Category Archives: Pasta

🐖 OMG! Soup again! Pasta fagioli. 1/14/20

Posted on January 15, 2020 by

Tonight’s soup is pasta fagioli. I must admit that the whole make soups so that John has leftovers to eat while I am away is not going too well. We are supposed to be eating no more than half the … Continue reading →

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🐓 Chicken vegetable soup. 1/6/20

Posted on January 7, 2020 by

Today I am a magician in the kitchen. I made chicken soup with no work at all.  I took the remnants of the chickpea stew we has last Thursday and added a half container of chicken stock. Then I dumped … Continue reading →

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🥬 I served a vegetarian meal to guests and they liked it! 1/2/20

Posted on January 3, 2020 by

We had old out-of-town friends whom we have not seen for a while over for dinner last night. I made my chickpea stew and a fabulous blood orange and roasted golden beet over hearty greens salad. I served this with … Continue reading →

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🥬 Chickpea, fennel, and mustard greens with ditalini. 2/20/19

Posted on December 22, 2019 by

Our regular chickpea stew got some new ingredients for tonight’s supper. Instead of celery, I used fennel. In place of collard greens or kale, I used spicier mustard greens. It is the same comforting dish with a slightly altered taste.

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🥬 Back to eating healthy. 11/30/19

Posted on December 1, 2019 by

I am back from cruising around Southeast Asia. We had an incredible time seeing the beautiful people and places of this region. During our two weeks we took two cooking classes, one in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and the … Continue reading →

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Diet disaster! 11/11/19

Posted on November 12, 2019 by

NOTE: I will not be cooking for the next couple of weeks but will post when I come across some food related item of interest. We had a plan. It was a good plan. It involved poaching shrimp, cooking up … Continue reading →

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🥬 Spaghetti with olives and capers in tomato sauce. 11/4/19

Posted on November 5, 2019 by

Here is another vegetarian/vegan (if you leave off the parmesan cheese) dinner entree. I think we have a total of four vegetarian, two pescatarian, and one omnivore (chicken) dinner this week.  Tonight’s dinner is a real pantry type dinner where … Continue reading →

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