Category Archives: Pork

Pork chops, mashed potatoes, broccoli. 4/3/26

We don’t have pork often because “the other white meat” is so devoid of fat that it is almost impossible to cook it without drying it out. I was really feeling like trying pork again so John reluctantly went to … Continue reading

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Spaghetti with amatriciana sauce and guanciale. 3/28/26

Sarah picked up a “Too Good To Go” bag from Eataly on Thursday when we were celebrating her birthday in San Jose. Among many other things was a jar of amatriciana sauce. Amatriciana sauce is flavored with some sort of … Continue reading

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Pasta with sausage and greens. 2/26/26

Tonight Sarah made one of our favorites, pasta with sausage and greens. It is so simple but so good. While the pasta was cooking Sarah sauteed onions and 6 ounces of sausage that she later mixed with the cooked and … Continue reading

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Penne with pork sausage and kale. 2/6/26

🥳 I love this delicious pasta! Ingredients for two servings – 6 to 8 oz. whole grain penne, 1/2 onion, chopped, 3 garlic cloves, minced, 4 oz. spicy pork sausage removed from casing. Steps – heat boiling salted water and … Continue reading

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Pasta with sausage and kale. 11/13/25

This is one of my favorite meals that Sarah makes. She uses spicy Italian sausage with various shapes of pasta and usually kale. It is so good! Yum!

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Shells with sausage and broccolini. 10/27/25

We are back home after our wonderful trip to Utah with our son. Sarah’s friend Mark is staying with us for a few days and she was so gracious to make dinner for all four of us. Our pasta dinner … Continue reading

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Penne with sausage. 10/20/25

Jonathan cooked on Monday. We had originally planned on scallops but there were none to be found at Harmon’s. We were promised that they would be available tomorrow. I helped out by chopping the onion, garlic, and mushrooms. Jonathan manned … Continue reading

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Penne with spicy Italian sausage and kale. 10/8/25

Tonight was Sarah’s night to cook dinner. Her pasta dinners are always much more exciting than mine as she cooks something delicious without regard to whether it fattening or not. Tonight she made a pasta dish that you might find … Continue reading

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Take-out Saturday. 9/27/2025

Saturday is our new take-out day. I usually feel a little cooking burnout by the end of the week so I thought Saturday would be a good day for having dinners that I would not normally make at home. Saturday … Continue reading

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Pizza with Italian sausage. 9/5/25

Sarah was not feeling well tonight so we decided to just order in pizza and save our tuna dinner until tomorrow.

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