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May 29

Italian Salads – Theme for June Recipes

As you may or may not know, each week I release a new Italian recipe.  The recipe must meet my criteria of being a simple one, because I think simple cooking produces just as good results as complex cooking. Plus – I can’t do anything be (read full article)

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Mar 20

New Food Theme Announced for Month of April

For the month of March we had the theme of “chicken” as the special ingredient.  And although March is not over yet, I think there is no harm in announcing next month’s ingredient.   It is…. ricotta cheese. There are some w (read full article)

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Mar 19

How to Make a Quick and Healthy Italian Snack

“Antipasto” means before the pasta, or before the meal.   But for me it can also mean, “a great snack”!    There are many different antipasto recipes available. While reading an Italian cookbook the other night I found my (read full article)

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Mar 07

Upcoming Chicken Recipes for the Month of March

I had a hard time determining what chicken recipes to do for the rest of the month of March.   As you may know, each month I focus on a specific ingredient.  Maybe it is an herb or spice, or a type of bean.  This month it is chicken.  Last week (read full article)

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Jan 07

Christmas Dinner on a Smaller Scale…oh yes lamb again!

Ok, it is a bit misleading but our Christmas leg of lamb was such a big hit I had to try it again on a much smaller scale.   I was at the store and bought some lamb shoulder blade chops.   I never knew they sold these but hey I’m always le (read full article)

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Dec 01

Is There a “Right” Way to Cook?

This past week my husband and I were in the kitchen cooking together.   We decided to make a big batch of navy bean soup.   It was basically chicken broth, carrots, celery, onion, water, garlic, parsley and navy beans.   I don’t remembe (read full article)

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Nov 05

Old Italian Women Don’t Always Get it Right

The other day I was talking with my wonderful mother in law who is very dear to me.   And we were chatting over the phone about food (naturally) and what she made for dinner.   She told me she had made some Italian meatballs and decided to try an (read full article)

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Oct 16

Eggplant, Zucchini and Pasta?

No, I don’t usually think of eating eggplant or zucchini with my pasta, I don’t even like eggplant lasagna.  Eggplant Parmesan doesn’t count because it is it isn’t with pasta noodles.  I typically would not have thought I (read full article)

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Oct 11

Traditions, Value and Food

Today I was watching an Italian cooking show and naturally part of the show was shot in Italy… Venice to be exact.  When all of the sudden out of nowhere, something struck me about the value of traditions.  Why it hit me so hard like an epiph (read full article)

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Oct 05

Is Zucchini Lasagna Just for Veggie Freaks?

I’m not sure which is worse, being called a “Veggie Nut Job” or as my father once called my husband, a  ”Veggie Freak” .  It was all in good hearted fun, but perhaps in an odd way, it was a compliment that someone wou (read full article)

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