Why My Favorite Pasta Shape is Linguine
I think everyone has a particular shaped pasta they prefer over others… Some people prefer short pasta shapes, some prefer long pasta shapes, some have one of each! Well, I just thought I’d share my favorite pasta type. By far, I prefer Linguine! Linguine is a long pasta shape, as you can see in the photos above. Why do I love Linguine? I love that it is long and you and you can twirl it on your spoon to eat it – so...
How to Cook Impromptu Linguine with Meatballs: Cupboard Cooking
This is one of the meals we created during our One Month Grocery Shopping Strike! We had everything in the house already, except onions, which is fresh produce we are allowed to use in this challenge. It was delicious, nutritious and helped us clean out our pantry cupboards! Try it – it’s easy to cook too. Type: Pasta Recipe Serve with: Garlic Bread, if desired and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese Prep time: 5-10 min Cook...
How to Cook ‘You’ll Never Believe It’s Healthy’ Creamy Mushroom Linguine
This is so delicious! Easier & quicker than making an Alfredo from scratch! Add tofu or chicken breast to add more protein to this dish…Awesome! ~Kimberly Edwards 😀 Type: Pasta Serve With: Fresh, crusty bread Prep Time: 8 min Cook Time: 20 min Yield: Enough for 3-4 people . Ingredients: Instructions: 1. Fill a stock pot 3/4 full of water, add bay leaf and 1 tbsp sea salt, and heat on high to a rolling boil. Then add pasta...
Our Top 30 Fish & Seafood Cooking Shows for Lent 2019
Here’s our Top 30 Fish & Seafood Cooking Shows for Lent 2019 – helping you keep it fresh this season! Lent, in the Christian calendar, lasts from Ash Wednesday through to Easter Sunday, of each year. It’s traditional for people to not eat meat on Fridays during lent, which means fish & seafood are great options, or just going vegetarian or vegan on those days. Plus, typically, people give up one or more of...
Web Chef Review: Napa Valley Vinegar Co. Cherry Cabernet Vinegar
What I say about Napa Valley Vinegar Co. Cherry Cabernet Vinegar is that it is fantastic. This delicious vinegar comes to you in a nice square bottle that is perfect for arranging in your cupboard or pantry. It has a good cork to keep the vinegar fresh and tasty. When you open the bottle the overwhelming fragrance of cherries is so wonderful that you would think you had just picked a handful of ripe cherries. Oh my, but I do love that...
Web Chef Review: Jesse Tree Pitted Green Olives
This is what I have to say about Jesse Tree Pitted Green Olives, which I picked up from Harvest Barn Country Markets in Niagara-on-the-Lake. These beautiful, uniformly-sized Jesse Tree Pitted Green Olives come in a sort of double value-pack, so that you open one side to eat now, and the other side remains intact and fresh in its brine. We are using these olives on our pizza today along with all ingredients we got from Harvest Barn...
National Noodle Day: Oodles of Noodles
Every culture, past & present, has an ethnic love of noodles. Such noodle dishes include lo mein, spaetzle, pastas like linguine & penne, dumplings and more. These dishes make up one of the richest & largest categories of the world’s cooking history. There is no doubt that Italy has made the greatest contribution to noodle history. Pasta, the Italian word for noodles, has become part of our every day language, as...
October Food Holidays & Events
Here are October Food Holidays & Events. Most of these holidays are based out of the USA, with others sprinkled in here and there. Find other months on The Year in Food Holidays & Events page. Eat Better, Eat Healthier Month: Eat Better, Eat Healthier Month: Easy Nutrition & Health Guidelines Browse Healthy shows, Healthy recipes Browse Organic shows, Organic recipes Browse Vegetarian + Vegan shows, Vegetarian recipes,...
September Food Holidays & Events
Here are September Food Holidays & Events. Most of these holidays are based out of the USA, with others sprinkled in here and there. Find other months on The Year in Food Holidays & Events page. National Biscuit Month: Bake up Some of that National Biscuit Month…Mmm Buy Cookie Sheets & Cooling Racks National Breakfast Month: Wake Up! It’s National Breakfast Month Browse Breakfast recipes Watch Kimberly’s...
Gotta Know Where the Best Local Italian Eatery Is…
I’ve lived in a number of places throughout the USA, and beyond. Everywhere you settle, you try and look for the best spot for Italian, or for Mexican food, or some great Vietnamese. Whether you are of Italian blood or not, everyone craves Italian food… No matter where you may live on the planet, sometimes, you just want a really great, authentic thin crust Neopolitan style pizza, or some al dente Italian semolina pasta...
One Month Grocery Shopping Strike: Day 3
This is Day Three of our One Month Grocery Shopping Strike! This morning, we had scrambled eggs and turkey breakfast sausage we had in the freezer. For lunch, 2 people in the household had tuna sandwiches on my homemade bread, and I had an open-faced tuna melt with cilantro & lime, which I will share the recipe for following this post. For dinner, I am making coconut crusted baked salmon with brown rice & green...
One Month Grocery Shopping Strike: Day 2
This is Day Two of our One Month Grocery Shopping Strike! Yesterday for breakfast, we had eggs – I still need my protein in my diet since I’m training… For lunch, we had some frozen chicken hot dogs with the bread I made in the bread machine the day before. For dinner, I created my Moroccan Chickpea Soup! Yes, we had everything in our house already for this soup: dry chickpeas that I cooked up, a package of frozen...