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Thursday Night Menu: Snow Storm Edition
I hope all of you survived the monster winter storm that hit the east coast. As I write this, we are predicted to get about 12 inches of snow today. It’s coming down pretty heavily right now and I’m...
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Mmm…lasagna
Decided to use up that excess spinach in a nice lasagna. It worked out very well, despite my not having quite enough pasta for the traditional (at least in my kitchen) three layers of noodles. I used...
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Baked Pasta
We’ve been eating sammiches and other like things for a while so I thought yesterday, early, that I would make a real meal. It was going to have to be easy because I knew I would be tired. Boy Howdy!...
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Mmm…spaghetti
Iron rule of food blogging: If spaghetti is mentioned in a post, the next post must be about the spaghetti. One of the loaves in the last post made excellent garlic bread, split down the middle and...
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Mmm…pizza
Decided to use up the rest of those tomatoes making Awesome Sauce. Got a bit more out of them than expected, about 1 quart. Awesome Sauce makes very good pizza sauce. I dug a few pitas out of the...
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What’s For Lunch?
I hear this question almost every day. Usually after I’ve heated my soup or leftovers. Especially the soups. Nothing warms an office like the smell of a hot, spicy soup on a cold fall day. So what is...
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More Thanksgiving leftovers
Well, sorta leftover from thanksgiving. I bought a package of Italian sausage with the thought in the back of my head that I would make sausage dressing out of it but I didn’t. So it was still in...
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Burger Week: Focaccia Burgers w/Italian Condimenti
Continuing the Burger Week series with one of my favorites. The series started here and this weeks recipes can be found here. Originally published July 24, 2010 If you are looking for something...
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Italian Sausage Soup
I didn’t have any idea this was going to be on the menu tonight until I plugged “sausage + soup” into the search box and came up with this recipe on the first page. I dashed over to the store for...
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Lasagna
I made this with the “no boil” pasta that’s been in the cupboard for a spell. It works pretty well, nothing you will brag about to your mother but it’s not a bad thing.The noodles are thin, and they...
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Full Dinner Menu: Washday Beans and Rice
I was going to tell you that it’s my birthday, so there wasn’t going to be a menu tonight, but then I saw that JeffreyW posted some great looking red beans and rice (check out his outstanding photos!),...
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Pizza Night
I tried out a half pint of the latest Awesome Sauce on this pie. I made sure to add plenty of garlic as it simmered down to a thick sauce. Mmm… Extra Awesome! This also has Italian sausage, fresh...
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Friday Recipe Exchange: Pastas and Sauces
Last year I did a recipe exchange on meatballs (here) but was surprised to see I had never done one specifically on sauces. Now sauces can be risky and start a great debate, because every family has...
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Homemade Salami
This turned out better than I had hoped. For some reason the local Kroger store has stopped buying cotto salami for their deli meats counter. It was always one of my favorites and I’ve eaten many a...
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Pasta Pr0n – Campanelle aka Gigli
I had a little bit of this left over for a while and it seemed to be just enough for two. The meat sauce is Italian sausage crumbled and browned then cooked with with a can of basil tomato bits and a...
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Pasta Pr0n
I went to the pantry and found a quart of last year’s tomato sauce for a pasta meat sauce. I made quite a bit, adding a big onion, several peppers from the patio garden, Italian sausage, lots of...
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Tidbits
Gail, a six month old kitten, was introduced to her her new staff yesterday. After her approval she allowed her new chauffeur to convey her to her new domain. We have no idea what this is. It’s about...
View ArticleStuffed Mini-Peppers
I’ve been growing these in a container in the patio garden. They are green bell peppers in all but name – I’m not sure what the tag said. I managed to stuff about a tablespoon or so of my Italian...
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