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A tasty recipe idea that helps to stretch the budget while keeping diners satisfied. This recipe has the added benefit that can be prepared with ingredients usually already in the pantry or freezer.

Green beans with Oriental flavor.

This is a simple German pea soup (erbsensuppe) recipe with potatoes and Wiener Würstchen sausages. It is as comforting as it is delicious.

For amazing roast potatoes, try goose fat. Choose potatoes that are fluffy but firm enough not to disintegrate in the roasting pan.

A pasta recipe as simple as it can be. This recipe will serve six people as a starter or side dish and four as a main course.

There is a traditional Italian wedding soup that uses some of the same ingredients as the minestrone. But it is much more focused on the meat than the vegetables.

The sauce is the main feature of this creamy dish. Prepare the enriched Alfredo sauce and pour it over boiled fetuccine.

First invented by the Roman chef after whom the dish is named, it consists of just pasta, parmigiano and butter.

You can use fresh pasta - a must for the best dishes - or you can make it yourself. If you choose to make it, here's how...