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Strawberry-basil risotto: $1.22/person.
Yes, I realize it’s not strawberry season, but this spring our strawberry patch yielded THREE POUNDS of strawberries. And they weren’t particularly good strawberries, either. They were a bit on the...
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Butternut squash risotto with spinach & pine nuts: $2.28/serving
Not an easy week this is, with so many dinners over $2. However, some meals are worth surviving the rest of the day on bread and coffee for, and this is one of them. Butternut squash used to be a hard...
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Lemon risotto with chicken, olives and fennel: $1.66/serving
There’s nothing like a good, creamy risotto, and this just happens to be a great one, full of interesting flavors and textures. If you’ve never made risotto before, the method I prefer only requires...
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Caramelized pear & gorgonzola risotto: $2.47/serving
I never get tired of risotto. It’s the ultimate starchy comfort food, it’s cheap (provided you buy your arborio rice in bulk), and it can be made in infinite varieties. This particular recipe, adapted...
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Citrus risotto: $1.03/serving
Risotto is a lot more versatile than people realize. Like soup or soufflé, it’s an inexpensive blank canvas for whatever you happen to have on hand—including, as I proved last year with...
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Roasted carrot & thyme risotto: $1.19/serving
We buy 10-pound bags of carrots at Costco (only 50 cents a pound!) for juicing, so since they’re always around, I find myself on a neverending quest for creative and delicious ways to use them in...
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Sweet corn risotto: $1.36/serving
Is anyone else having as much trouble as I am procuring decent corn this summer? It happened (albeit slightly early) with the corn & prosciutto crisp last month, and it happened again this week: I...
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