Category Archives: Pasta

Meatless Sunday – 12/18/16

It appears that one of my pre-new year’s resolutions is to throw my weekly standards out the window.  No more chicken Monday, giant-bowl-of-food Tuesday, Chinese Sunday, and meatless whenever! Much like our deplorable “unpresidented” soon-to-be president, I shall keep everyone guessing … Continue reading

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Orecchiette with white beans, turkey sausage, and vegetables – 12/10/16

This was a clean out the refrigerator kind of dish. The sauce was basically a little olive oil and pasta water. This can easily be made vegan by omitting the turkey sausage.

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December 8, 2016 – Birthday!

Today I start out with coffee cake especially made for me by our daughter for my birthday. It replicates the ones that we used to get our house when I was growing up from the Dugan man with his expandable … Continue reading

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Chicken Cacciatore – home from vacation!

So happy to be home! So happy to be cooking my own dinner! Bad food in the Southeast. Also bad vibes. But now that we are home and away from heat, humidity, fried food, and bugs, it is time to … Continue reading

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Spaghetti regati and harvest salad – 11/15/16

We are in eat-down mode since we are heading off to the East coast tomorrow. Our daughter has picked her final produce and I used some of it in a salad. We ate this interesting spaghetti regati from Barilla tonight. … Continue reading

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Eat it twice! – 11/10/16

We ate this on Tuesday and we are eating most of the rest of it tonight. We added some more kale and some pieces of turkey sausage so it would taste new. We even have enough left over from this … Continue reading

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Chickpea stew with ditalini and kale – 11/9/16

If you like to chop vegetables up then this is the dish for you! I did all the prep work while John was at work and so almost the entire dish was dump and sauté according to length of cooking … Continue reading

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Remember last week’s white Bolognese? – 11/7/16

The white Bolognese sauce from last week made a comeback tonight as traditional red Bolognese. This was no elaborate transformation. I just added a can of tomatoes, some water, herbs, and tomato sauce. I served it with penne which I … Continue reading

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Quick pad Thai with shrimp – 11/4/16

I have made this dish 4 or 5 times since I discovered it through an email from Food & Wine. As long as you have the mise en place done, the cooking moves along very quickly. The sauce, instead of … Continue reading

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Rigatoni with White Bolognese – 11/2/16

I have been to Italy over 20 times but I have never been to Bologna. I do not even know what there is to see there!  Maybe next time I shall make sure it is on my visit list.  One … Continue reading

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