Tag Archives: pasta

Chicken cacciatore with pasta – 2/3/17

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

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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Spaghetti and meatballs – 1/7/17

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

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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A versatile dinner dish – 12/29/16

A big bowl of pasta – who doesn’t love it?! While we made ours with some leftover chicken and chicken stock, you could scramble an egg and toss it with the pasta and vegetable stock, or add some tofu and … Continue reading

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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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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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Orrecchiette with winter squash – 10/31/16

Well, it is Halloween at our house and we are ready for trick or treaters. Unfortunately, no one shows. Must be a combination of a Monday night, on and off rain, and being at the end of a cul-de-sac. Guess … Continue reading

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Bucatini and meatballs – 10/25/16

Who doesn’t love some what we call “red Italian.” Growing up on the Jersey shore, this was Italian American food to us. I don’t think I realized that there was any other Italian cuisine involving non-red sauces and polenta or … Continue reading

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