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Category Archives: Italian
Slimmed down shrimp scampi with penne and broccoli. 11/13/21
What makes this shrimp scampi slimmed down? For one thing the sauce uses only 2 teaspoons of olive oil for two servings. The rest of the sauce is onions, garlic, chicken stock, white wine, and lemon juice. At the end … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Healthy tips, Italian, Methods, Pasta, Shellfish, Vegetables
Tagged pasta, shrimp
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Chicken Marsala with squash and broccoli. 11/12/21
Tonight’s dinner is a riff on our standard Classic Chicken Dinner which consists of chicken breast and gravy, butternut squash or rutabagas, and broccoli. The addition of Marsala, sautéed mushrooms, and some chicken stock to our packet of chicken gravy … Continue reading
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Pasta puttanesca and a salad 11/10/21
Pasta puttanesca with a salad is a delight to look at and to eat. The salty, spicy sauce goes well with the vinegary salad dressing. Here is my recipe for the pasta sauce – https://dininglite.blog/2021/05/06/pasta-puttanesca-5-5-21/
Whole grain orecchiette with spinach and mushrooms. 11/6/21
I had been looking for a while for some whole grain orecchiette like we had ages ago when we traveled in Italy. The orecchiette pictured above is the kind that you can get at your local supermarket. It is not … Continue reading
Chicken cacciatore with spaghetti. 11/1/21
Sometimes when you try to adapt a recipe to your heathy eating lifestyle you end up almost ruining it. Here is the original recipe. https://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/roast-chicken-cacciatore-red-wine-butter. We decided not to use a whole chicken roasted in the oven but chicken breasts … Continue reading
Posted in Italian, Kitchen tips, Pasta, Poultry, sous vide, Vegetables
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Mexican chicken parmesan with zucchini and leeks. 10/28/21
What?! Mexican chicken parmesan? It’s not a long story. I looked in my pantry shortly before dinner and there were no canned tomatoes. Zero. What I did have was a container of salsa in the refrigerator and some tomato paste. … Continue reading
Posted in American, Italian, Kitchen tips, Mexican, Poultry, Vegetables
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Whole grain penne with mushrooms and broccoli. 10/27/21
Happy Pasta Day! Whole grain penne is our current go-to pasta and broccoli is the all-season vegetable. This yummy vegan entree takes less than a half an hour from slicing the first mushroom to ladling it into your bowl. A … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Italian, Kitchen tips, Methods, Pasta, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged broccoli, mushrooms, pasta
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Vegan! Pasta with mushrooms and kale 10/20/21
Who does not love a big bowl of pasta especially when it is good for you! My Wednesdays are almost always pasta and vegan. I rotate through different vegetables. Today I chose kale. The sauce is basically pasta water and … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Italian, Pasta, Uncategorized, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged kale, mushrooms
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Vegan! Pasta with mushrooms and broccolini. 10/13/21
So great to be cooking again! I thought I would be missing all the fancy dishes and drinks. But, no! This simple pasta dish was like a balm to my over-doing-it soul. John and I make some sort of pasta … Continue reading
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Tagged broccolini, mushrooms, pasta
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Chicken parm with pasta and zucchini. 9/17/21
Excellent dinner tonight! John took one chicken breast and cut it into four pieces which he pounded out, seasoned, and cooked in a skillet with a spray of olive oil. I had made a tomato sauce with fresh and dried … Continue reading
Posted in American, Healthy tips, Italian, Kitchen tips, Pasta, Poultry, Vegetables
Tagged chicken, pasta, zucchini
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