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Category Archives: Italian
Dining out – Grand Junction, CO and Moab, UT
I have been finding a few better choices for lunches and dinners. Here are some suggestions for you to try the next time you are faced with a restaurant decision. Corn tortilla grilled shrimp taco This salad was part of … Continue reading
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Dining out, Ely, NV. 4/17/21
Today is a day of hard choices. Restaurants along the US 50, the loneliest highway in America, are few and far between. We end up grabbing fast food which is never a good choice. Tonight for dinner we are trying … Continue reading
Posted in American, Dining out, Healthy tips, Italian, Pasta, pescatarian, Shellfish
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Linguine with Mushroom Bolognese. 4/12/21
Monday’s whole grain linguine was topped with a Bolognese which was vegan/vegetarian and sat on a bed of raw Lacinato kale. Mushroom Bolognese is a delicious vegetable based spaghetti sauce. I posted a lengthy discussion and recipe back in February. … Continue reading
Posted in American, Italian, Kitchen tips, Pasta, Recipes, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged mushrooms, pasta
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Wednesday is Pasta Day! 4/7/21
I am officially declaring Wednesday Pasta Day. What other food is more perfect than pasta to get you over the hump of the weekdays and sliding on into the weekend. Plus noodles of one sort or another are in almost … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Italian, Pasta, Recipes, Uncategorized, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged kale, mushrooms, Orecchiette
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Easter bread and Brussels sprouts. 4/4/21
On Sunday we decided to have our eggs in the form of cake. Our daughter made this delicious yeast cake/bread called Colomba di Pasqua, or dove of Easter in Italian. It was so good! We ate a lot of it. … Continue reading
Posted in American, Desserts, Holidays, Italian, Recipes, Uncategorized, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged bread, brussels sprouts, cake, Easter
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Penne with mushrooms and asparagus. 3/31/21
Whole grain penne with mushrooms and asparagus Is pasta night my favorite night of the week? I think so! Pasta has so much going for it. It is carb heavy and I love carbs. It is so quick to make. … Continue reading
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Vegan night-salad and pasta with broccoli and mushrooms. 3/22/21
I admit to being lazy when it comes to salad. If I can get an assortment of salad greens already washed I am all for it. For Monday’s salad I used a bagged chopped salad that included some bitter greens. … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Italian, Kitchen tips, Pasta, Recipes, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
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Chicken piccata, mashed potatoes, asparagus. 3/18/21
Chicken piccata, mashed potatoes, asparagus Since I was tired of our usual Classic Chicken, I pushed for a different way to make chicken this week. We came up with chicken piccata which is basically chicken breast pounded out, seasoned with … Continue reading
Asparagus carbonara with mushrooms. 3/16/21
Asparagus carbonara with mushrooms First time making this recipe and, wow, was it great! It has been a long time since we have used cheese in a dish so that alone made this dinner seem really indulgent. The recipe is … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Eggs, Healthy tips, Italian, Kitchen tips, Pasta, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged asparagus, penne
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Light shrimp scampi with whole grain linguine. 3/9/21
Light shrimp scampi with whole grain linguine Slight change in plans for dinner tonight. We were supposed to be having classic chicken but when we went in the freezer there was no chicken. So we made Friday’s dinner instead. You … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Healthy tips, Italian, Pasta, pescatarian, Recipes, Shellfish, Vegetables
Tagged pasta, shrimp
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