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Category Archives: Pasta
A really ugly looking dinner. 8/20/19
We have a lot of Aunt Ruby’s German Green tomatoes so I made tomato sauce. About two weeks ago I ruined it by putting in red tomato paste turning it into brown sludge. Why not make my own tomato paste … Continue reading
Green tomato sauce. 8/7/19
Our daughter is growing a type of tomato called Aunt Ruby’s German Green. Many of these tomatoes are real bruisers and weigh in around a pound each. The flesh is a bright green. We have a lot of them so … Continue reading
Posted in Beef, Italian, Kitchen tips, Pasta, Recipes, Vegetables
Tagged spaghetti sauce, tomatoes
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Semi-fresh spaghetti sauce. 7/27/19
I used my last container of frozen spaghetti sauce for our dinner on Saturday night. Knowing that we would be facing a tomato glut by this point in the summer, I filled each container only half full so that my … Continue reading
More favorite food. 7/19/19
Yesterday when I was talking about America’s favorite foods I mentioned “any kind of pasta.” So that is what we ate on Friday. We had the ends of two boxes of pasta, one whole grain spaghetti and one spaghetti rigate … Continue reading
Lamb and salads. 7/13/19
In my ongoing attempt to use up what foods we have in our freezer, tonight we had some boneless leg of lamb (left over from Passover) with an embellished cole slaw (leftover from last night) and a couscous Mediterranean salad. … Continue reading
Posted in Grilling, Lamb, leftovers, Mediterranean, Pasta, sous vide, Vegetables
Tagged cole slaw, couscous, Lamb
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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
Posted in Beef, Italian, Kitchen tips, Pasta, Recipes, Vegetables
Tagged pasta, spaghetti sauce, tomatoes
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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
Posted in American, Beef, Easy, Italian, Pasta, Vegetables
Tagged pasta, sauce, Spaghetti
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Meatless Monday chickpea stew. 6/17/19
When was the last time I made this? Exactly this? Never! I did make something similar in May except that I used white beans instead of chickpeas and different dark leafy greens. The great thing about this legume and vegetable … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Kitchen tips, Legumes, Mediterranean, Pasta, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged chickpeas, Fava beans, soup, stew
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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
Posted in Easy, Fish, Italian, Kitchen tips, Pasta, pescatarian, Vegetables
Tagged pasta, snow peas, tuna
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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
Posted in Easy, Italian, Kitchen tips, Pasta, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged mushrooms, pasta, zucchini
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