Coronavirus Cooking: Local Chef Shares Tips On How To Make Italian Favorite Dish Budget-Friendly

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Stretching your meals to make them more budget-friendly is crucial right now. It's dinner time and it's time for another stretch meal that's easy, so delicious and budget-friendly so you can feed your whole family.

Our Vittoria Woodill asked her chef friend, Michael Loughlin who heads the kitchen at Scarpetta in Center City, for help.

He's used to turning diners' tastebuds upside down with the most perfect plates of pasta and beautiful plates at their restaurant.

Tonight, Loughlin is crafting a creamy concoction of mashed potatoes and polenta that will have all of us home chefs out there feeling that fine dining edge.

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