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Creamy Low Fat Pasta Salad

posted August 12, 2010 in Taste

I love creamy pasta salad, but I rarely eat it because it is usually so fatty and unhealthy.   I have been a pasta salad fanatic all summer and decided to try a creamy, but low fat and veggie loaded version this week.  It turned out pe (read full article)

Garlic, artichoke and roasted red pepper hummus with pita wedges

posted August 09, 2010 in Chef Tom Cooks

Last Friday after work, Katie and I decided to make a batch of Hummus with pita bread. As we got to work we decided to add a couple twists to the standard recipe. We ended up with 3 different kinds of hummus along with fried and un-fried pita wedge (read full article)

Garlic, artichoke and roasted red pepper hummus with pita wedges

posted August 09, 2010 in Chef Tom Cooks

Last Friday after work, Katie and I decided to make a batch of Hummus with pita bread. As we got to work we decided to add a couple twists to the standard recipe. We ended up with 3 different kinds of hummus along with fried and un-fried pita wedg (read full article)

Canned Tuna Penne

posted August 05, 2010 in Food: Cooking and Capturing

Once in a while, I'm using canned food to make dish especially when I'm busy. I used tuna in water and just added olive oil. Fresh herbs will be better, if available. I've seen in Food Magazine (June Edition) from the Philippines. It's a must th (read full article)

SO EASY EVEN A CAVEMAN COULD.....YOU KNOW THE REST

posted July 31, 2010 in CHEW ON THIS

Be sure to check out my new blogsite "A CUPCAKE IN EACH HAND" at www.greatcupcakes.blogsite.comThe Traverse City Film Festival is still going on and since I'm seeing two more films today I decided to use another borrowed recipe. I made this and it's (read full article)

HONEY GARLIC PORK BRAISE WITH SUMMER VEGGIE PENNE

posted July 21, 2010 in Food Tastes Yummy

During one of my weekly grocery shopping adventures recently I went over to the meat section to see what was priced cheap that week. I saw beautiful pork tenderloins that were specially priced and knew I had to grab a couple of those and stock them i (read full article)

Penne alla Papalina

posted July 20, 2010 in Laura's Recipe Collection

This weekend I had the awesome opportunity to do this. Me, Mario and my friend Kelly. “To Laura, Pasta is love. Mario Batali” Pasta is love. He knows me so well already. Kelly and I were standing in the very long line to meet Mario and I start (read full article)

Grilled Hot Italian Sausage, Red Pepper, Green Pepper, Vidalia Sweet Onion, & Penne with Tomato & Basil Sauce.

posted July 20, 2010 in Eats & Everything.

This was our plate, well...Hubby's plate. Mine had virtually half this amount of food on it.I've been in a cooking rut as of late.Could it be the humidity? Work? Lack of adequate sleep? Will someone please share how they get a complete 8 hours?!Times (read full article)

Penne with Crab Paste Flavor

posted July 14, 2010 in Food: Cooking and Capturing

Another summer flavor here, a very simple way to prepare for those in a hurry for a quick lunch. 1 cup of penne1 large tomato, chopped5 pieces crab paste, cut2 galic cloves, mincedfew fresh basil, chopped1 tablespoon olive oilsalt and pepper to taste (read full article)

Lemon courgette prawn pasta

posted July 14, 2010 in The Eton Mess

400g penne pasta 2 courgettes, chopped 250g light soft cream cheese 200g cooked and peeled prawns grated rind of 1 lemon ground black pepper 2 tbsp chopped fresh chives Boil the pasta and courgettes in a large pan of water for 10-12 minutes until t (read full article)

A Good Earth Giveaway!

posted July 09, 2010 in Danica\'s Daily

Happy Friday Eve all!!!  As promised I have the LONG AWAITED giveaway I have been telling you about.  I happen to LOVE this giveaway because you win THE COMPLETE DINNER SET….as in, super BAMBOO plates and silverware along (read full article)

Paste cu fructe de mare

posted July 09, 2010 in Retetele lui Costachel

Cred că aţi intuit deja că, chiar dacă în fotografia de mai sus sunt tagliatele, puteţi folosi la fel de bine pentru această reţetă şi fusili, penne sau orice altfel tip de paste vă plac sau fac degeaba umbră raftului din cămară. Sigur, (read full article)

Tomato Bacon Bean and Pasta Salad

posted July 07, 2010 in Pots and Plots

We got a last minute invite to a cookout for the 4th this weekend and I couldn’t make up my mind whether to make a pasta salad or a bean salad.  So I went with both.  Taking advantage of a bottle of Hidden Valley Farmhouse Originals Garden To (read full article)

CEiMB: Penne with Roasted Tomatoes, Garlic & White Beans

posted July 04, 2010 in Danica\'s Daily

I think LONG weekends make me happy, especially when you don’t have to be anywhere.  You can wake up whenever you want and do whatever you want when you want   That is exactly how today went down. Breakfast started off w (read full article)

Eggplant and Sausage Pasta Bake

posted July 02, 2010 in Goddess of Cooking

I love eggplant but I was getting a little tired of eggplant parmesan and I needed something easy to feed a crowd one night. That is how this dish was born. Sautéed eggplant combined with sweet Italian sausage, pasta and fr (read full article)

What's for Dinner? Pasta Frittata

posted July 01, 2010 in Hometown Girl

Any leftover pasta will make this quick dinner a snap. I had Penne from dinner a couple nights ago so I used that. Whisk about 4 eggs (depending on how much pasta you have), some cream, salt, pepper and whatever fresh herbs you have on hand, I added (read full article)

Sweet-Heat Chicken

posted June 30, 2010 in Menu Resto Chef Krendo

Ingredients :Fruit stock: - 3/4 pound green grapes, removed from stems - 2 medium oranges, skins and seeds discarded, pulp coarsely chopped - 2 1/2 cups water - 1 teaspoon salt Chicken: - 1 tablespoon olive oil - 1/4 teaspoon liquid smoke - 1 teaspoo (read full article)

Grilled Zucchini with Penne

posted June 29, 2010 in Living the Gourmet

Ingredients:4 zucchini – sliced ¼ inch thick2 fresh tomatoes – quartered1 sweet onion – sliced5 cloves garlic – crushed & coarsely chopped1 bunch fresh basilRed pepper flakesDried oreganoOlive oilRomano Cheese for gratingPenne Macaroni o (read full article)

Crawfish Michaela

posted June 23, 2010 in Smoky Mountain Cafe

When you're lucky enough to not only welcome dear friends into your home from New Orleans, and they bring with them about 40 lbs. of boiled crawfish then you know you're living right!Believe it or not, we had crawfish leftove (read full article)

Sausage Penne Pasta

posted June 21, 2010 in Real Mom Kitchen

Here is a simple and delicious pasta dish for you today.  This is one of those meals you can have on the dinner table in 30 minutes.  I adapted it from one that was in my recent issue of Simple [...] (read full article)

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