cheap meals!

Thanks for posting this. I love the recipes on Serious Eats, but with the recent unpleasantness, I've had to cut back on groceries quite a bit. So I find myself skipping over the recipes on here now since they often contain expensive or non-pantry items.

I would definitely like to see more cheap and easy recipes on here. Until my SO gets a new gig, it's beans and cous cous and rice for us! Any other ideas would be a big help.

I use the ginger in a tube for stir fries and other Asian dishes. Of course it's not better than fresh, but it gets the job done. I wouldn't use the parsely or cilantro or any others though-I think they would be too gooey.

A few months ago I went home for lunch (worked within walking distance) and found there was nothing to prepare. But I had eggs! I'm an omelette freak, so I decided to whip one up. The only fillings I had were lunchmeat (no bread either). So I made a salami and mustard omelette. I cringe even now. I'm not proud of it, but sometimes you gotta do what you have to do to eat.