16 Cheap Eats Recipes

Our round-up for when you're feeling thrifty, full of recipes with ingredients that you probably already have on hand. Dig in!

The 10 Best Cheap Cuts of Meat You Can Buy

You may be surprised at just how well you can eat while still being frugal. Here's our cheat sheet of cheap meats to look for at the store along with advice on how to cook them.

9 Sourdough Bread Recipes

Because sourdough isn't just a way to make bread. It's a way of life. Well, sorta. Anyways, here are the best sourdough recipes you aren't making yet, whether you're a novice or an old pro.

Yeast Are Never Depressed

Depressed, David turns to bread making and finds that dough holds no grudges, turning out lovely even after the worst of manglings.

How to Tell if a Peach is Perfectly Ripe

There's nothing quite like an exquisitely sweet and drippy peach to make life stand still for a moment. And we've got 5 simple tactics to ensure stone fruit superlativeness.

Acquacotta

Sorta like shakshuka, aquacotta is an Italian soup from southern Tuscany that's essentially leftover bread, tomatoes, onions, and chiles with eggs and a little Parmesan. Living large.

1 hr 30 mins

Fatty Daddy Cocktail

You've not "made it" until you've an eponymous cocktail all your own. Witness the Fatty Daddy, a sweetly surprising number that packs a punch, just like our own dear David.

45 mins

Pepperoni Pan Pizza

Made with the simplest, freshest tomato sauce ever, two types of mozzarella, and everyone's favorite topping. And it's made on a plain old baking sheet. No fancy pizza stone required.

3 hrs 30 mins

Simple Pizza Sauce

Yes, homemade pizza sauce can be so silken, so simple, so toss-out-every-other-jarred-sauce satiating.

20 mins

No-Knead Pumpkin-Sunflower Seed Bread

A sturdy, healthy whole-wheat loaf brimming with nutty goodness, this bread takes its crunch from pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, flax seeds. Fantastic as toast and for sandwiches.

5 hrs

No-Knead Italian Bread

No-knead Italian bread that's rustic, crusty, and easy as heck. The hardest part is the waiting, so plan accordingly. But believe us when we tell you that it's absolutely worth it.

16 hrs

Slow Cooker Split Pea Soup

This bowl of comfort features all the hearty, stick-to-your-ribs goodness of traditional split pea soup with the added benefit of tossing everything in the slow cooker and walking away.

10 hrs 50 mins

Bacon-Infused Bourbon

Bacon. Bourbon. Boom. The smokiness of cured pork lends its subtle loveliness to the South's smoothest booze.

12 hrs

Chicken Marbella

One of the Silver Palate's most cherished recipes, this has been a mainstay in the dinner rotation of home cooks for decades. Perhaps it's time you give it a try.

3 hrs

Kentucky Coffee

This bourbon-imbued after-dinner drink, a variation on classic Irish coffee, is guaranteed to make everything alright. Or at least seem it in the moment.

10 mins

8 Recipes for Fresh Peaches

Whether you've got a glut of peaches to use up or you simply can't resist anything with peaches, you're going to want to try each of these 8 incredible recipes that make the most of the irresistible summer stone fruit.

2 hrs 20 mins

Our 7 Best Pistachio Recipes

Got a big bag of pistachios hanging out in your pantry? We've got a way to put them to use for every meal of the day.

30 mins