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Category Archives: Italian
Spaghetti with arrabbiata sauce and burrata. 4/4/26
It’s a Sarah cooks dinner night! With some help from a Too Good To Go bag from Eataly she put together a spaghetti dinner with arrabbiata sauce and burrata cheese. So good!!! I always look forward to the Sarah-cooks-dinner night!
Whole grain penne with broccoli and tuna 3/25/26
This is a super easy, quick, and delicious dinner. In the time it takes to boil the water and cook the pasta, I have sautéed half an onion in olive oil along with garlic powder, red pepper flakes, and oregano. … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Fish, Italian, Methods, Pasta, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged broccoli, pasta, tuna
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Pizza times two. 3/18 & 3/19/2026
On Wednesday of my no-planning week we decided we wanted pizza. Having dinner delivered hot to our door is always very alluring. John ordered an extra large Italian sausage pizza. The three of us ate half of it (2 slices … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Hot weather meals, Italian, Weeknight dinners
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Penne with tomatoes, corn, and basil. 3/11/26
After declaring that it was too hot to be cooking anything last night, Sarah departed the kitchen and left us to our own devices. I decided I wanted a summery pasta meal so we blistered some cherry tomatoes, sauteed corn, … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Italian, Pasta, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
Tagged pasta
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Melted fennel pasta. 2/16/26
We had fennel left over from last week’s Kenwood shrimp so Sarah decided to find a recipe that she would like to use for her contribution this week. When she told me she was making fennel with pasta I was … Continue reading
Swordfish with agghiotta condiment. 2/15/26
This was supposed to be our Valentine’s Day dinner but I made a lot of guacamole that we had with tortilla chips as a treat before dinner and then we were too full to eat dinner. Agghiotta is a Sicilian … Continue reading
Posted in Fish, Italian, pescatarian, Special occasion, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged broccoli, swordfish
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Penne with pork sausage and kale. 2/6/26
🥳 I love this delicious pasta! Ingredients for two servings – 6 to 8 oz. whole grain penne, 1/2 onion, chopped, 3 garlic cloves, minced, 4 oz. spicy pork sausage removed from casing. Steps – heat boiling salted water and … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Italian, Pasta, Pork, Uncategorized, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged kale, pasta, pork sausage
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Rao’s eggplant parmesan. 1/28/26
The jury is still out on this frozen entree. It came in a two pack from Costco so we will at least have another chance to evaluate it. We used the microwave method which was 10 minutes at full power … Continue reading
Penne with broccoli. 1/24/26
I made this pasta recently and we both liked it so much I made it again. My secret? Bring a pot of salted water to a boil and add the pasta. Put small broccoli florets in a colander and when … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Italian, Methods, Pasta, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
Tagged broccoli, pasta
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Lasagna! 1/14/26 and 1/15/26
On Wednesday Sarah made a delicious lasagna. The large 9×13 dish held enough for two dinners. Sarah made a traditional lasagna with ground beef, tomato sauce, ricotta cheese, mozzarella, and Parmesan cheeses. It was delicious. We were really glad to … Continue reading
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