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Tag Archives: pasta
Macaroni with sausage. 1/9/25
Sorry for the messy looking bowl. As usual when presented with a bowl of pasta, all I want to do is eat it, not take its picture. Tonight was Sarah’s night to cook. She often makes such delicious smelling dinners … Continue reading
Posted in Italian, Pasta, Pork, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged kale, pasta, Sausage
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Penne and meatballs. 11/23/24
Basically this dinner was all short cuts. I used Rao’s tomato basil sauce and Rosina’s frozen meatballs. Usually I dump the cooked pasta into the sauce but since I had a lot of sauce and a lot of meatballs I … Continue reading
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Fettuccine with asparagus and mushrooms. 11/15/24
The easiest way to stretch 3 ounces of pasta into a really satisfying meal is to add a lot of vegetables. Ahead of the pasta getting cooked I sautéed 8 ounces of mushrooms and a big handful of asparagus spears … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Italian, Methods, Pasta, Recipes, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
Tagged asparagus, mushrooms, pasta
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Penne with Jon’s sauce. 10/5/240
The hits keep coming this week with a pasta dinner with Jonathan’s sausage and mushroom tomato sauce. I chopped up onions, garlic, and mushrooms while he got the sauce going. He used some spicy Italian pork sausage links which he … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Pasta, Pork, Vacation cuisine, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged pasta, pork sausage
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Spaghetti and Meatballs. 10/19/24
Using pantry and freezer components makes this dinner a snap. The meatballs are Rosina’s home style and the sauce is Rao’s tomato and basil. The meatballs defrost while cooking in the sauce which I supplement with chili flakes, garlic powder, … Continue reading
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Tagged meatballs, pasta, Spaghetti
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Pan-fried gnocchi with mushrooms and kale. 9/30/24
This started out as a sheet pan recipe. https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1022479-sheet-pan-gnocchi-with-mushrooms-and-spinach?smid=ck-recipe-iOS-share However, it is 99F outside and we are trying to keep the house cool so we changed it to a pan-fry cook and also decided to use raw kale instead of … Continue reading
Posted in Italian, Pasta, Recipes, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged gnocchi, pasta
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Linguine with Meatballs. 9/28/24
As often happens I get tired of cooking at the end of the week. So I decide to push the gnocchi dish into next week. The gnocchi is shelf stable and onions, kale, and mushrooms will last a while longer. … Continue reading
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Cavatappi and meatballs. 9/20/24
Cavatappi is hollow, corkscrew shaped pasta. I know I have said that I prefer strands with red spaghetti sauce but John likes shapes so we compromised. It turned out to be really delicious! I took a cup of leftover Rao’s … Continue reading
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Linguine and Meatballs. 9/12/24
I have to admit we took the easy prep for tonight’s dinner. Instead of making my own sauce we picked up a jar of Rao’s tomato and basil sauce. It was quite tasty and was not over-burdened with sugar. I … Continue reading
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Penne with Asparagus. 9/1/24
I love the way that the asparagus mimics the shape of the penne in this super easy pasta dish. While the water gets to boiling I prep onion, garlic, and the asparagus. Once the pasta goes in the water to … Continue reading
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