Italian
Pasta With Alfredo Sauce
February 9th, 2012 • In Pasta, Recipes, Simple Classy SeriesGiven that it is but a few days from perhaps the most benignly lenient food filled holiday of the year I expect most of you have declared war against the salt, the excess, and the…
Lasagna Stew
January 16th, 2012 • In Beef, Pasta, RecipesAnd now you have time for lasagna–well, er, the stew version anyway. But I promise the flavors are there and the time involved is quick. Who doesn’t love a quick luscious meal that warms the…
Chicken Cacciatore
August 16th, 2011 • In RecipesWe ate. We chugged. We laughed. The tweet version of life. Food is the center of every happening. I know this well. After I had my children I dabbled in a few ideas I could…
Pizza Quick
July 12th, 2011 • In RecipesCrisp flat bread. Pungent olive oil. Fresh grated cheese. Green basil. Faintly crunchy onions. Each of these separate are worthy stand alone components but together: welcome to my life long addiction. On days I have…
Pizza Casserole
June 20th, 2011 • In RecipesOnce upon a second time around there was this amazing little meal I affectionately refer to as my all time favorite food ever which is none other than pizza. As if pizza is not quick…
Ragu Over Pasta
March 19th, 2011 • In RecipesCooking-wise, I’m in what I consider the dregs of March, this itchy time before anything is growing in the ground where if I see another potato, chicken breast or soup I might toss it out…
Ditalini Pasta With Prosciutto
February 14th, 2011 • In Pork, RecipesBarely four weeks ago I used the following phrases to describe pasta: “long and lanky limp noodles,” “assaulted with just about any so-called sauce one could think of,” “absolutely no health benefit whatsoever.” I admitted…
Shrimp Carbonara
January 11th, 2011 • In Pasta, Recipes, SeafoodOld as this may be, I had always thought a carbonara sauce until a few weeks ago was made with tomatoes. I have thought of nothing else since this discovery, not snow, not Christmas mayhem,…
Chicken Picatta
December 29th, 2010 • In Chicken, RecipesMy craving for pesto is unremitting. In fact, every year I put out a new crop of basil that finds its way in dishes I prepare for the fam. Of course, in an attempt to…
Chicken Alfredo
December 14th, 2010 • In Chicken, Pasta, RecipesBaby it’s cold out there! Yea, at times I am Captain Obvious and brilliant statements like that emerge and I don’t even have to concentrate. But seriously now, you’re gonna need some fat in your…