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

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.

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

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

This classic Roman pasta with Romano and Parmesan cheeses is made even better with peppered bacon. Even with high-quality cheeses, this...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tender, juicy chicken strips are stir-fried with Bok Choy, mushrooms, spring onions, and red peppers in a sesame ginger garlic sauce. Bok...

The best vegan salad you will ever taste combines rice, corn, and beans with a Jalapeno vinaigrette.

This dish tastes like the sea on a summer day-pasta with clams and smoky bacon and the freshness of cherry tomatoes. A dish worthy of a...

A delicious meal that's done in the oven and ready in less than an hour, for under $3/serving. This Pork Roast was $4.52 at...