Recipes: Inflation squeezing your food budget? Make these 3 frugal dishes
I’ve lived through several economic downturns. Maybe you have, too. You may remember the recession in the early ’90s, a financial decline that lasted about a year. It was during that time that culinary guru Jacques Pepin, award-winning cookbook author and PBS star, wrote “Cuisine Economique” (William Morrow, out of print).
His goal with this book was to make food dollars go further without sacrificing taste, to create recipes that could turn penny pinching into a delicious experience. Born in France into a family of restaurateurs, it’s his second nature to be thrifty. World War II broke out in his early childhood and times were challenging. Little goes to waste in his kitchen; trimmings of meat or veggies are used in soups, as well as stocks that often end up in sauces.
I’ve written about Pepin’s frugal recipes before, but here are two new-to-me dishes, as well as my nana’s simple-but-scrumptious bread pudding.
Braised Pork Shoulder Roast with Sweet Potatoes
Pepin wrote that this dish blends cultural influences. “(It is) highly seasoned in the Puerto Rican manner, demonstrates classical French techniques and captures traditional American taste I have learned to love.”
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Learned a lot from those five minute videos. 
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