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10 Ridiculously Inexpensive, Delicious And Easy-To-Make Italian Dishes
Hungry? Strapped for cash? Most of these favorites can be made with ingredients you already have in your pantry
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We’ve all been there. Getting towards the end of the month, credit card bills looming large, bank account already overdrawn, unexpected expenses (this is typically when appliances decide to give up the ghost) and payday still too many days in the distance.
Still, you’ve got to keep going, and that requires fuel for the old body. Something. And this is no time to get deeper into the red by firing up the Uber Eats app. No, this situation requires smarts rather than your smartphone. Well, help is at hand, thanks to traditional, inexpensive, nourishing and delicious pasta-based Italian peasant food. Move over, sad little pots of instant ramen: it’s time to mangiare.
First of all, like in many areas of life, you need to invest a little to gain a lot. A little of your time, obviously, but — as we’ll see — not all that much. And a little cash. Yes, I know, we just described a cash-constrained scenario, so what you need to do is invest in the key pantry ingredients for these recipes while you still have a few…