Category Archives: Italian

Noodles and Zoodles with Pesto. 8/24/24

Posted on August 25, 2024 by Beebamom

Having homemade pesto in the freezer helped to streamline this dish. Here is the way our dinner came together. While the water was coming to a boil John zoodled the zucchini and I sautéed onions and garlic. As the pasta … Continue reading →

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Pasta with Sausage and Kale. 8/15/24

Posted on August 16, 2024 by Beebamom

This pasta dish was supposed to be orecchiette with sausage and kale. Since I could not find orecchiette for less than $5.19/lb. I decided that $0.99 medium shells would be a fine substitute. Along with my on sale pasta I … Continue reading →

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Pizza Delivery! 8/11/24

Posted on August 12, 2024 by Beebamom

Most of the time I am pretty good at following my menu for the week and eating in a pretty healthy way. But sometimes, especially on a Sunday night, I just want a break. And so enters the ever-so-convenient pizza … Continue reading →

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Leftover Lasagna and Salad. 8/5/24

Posted on August 5, 2024 by Beebamom

Tonight we finished off Saturday’s lasagna and added a fresh salad. If it were practical we would eat this every week!

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Lasagna and Salad. 8/3/24

Posted on August 4, 2024 by Beebamom

I know this is not a hot weather dish. But we did beat the heat by making the sauce and assembling the lasagna on Friday morning, then refrigerating it. We finished up by baking it at 7 AM on Saturday. … Continue reading →

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Penne with tomato sauce and sausage. 7/28/24

Posted on July 28, 2024 by Beebamom

We got home from our vacation Sunday afternoon. For dinner we needed something simple for which we had all the ingredients on hand. I made a pasta sauce with a large can of crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, minced garlic and … Continue reading →

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Cellentani Arrabiata with Sausage. 7/9/24

Posted on July 9, 2024 by Beebamom

Two weeks ago I made an arrabiata pasta sauce which I served over spaghetti. I had made enough sauce that I could freeze a container for another dinner. On Fourth of July John cooked up five hot Italian sausages and … Continue reading →

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Spaghetti Arrabbiata with Salad. 6/27/24

Posted on June 29, 2024 by Beebamom

I love strand pasta. John is more of a “shapes” man. So we always have a pasta debate before making dinner. I think that smooth sauces should get strands and piece-y sauces should get shapes. My argument won the day … Continue reading →

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Penne with meat sauce. 6/3/24

Posted on June 5, 2024 by Beebamom

Last week our favorite brand of pasta, Barilla, was on sale for $1.27/lb. Since I love pasta we bought the 4 boxes allowed and cooked up 6 ounces that were sauced with the ground beef and tomato sauce I made … Continue reading →

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Orecchiette with mushrooms and kale. 5/22/24

Posted on May 23, 2024 by Beebamom

We started watching Ciao House this week. The culinary area of this competition* is Puglia, Italy. We have spent a lot of our visits to Italy in Puglia and watching the show made us want to prepare an Apulian dish. … Continue reading →

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