Garden Fresh Pasta Sauce
After a trip to the farmer’s market it’s time to make a nice, fresh pasta sauce for Sunday dinner. I’m using fresh pasta, plain, not flavored pasta, since there are so many flavors in the sauce. I...
View ArticleMen Who Cook: Todd Daily Pizza Crust
Our Men Who Cook series continues with another great recipe from Todd Daily. This one is for a great Pizza Crust. If you’d like to contribute a recipe, please email me. I’ll let Todd take if from...
View ArticleBeef Noodles
Whoa! Needed something fast because I was starving, having worked until dark hauling rock to a culvert project. I’m a sucker for these ramen noodles, just about anything will go well with them, even...
View ArticleAncho Sauce
TaMara reminds me that I’ve been remiss–I haven’t really said much about this sauce although I’ve mentioned using it. I put some on the leftover frittata this morning that I converted into a breakfast...
View ArticleMmm…BBQ chicken
Pretty lazy day today, no large plans, no huge dinner, no recipes to ponder. Spending some time being all handyman electrician and stuff. Sent the mower off with the dealer on his trailer for the...
View ArticleFriday Recipe Exchange: Pizza, Pizza
I thought with Valentine’s yesterday, we’d keep things simple tonight. I’ve been wanting to highlight all of JeffreyW’s pizza stylings for a while. The man does know how to decorate a crust. Making...
View ArticleFriday Recipe Exchange: Fun with Ricotta
I know it’s grilling season, but we’ll have all summer to talk about grilling recipes. This week I wanted to try out a recipe that has been tucked away and waiting for me to put my spin on it. A while...
View ArticleFriday Recipe Exchange: Pastas and Sauces
Last year I did a recipe exchange on meatballs (here) but was surprised to see I had never done one specifically on sauces. Now sauces can be risky and start a great debate, because every family has...
View ArticleFriday Recipe Exchange: Revisiting Fun with Ricotta
Things are not slowing down here. I put a bid in on a cute little Victorian house, only to face 15 other bids this past week. I did not realize house hunting was going to turn into a full-time job that...
View ArticleRoasted Tomato Sauce
I look forward to making this dish every year when the little tomatoes come in strong. We have grape tomatoes this year instead of the cherry variety but they are much the same thing. I saw this...
View ArticleFriday Recipe Exchange: Pastas and Sauces
I did not step in my kitchen this week, except to put together a salad or reheat some (homemade) soup. Allergies, pets, friends and work ate away all my time and energy. So for tonight I went into the...
View ArticleSautéed Cherry Tomato Sauced Spaghetti
I’ve been waiting for this since the first tomato turned ripe – enough to do the sauce thing for a delicious summer treat.Cook them down in a little olive oil over medium high heat, using a potato...
View ArticleVegetarian Meatballs in Fire Roasted Tomato-Basil Sauce
Most of the recipes I looked at used Italian Breadcrumbs. But I really feel these need fresh breadcrumbs, so I’ve included instructions for making your own. I didn’t season mine because I didn’t want...
View ArticleMore Stir Fry
The chicken marinade was black bean/garlic sauce, Thai sweet chili sauce, Chinese cooking wine, mushroom soy, and sweet soy sauce plus a lot of minced ginger and fresh garlic.The veggies steamed...
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