Seasoned Cooking: 17 January 2014 Announcements

Quick sauces for pasta make weeknight dinners a snap. But you don't need to open a jar of tomato sauce in desperation for a quick meal. Instead, turn to ingredients you may well have on hand for a rich, creamy sauce that will impress friends and family alike.

Spoils from the recent spate of entertaining find their way into the slow cooker and a wonderful, steaming bowl of delicious soup is born. It's time to sing the praises of this ultimate comfort food and the time of the year made for it.

With many New Years Resolutions involving eating healthier, we thought it might be time to take a look at a recent study that finds the difference between a healthy and unhealthy diet can be as little as $1.50 a day. That's great news for folks worrying that their resolutions would also break the bank!

Last time, we talked about the costs associated with eating healthy and now it's time to talk about how to eat healthier without letting food go bad, slaving in the kitchen all day, or leaving your family wondering where the flavor went.

When you say "vegetarian chili", you might get groans from carnivores. Yet, vegetarian chili packs one heck of a punch in my home and is my go-to when what I really want is a spicy meal that will have more than five alarms going off!