Category Archives: Pasta

Penne, meatballs, tomato sauce, ho-hum – 2/23/17

Posted on February 25, 2017 by Beebamom

Boring. Easy. Quick. That about sums up Thursday’s dinner. The sauce was leftover and frozen from some previous Italian-inspired dinner and the meatballs come frozen in a bag. We cooked the penne.  It is embarrassing to post this but I … Continue reading →

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Angel hair pasta with tomato sauce and meatballs – 2/14/17

Posted on February 15, 2017 by Beebamom

I was not feeling well on Valentine’s Day so I just made something easy. Since we did not have a jar of spaghetti sauce, John made a sauce with some onions, garlic, tomato paste and jarred diced tomatoes and tomato … Continue reading →

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Pasta with sweet Italian sausage – 2/5/17

Posted on February 7, 2017 by Beebamom

Remember the chicken cacciatore from Friday night? Here is the sauce from that dinner being used again in a yummy pasta dinner. We had part of a box of cellentani, three sweet Italian sausages, and a little of the cacciatore … Continue reading →

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Chicken cacciatore with pasta – 2/3/17

Posted on February 4, 2017 by Beebamom

Just like yesterday’s meal this is a dish that includes a lot of chopped vegetables. I chopped up onions, fennel, leek, herbs, olives, and tomatoes. The original recipe called for a whole chicken set upon all these vegetables to cook. … Continue reading →

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Pasta with broccoli and peanut sauce – 2/1/17

Posted on February 2, 2017 by Beebamom

Wow, we are eating vegetarian two days in a row! Tonight after a beforsie of roasted cauliflower, we continued our meal with an easy pasta with broccoli and peanut sauce. Included in the sauce was about 3/4 cup of pasta … Continue reading →

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Easy pasta dinner – 1/22/17

Posted on January 23, 2017 by Beebamom

We still had some frozen meatballs from when Jon visited in October so decided to make a very easy dinner of penne, with doctored, jarred spaghetti sauce and meatballs. Very enjoyable!

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Spaghetti and meatballs – 1/7/17

Posted on January 8, 2017 by Beebamom

This is the eleventh dinner in a row that we have cooked and ideas are running a little thin. I think tomorrow I shall take the day off. Sauce from a jar and frozen meatballs are on the menu tonight. … Continue reading →

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Creative leftovers – 1/3/17

Posted on January 3, 2017 by Beebamom

I love the look and texture of these corkscrew pasta pieces! There is a lot of healthy stuff in this bowlful – mushrooms, onions, garlic, carrots, celery, and a whole bag of a dark greens salad mix. The couple of … Continue reading →

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New Year’s Day tradition – 1/1/17

Posted on January 1, 2017 by Beebamom

Happy? 2017! I have always thought that the traditional food for New Year’s Day was red beans and rice but apparently it is call Hoppin’ John and is served in the southern U.S. It is a porky, ricey, beany dish … Continue reading →

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Homage to Hanukkah – 12/30/16

Posted on December 30, 2016 by Beebamom

Since we are a multicultural household we celebrate both Christian and Jewish holidays. Plus since we were busy on the first day of Hanukkah celebrating Christmas Eve we missed having our usual Hanukkah treat, potato latkes. Tonight’s dinner was an … Continue reading →

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