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My attempts at creating and recreating Italian food. Most of the recipes are on the healthy side without it being obvious. Make your family happy with the flavor and heathy with the food.
I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that my brother came to town and I made polenta cakes. Well I had to come up with some ideas for what to do with the leftovers. You have already seen Grilled Polenta Cakes with Bruschetta Topping here is what I did w (read full article)
My brother, Bob, came to visit me this past weekend. He wanted me to recreate the dinner that I blogged about when I went to Paula's from Bell' Alimento for a cooking lesson. Now what do you do with leftover polenta cakes? I narrowed my options down (read full article)
I have a new food obsession. My brother wanted my old treadmill and wanted to know what I would charge him for it. I think my answer surprised him, dried Michigan cherries. I became addicted to these while in MI in January. I now have 20 pounds of dr (read full article)
This is a recipe I got from my brother-in-law and sister-in-law Steve and Liz. This is so simple but so good I am sure it will become a favorite. Fantastic with a good bootle of wine and some crusty bread. I think I convinced my family this should be (read full article)
Here is a fast and easy weeknight dinner. Curried Vegetables served over Whole Grain Couscous1 tbs olive oil8 oz cauliflower crowns4 oz button mushrooms, sliced into 2 or 4 pieces depending on size1/2 red pepper, cut into small dice1 yellow squash, c (read full article)
Here is a dish that I invented this weekend when I looked in the fridge and saw a couple of peppers, a handful of cherry tomatoes and the salmon my wife said she wanted for dinner. Simple, but very flavorful.Salmon with Mixed Pepper and Tomato SaladF (read full article)
Every Sunday morning while my wife is getting ready for church I make eggs for breakfast. I try to come up with something besides fried, scrambled and poached. This was my idea for last Sunday, it certainly isn't a new idea, but I haven't tried it in (read full article)
A nice cool fall day, so I decide to make Chicken Cacciatore while watching football. What do you mean it hit 80 degrees and now my wife wants to grill out. Now what? You improvise and make grilled Chicken Cacciatore, turned out to be very good.Grill (read full article)
Ever have one of those Saturdays when you look up and see it is time for dinner and you haven't even thought about it yet? I just started grabbing left over ingredients until I was happy with the combination.Spicy Shrimp and Rice2 tbs olive oil2 tbs (read full article)
This dish is a good way to use up leftover vegetables. The ingredients I list below can be changed for just about any vegetables you have in your house. Try for about 4 cups of veggies for 8 ounces of pasta. The recipe below is for 8 ounces of pasta (read full article)
All of the cooking for this recipe can be done on the grill, making it a good choice for those hot days when you don't want to heat up the kitchen.Gilled Tuna Steak on White Bean PureeServes 21 can white beans (I used Cannellni, but other white beans (read full article)
This is one of those recipes where the recipe looks much longer and more complicated than it really is. Don't be afraid to try it. This is actually my favorite form of lasagna. It isn't as heavy as traditional lasagna, because of the béchamel sauce (read full article)
This is a dish I based on a recipe from Lidia Bastianich cookbook Lidia's Italian- American Kitchen. Lidia makes this as a side dish with 2 small eggplants to serve 4, here I do it as a vegetarian main dish. I cut back on the mozzarella and added a l (read full article)
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