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Category Archives: Italian
Bucatini with spicy tomato sauce. 4/20/24
Bucatini is a thick strand of pasta with a hole in it, sort of like long spaghetti tubes. This bucatini was thicker than I like but we were low on pasta and the strands went well with the sauce. I … Continue reading
Pizza. 4/15/24
It has been a while since I posted anything and that is because the miserable people on the plane coming back from Amsterdam had a wide variety of respiratory ailments that they did not bother to try to keep from … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Italian, Pork, take-out, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged Pizza, pork sausage
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Too much sauce! 11/1/23
I had some tomato sauce left over from last week’s pasta meal. Once I put it in a pan to reheat John and I agreed that it looked like it wasn’t enough for the amount of pasta that he was … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Italian, Pasta, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
Tagged Spaghetti
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Spaghetti with tomato sauce. 10/24/23
Originally we were supposed to be having chickpea stew for dinner. When we looked for the ditalini we discovered that it had been used. So, what to do? I decided on making a quick tomato sauce and using the pasta … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Italian, Pasta, Recipes, Uncategorized, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
Tagged Spaghetti, tomato sauce
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Light shrimp scampi with rice and broccoli. 10/20/23
We have not made this in quite a while and we were pleasantly surprised at how good and easy it was. Since we are not strictly on our diet regimen we added 2 teaspoons of butter to the sauce at … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Italian, pescatarian, Recipes, rice, Shellfish, Special occasion, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
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Stuffed peppers. 10/18/23
During the third week in September I made a batch of meaty spaghetti sauce. I divided it in thirds and froze two containers. Tonight I made stuffed pepper with my remaining third. I mixed the ground beef and tomato sauce … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Italian, Kitchen tips, rice, Vegetables
Tagged bell pepper, ground beef
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Fusilli with broccoli and mushrooms. 10/17/23
I have been eating gluten-free but my doctor wants me to add gluten products back into my diet so we can test what is going on. So we decided on pasta for tonight. It came out fine but I could … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Italian, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
Tagged pasta
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Polenta with meaty spaghetti sauce. 10/6/23
John made a somewhat thicker polenta for this dish which was paired with my homemade spaghetti meat sauce. I was craving an Italian dish and I am unable to process gluten anymore. This seemed like a good thing to try. … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Easy, Italian, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged meat sauce, polenta
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Stuffed pepper with penne. 7/10/23
What a delicious dinner! I made the stuffed peppers in the morning to avoid turning on the oven in the hotter part of the day. First I microwaved 4 halved pepper shells until they were par-cooked. Then I sautéed just … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Healthy tips, Hot weather meals, Italian, Kitchen tips, Methods, Pasta, rice, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged bell pepper, ground beef, pasta
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Fusilli with tuna, mushrooms, and broccoli. 6/24/23
We made this dinner from ingredients we always have on hand—pasta, a can of tuna, mushrooms, broccoli, onion, garlic, and parmesan cheese. John is in charge of making the pasta and I take care of everything else. I chop all … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Fish, Italian, Methods, Pasta, pescatarian, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged pasta, tuna
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