Posted in dinner, pasta, tagged meatballs, spaghetti on December 4, 2009 | 3 Comments »
The 200th post!! Nothing more to say than watch the video below and be surprised! amazed! bedazzled!
Ingredients
Source: Me!
1 package spaghetti
1 jar tomato sauce
1 lb. ground beef
1/2 tsp. basil
1/2 tsp. oregano
dash of red pepper flakes
1/4 tsp. thyme
salt and pepper
1 egg, lightly beaten
1/2-3/4 cup bread crumbs
1/2 cup parmesan cheese
Directions
Preheat oven to 375 [...]
Posted in Vegetarian, pasta, tagged pesto, tomato on June 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
My July-August Cook’s Illustrated magazine came in a few weeks ago and I swear I earmarked every single recipe in this edition! My first attempt at this set of recipes was a complete success. I learned pesto is more than a puree of basil and pine nuts. It can use a variety of vegetables, [...]
Posted in Vegetarian, pasta, tagged eggplant, pepper, red, roasted, sauce, spicy on February 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Whoa. Step back. This is dangerously good. A pasta sauce with a rockin’ spicy kick and delicious eggplant (don’t worry, no cucumbers were harmed in the making of this dish). Since the bits of eggplant and red pepper are bite size even the choice of penne (or other smaller pasta like rigatoni) works with developing [...]
Posted in dinner, pasta, tagged carbonara, spaghetti on December 3, 2008 | 4 Comments »
It’s Tuesday! What does that mean? It means James makes dinner!
James’ task was to create spaghetti carbonara (what’s the difference between ‘carbonara’ and ‘alla carbonara’?). There were no eggplants this time, just a few simple ingredients. Like the eggplant parmesan, this is the first time either of us had eaten spaghetti carbonara and it was [...]
Posted in Vegetarian, dinner, pasta, tagged cucumber, eggplant, parmesan on November 21, 2008 | 7 Comments »
On Tuesday’s I work until around 7/7:30. That’s a bit late to start making dinner unless we want to eat at 9 or have peanut butter and jelly. Since neither option is that great, I asked James to step in as chef for the night.
I had picked up a big, ripe eggplant to make [...]
Posted in dinner, pasta, tagged meat, sauce, spaghetti on August 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Really quick. Really easy. And really, really good!
Meat sauce is a whatever-you-fee-like sauce. You can chop carrots and onions. Add eggplant and artichoke hearts. Mix in green onions and mushrooms. And what spices do you like? Garlic. Parsely. Basil– you can put any of those and a ton more in the sauce, too.
It’s one of [...]
Posted in blog post, pasta, tagged capellini, pasta on June 2, 2008 | 4 Comments »
This is a “surprise” because it has a special ending! I won’t say much more than that before you get to watch the video, enjoy!
As you can see — it certainly is an adventure being in the kitchen! But that’s what makes it fun.
Since the recipe turned out not to be [...]
Posted in Vegetarian, dinner, pasta, tagged creamy, fettuccine, mushrooms on March 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This recipe comes from the magazine Cooking Light.
The personal touches are indicated by italics.
Ingredients
1/2 cup boiling water
1/2 cup dried porcini mushrooms (I used fresh, regular button mushrooms and it was still very good. vouched for by James)
12 oz. fettuccine pasta
1/2 cup whipping cream (or half-and-half)
3/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. black pepper
6 T. grated parmesan-reggiano [...]
