22 Monday Feb 2021
Posted in international, love to cook, pasta
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crushed tomatoes, dried basil, dried oregano, dried parsley, eggplant, fresh basil, garlic, onion, pasta, pecorino romano cheese
Pasta alla Norma is an Italian pasta and eggplant dish with roots in the ancient port city of Catania, Sicily. My husband’s ancestors also have roots in Catania and it’s where we visited on a dream vacation a few years back.
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21 Thursday Jan 2021
Posted in gluten free, healthy choices, international, love to cook, pasta, vegetarian
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dried basil, dried oregano, extra virgin olive oil, garlic, onion, red pepper flakes, San Marzano tomatoes
This quick and easy Pasta Sauce comes together in under 30 minutes yet tastes like it’s been simmering all day. The key ingredient are the canned San Marzano tomatoes, not at all difficult to find but should not be replaced by regular diced tomatoes. San Marzano are whole plum tomatoes with very few seeds that are renowned for their balanced flavor – rich tomato taste that is slightly sweet and less acidic.
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24 Monday Aug 2015
Posted in love to cook, Mexican/Latin, sauces
Trust me when I tell you once you go with Homemade Enchilada Sauce you’ll never go back to the canned variety. From start to finish in 20 minutes and worth every one of those.
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24 Sunday May 2015
Posted in dressings & marinades, love to cook, salads
I’m a huge fan of Italian Grinders aka Italian Submarine Sandwiches. For me, it’s the Submarine Dressing that kicks up all those Italian meats and cheeses as they nestle into crusty Italian sub rolls.
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23 Thursday Jan 2014
Posted in chicken & turkey, love to cook, Mediterranean
I’m am so excited about this new Greek Whole Roasted Chicken recipe.
So excited. Made it twice in less than a week just to be sure it was as amazing as I thought. It’s that amazing.
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14 Tuesday Jan 2014
Posted in love to cook, Mediterranean, soups, stews, chili
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chicken broth, dried oregano, fresh rosemary, fresh spinach, garlic, ground chicken, lemon juice, lemon zest, tortellini
Have I got a great new soup recipe for you. If you LOVE Italian Wedding Soup as much as we do, you’re going to adore this Lemon, Tortellini & Meatball Soup.
After enjoying Greek Whole Roasted Chicken seasoned with lemon, garlic & oregano it seemed only fitting to turn the yummy homemade chicken broth infused with those flavors into a Greek inspired soup aka Lemon, Tortellini & Meatball Soup.
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