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Category Archives: Pasta
Prize winner – Egyptian koshari. 2/2/21
Egypt was the big winner last week with 1600 views of my blog. No doubt most of these were by mistake and I am really sorry-not-sorry that all these Egyptians ended up on my site when they were looking for … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Egyptian, Healthy tips, Kitchen tips, leftovers, Middle Eastern, Pasta, Recipes, rice, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged chickpeas, lentils
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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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Whole grain penne with mushrooms and asparagus. 1/5/21
This is one of my favorite pasta dishes. While John heats up the water for the pasta, I sauté mushrooms, onions, and garlic in some olive oil spray. I cut the asparagus on the bias and put the stem pieces … Continue reading
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Vegetable stew with chickpeas and ditalini 12/23/20
Making this vegetable stew is a snap especially when you have all the vegetables cut up for you. John was my sous chef while I was out running errands and cut everything up. When it came to the cooking basically … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Legumes, Pasta, stew, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged chickpeas, Vegetables
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Lightened up shrimp scampi. 12/18/20
I am definitely getting behind with all the things involved with Christmas, like wrapping presents, planning menus, and buying food. So I am posting Thursday’s dinner which was a lightened up shrimp scampi . I got the recipe off the internet … Continue reading
New! Chicken and chickpea tagine. 12/15/20
Chicken and chickpea tagine is a recipe that I found on NYtimes Cooking site. If you have a subscription you can find it here. We, of course, made some changes to lower fat and sugar and to pare down several … Continue reading
Posted in Healthy tips, Legumes, Middle Eastern, Pasta, Poultry, Recipes, stew, Vegetables
Tagged chicken, couscous
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Penne with vegetables. 12/7/20
Looking for a way to use up vegetables that have spent too much time in the crisper? An easy and tasty way to incorporate them into a meal is via a vegetable sauce for pasta. I used fresh broccoli, mushrooms, … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Italian, Kitchen tips, Pasta, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged penne
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