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Spaghetti Bolognese is a classic comfort food loved by many, but making a large batch can often take hours. What if you could prepare a big, flavorful batch in just 30 minutes? Using an Instant Pot, this recipe delivers a rich, hearty Bolognese sauce that serves eight generously, perfect for family dinners or meal prep. It’s budget-friendly, freezes well, and pairs beautifully with your favorite pasta.

Two recipes for grilled corn: Southwestern Corn Salad, and Cornbread with Chiles and Grilled Corn. These recipes round out a barbecue or Southwestern meal, like fajitas, barbecue or pulled pork.

This Italian pasta dish uses frozen whole shrimp and mussels with angel hair pasta for a showstopping dish for around $13 for 4 servings.

Cooking a classic like spaghetti and seafood in a garlic tomato sauce is easy and inexpensive when made with mixed frozen seafood.

How to use frozen mixed seafood to create classic Cioppino and Thai Seafood Coup.

Discover how to make the viral sensation from the Duchess of Sussex's lifestyle series. With less than $10 of Aldi ingredients (or other discount grocery), you can enjoy this delicious, nutritious recipe with minimal clean-up.

This post explores alternatives to guanciale in classic Roman pasta dishes. While most Americans use bacon, smoked pork jowl is a better and less expensive option.

We modified a Food & Wine magazine recipe to use frozen clams, so serving Spaghetti with Clams costs $10 for 2-4 servings.

This version of a Master Class in Short Ribs in Wine utilizes more affordable ingredients and simplifies the process to create a restaurant-quality dish costing approximately $7.50 per serving. These short ribs, served with a delectable wine sauce, are tender and melt in your mouth atop a bed of polenta and mushrooms.

Aldi meal ideas have gained popularity on TikTok recently, but many overlook Aldi's high-quality ingredients for making paninis.

Tender veal shanks are braised in wine and stock, with aromatics and gremolata—This showstopping dish is for a special night.

Traditional Risotto requires good stock, but you can make stock from the heads and shells of whole shrimp and serve around $10.

This classic Roman pasta, featuring Romano and Parmesan cheeses, is elevated even further with the addition of peppered bacon. Even with...

This classic dish from Rome is perfect, with Pecorino Romano and Parmigiano Reggiano cheeses and hearty pasta for under $5 for 4 servings.

Buttery shrimp make from-scratch Fettucine Alfredo even better. Shop carefully, and you can serve 4 for around $14.

This classic French dish is perfect: the short ribs tender and buttery, and the sauce is a classic of mushrooms, cream, and parmesan cheese.

These lamb shanks are marinated in fish sauce and garlic and braised until tender and falling off the bone. This variation of a Bon Appetit

Shrimp in a creamy champagne sauce over angel hair pasta with mushrooms and Roma tomatoes.

This pasta feast of Angel Hair Pomodoro and Fettuccine Alfredo costs around $6.50 with wine and bread.

Tender, juicy chicken strips are stir-fried with Bok Choy, mushrooms, spring onions, and red peppers in a sesame ginger garlic sauce. Bok Choy and Mushrooms are a classic combination in Chinese cuisine. Adding white or brown mushrooms makes a delicious but affordable stir-fry. This recipe is based on a classic I found in the New York Times cooking section. That recipe was good but was also a little on the bland side and contained some expensive and hard-to-find mushrooms and