Category Archives: Italian

My favorite spaghetti dish. 7/6/19

Since it is a long weekend I decided to make up a new batch of spaghetti sauce flavored with ground beef. John bought enough ground beef for us to have a hamburger meal plus at least four pasta dishes. Starting … Continue reading

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Chicken Marsala with mashed potatoes and asparagus. 7/3/19

We have a habit of having a glass of wine and an hors d’oeuvre before dinner. It seems a nice civilized routine. Wednesday’s offering was crackers with a smear of butter and a slice of radish. I don’t know that … Continue reading

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Eggplant Parmesan. 7/1/19

John and I went to the grocery store to pick up the ingredients for eggplant parmesan but the eggplant was so sad looking that we decided on a frozen entree instead. We like the Michel Angelo’s eggplant parm and it … Continue reading

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Always in the top ten meals at our house. 6/26/19

What is my favorite thing to make and eat? It might be eggplant parmesan or maybe fried scallops. I really liked the gazpacho and avocado toast I made last week. But for ease of preparation and comfort whole wheat spaghetti … Continue reading

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More vegan summer fare. 6/25/19

I am a little late getting this posted today. My daughter and I spent the morning and early afternoon buying supplies for our Summer Solstice (Christmas in June) celebration. On Tuesday we had such a tasty summer vegan meal. I … Continue reading

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Pasta with tuna, snow peas, and parsley. 6/8/19

Today, for my half birthday celebration (what? you don’t celebrate your half birthdays?!) I made campanelle with a lot of snow peas and parsley plus a can of tuna. I sautéed a little onion and garlic and then, when the pasta … Continue reading

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Sweet Italian sausage with polenta and salad. 5/30/19

I started out by cutting the onions and bell peppers for tonight’s dinner plus enough for use in the fajitas we are having tomorrow night – two birds with one stone! Next I prepared the vegetables for the salad. I … Continue reading

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Vegan campanelle with zucchini and mushrooms. 5/28/19

Campanelle in Italian means bell flowers. These ruffled bell-shaped pasta are a nice departure from the usual strand or tube. I thought that they would pair well with zucchini since this time of year zucchini are setting bloom to their … Continue reading

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Pizza Margarita. 5/26/19

Tonight was supposed to be our Memorial Day weekend cook-out but with rain in the morning and threatening all day plus temperatures in the upper 50’s we decided to postpone the grilling and chilling until tomorrow. So what to eat? … Continue reading

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Vegetable soup with pasta and beans. 5/25/19

As we were scrounging around for something to eat since we did not feel like what we had planned, John said he was going to have the leftover chicken chili. There really was not enough left for two so I … Continue reading

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