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Back from vacation. Pasta night! 3/5/21
John and I are back from our vacation in colorful southwest Utah. Although we did a lot of exercise, it just could not keep up with our vacation eating. We finished off the last two days with pizza and moo … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Healthy tips, Italian, Kitchen tips, Pasta, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged kale, mushrooms, penne
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Penne with kale and mushroom. 2/23/21
I was just mentioning to John this morning that pasta seems to go with everything. I had never made it with kale before but it worked out perfectly. I especially liked the flavor of the whole grain penne with the … Continue reading
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Tagged kale, penne
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Planned-overs for vaccine day. 2/15/21
No doubt it seems like I love to cook every day of the week and that is mostly true. Sometimes, though, I need to plan for the times when I probably will not want to go to the trouble of … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Italian, leftovers, Pasta, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged mushroom sauce, penne
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Pasta with mushroom Bolognese. 2/11/21
I like to make my own pasta sauces rather than use one from a jar because then I know exactly what and how much of each ingredient there is. For instance, most jarred sauces have sugar of some sort in … Continue reading
Posted in American, Healthy tips, Italian, Kitchen tips, Pasta, Recipes, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged Linguine, Spaghetti
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Chicken parmesan with linguine and broccoli. 2/5/21
Just a reminder, the pictured food in my blog is my actual dinner plate and I eat all of it every day. In addition to my dinner I eat breakfast and lunch plus enjoy half a bag of popcorn during … Continue reading
Posted in American, Healthy tips, Italian, Kitchen tips, Poultry, Vegetables
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Orecchiette with mushrooms and broccolini. 2/4/21
If you are like me and could sit down to at least 8 ounces of pasta and wish you could have more then you need to find a way to make a little pasta go a long way. I stretch … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Healthy tips, Italian, Kitchen tips, Pasta, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged broccolini, mushrooms, Orecchiette
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Pasta puttanesca with mushrooms. 1/28/21
This recipe which I have included below is not quite authentic. I have added mushrooms to it to make it hardier and decreased the amount of oil due to our dietary restrictions. When John and I were actively losing weight … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Healthy tips, Italian, Kitchen tips, Pasta, Recipes, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged Spaghetti
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Whole grain penne with asparagus and mushrooms. 1/21/21
John and I have taken to ordering our groceries online and picking them up at the store in order to avoid the new more transmissible variant of the virus while we are awaiting our vaccines. (Monday!) Normally I would never … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Italian, Kitchen tips, Pasta, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged asparagus, penne
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LFD – Pasta with mixed greens. 1/16/21
Saturday’s LFD (Leftovers For Dinner) consisted of leftover pantry and refrigerator items. We used the other half of a box of orecchiette and part of a bag of mixed greens. I was really not sure how it was going to … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Italian, Kitchen tips, leftovers, Pasta, Poultry, Vegetables
Tagged Orecchiette
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Vegan orecchiette, mushrooms and broccoli. 1/9/21
Saturday night is usually a night for LFD, leftovers for dinner. However, John opined that the broth from our Mediterranean seafood stew was too fennel-y to be transformed into Vietnamese sweet and sour soup as planned. So we needed to … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Italian, Pasta, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged broccoli, mushrooms, Orecchiette
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