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Baked Macaroni with Tomato Sauce, Chorizo & Green Pepper + Video
Apr15

Baked Macaroni with Tomato Sauce, Chorizo & Green Pepper + Video

Craving pasta? Try my Baked Macaroni with Tomato Sauce, Chorizo & Green Pepper! Follow step-by-step & cook your way to a delicious dinner for the family, with leftovers to spare. This pasta dish is filled with tasty ingredients like chorizo, mushrooms & green peppers, and with an easy tomato sauce that brings it all together, you’ll be the hero in the kitchen tonight. Baked Macaroni with Tomato Sauce, Chorizo &...

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How to Bake Meatball, Broccoli & Enoki Mushroom Pizza with Roberto’s Gluten-Free Crust + Video
Jul05

How to Bake Meatball, Broccoli & Enoki Mushroom Pizza with Roberto’s Gluten-Free Crust + Video

Now, we all enjoy pizza but unfortunately some of us have a problem with gluten in our food, and this recipe for How to Bake Meatball, Broccoli & Enoki Mushroom Pizza with Roberto’s Gluten-Free Crust is the answer to that problem. You may have never thought of it before, but meatballs are a great addition to a pizza, especially when you may be out of other more traditionally used meats. In my opinion, every pizza could use a...

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How to Cook Tomato Dumplings with Meatballs
Dec28

How to Cook Tomato Dumplings with Meatballs

Tomato Dumplings are hearty & full flavored – perfect for any day of the week. An acquaintance revealed that one of her favorite & most delicious dishes made by her mom, they named tomato dumplings. Whenever her own family visited her mother, she requested tomato dumplings. In reviewing the recipe, I have found that it is much more than just tomato dumplings! How to Cook Tomato Dumplings with Meatballs: We, too, have...

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It’s National Pasta Day: Try Fettuccine with Cream Sauce
Oct17

It’s National Pasta Day: Try Fettuccine with Cream Sauce

It’s National Pasta Day and we’re going to have a great time eating it too… Pasta in every style of cuisine offers a rich addition to our cooking history with Italian & Asian being most prominent contributors. Pasta invites any number of sauces to carry and add to untold flavors. From dried to homemade pasta, they are all delicious dishes. Generally, count on 4 – 5 ounces per person, when serving as a main...

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National Sausage Pizza Day: An All-Time Favorite
Oct11

National Sausage Pizza Day: An All-Time Favorite

National Sausage Pizza Day sounds like a great idea for a celebration… Isn’t it true that almost everyone enjoys a good pizza? Although the various toppings and combinations of toppings are tasty, from simple cheese pizza to mushrooms and pepperoni, to more elaborate pizzas with olives & peppers on top of tomato sauce. One of my personal favorites is pizza with sausage, strewn with torn basil, capers, thinly sliced...

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Creamy Spinach Dip in Pumpernickel Loaf: National Spinach Month
Oct01

Creamy Spinach Dip in Pumpernickel Loaf: National Spinach Month

National Spinach Month has finally arrived, and spinach is such a versatile vegetable for many different kinds of recipes. Below, you’ll find out how to make spinach dip in pumpernickel bread. Easy to make, and a real treat to eat. Spinach is delicious added to salad greens, even the attached pink roots add a crunch. Always be sure to wash thoroughly, as spinach tends to be quite sandy/dirty. They come from the ground, remember!...

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How to Cook French Onion Soup in Stoneware Ramekins from Scratch + Video
Sep05

How to Cook French Onion Soup in Stoneware Ramekins from Scratch + Video

Cooler weather is approaching & I’m breaking out all of my Fall recipes… …Soups, stews, casseroles cooking in the oven, baking things, and using different methods to cook than in other seasons. Long simmering, flavorful stocks & broths adorn our taste buds, and we crave it as soon as football season hits, don’t we? Well, here in North America, we do… Root vegetables like sweet potato, parsnip,...

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How to Cook Basil Butter Sauce for Pasta
Sep23

How to Cook Basil Butter Sauce for Pasta

Want pasta, but don’t feel like all the muss and fuss of a tomato sauce? No problem, there are other sauces you can explore that are not only delicious, but really simple to make, and you probably have the ingredients on hand already. This sauce is no exception. It’s one of the simplest you can find. I used this as my sauce last night for my Potato, Carrot & Squash Gnocchi & it was a perfect pair! Sauces...

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How to Cook Brown Rice Spaghetti with Mushrooms, Cherry Tomatoes, Bacon & Basil
Aug27

How to Cook Brown Rice Spaghetti with Mushrooms, Cherry Tomatoes, Bacon & Basil

I was looking to make a quick pasta dinner this evening and wasn’t sure what kind of sauce I’d make… …So, I figured I’d start the pasta and decide while it cooked. I picked some fresh basil from my garden, sliced up some mushrooms, quartered some cherry tomatoes and crumbled up some bacon, added a bit of olive oil and butter to the mix and topped it all off with Parmesan cheese. The pasta I chose was a...

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Pappardelle with Oxtail in Light Stewed Tomato Sauce – What Did Kimberly Eat?
Feb09

Pappardelle with Oxtail in Light Stewed Tomato Sauce – What Did Kimberly Eat?

Last night, I had one of the most delicious pasta dishes I’ve had in a while, aside from the Gnocchi with Porcini Mushrooms in Cream Sauce I had the night before. I had Pappardelle pasta in a stewed tomato sauce with Oxtail & fresh peas. It was perfectly done, right from the al-dente pappardelle pasta, which is one of my very favorite long shaped pastas (it’s like big, long ribbons of pasta), but the oxtail was tender...

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How to Cook Mushroom Risotto: Upscale SuperBowl Treats
Feb06

How to Cook Mushroom Risotto: Upscale SuperBowl Treats

This is Day Eight of our One Month Grocery Shopping Strike! It’s also SuperBowl today… I am making a creamy mushroom risotto to go along with the Lavender Lamb Loin Chops with Blueberry Balsamic Reduction for Superbowl today. We are going all out with our upscale treats! Traditionally speaking, Parmesan cheese is added to risotto, but none of us are crazy about it – so we are omitting it in this recipe. Type:  Rice Recipe Serve...

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How to Cook Roasted Butternut Squash Ravioli
Feb01

How to Cook Roasted Butternut Squash Ravioli

Today is Day 4 of our One Month Grocery Shopping Strike. For dinner tonight, I’m making Roasted Butternut Squash Ravioli with Tomato Sauce from scratch…except for the won-ton wrappers I’m using from our freezer as the ravioli pasta dough. This squash recipe is a little involved, but well worth the work – it is absolutely amazing, healthy & even vegetarian…Probably my family’s favorite meal of...

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How to Cook Impromptu Linguine with Meatballs: Cupboard Cooking
Jan31

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...

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