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| Prep Time: | 15 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 10 Minutes |
Light and easy, this pasta salad makes a wonderful addition to any meal. Featuring tomatoes marinated in olive oil and lemon and tossed with colorful rotini and mozzarella.
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| Prep Time: | 10 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 25 Minutes |
You will be amazed at the flavor of this dish. Enjoy with Lots of Love, Catherine
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| Prep Time: | 10 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 5 Minutes |
If you plan ahead and make too much couscous for dinner, the next day you can have it in a salad. We did that recently when we chartered a boat down in the BVI. We were going from Cooper Island over to the Baths on Virgin Gorda for the day. It was blowi…
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| Prep Time: | 15 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 20 Minutes |
This is a great appetizer or a simple dinner with a loaf of Italian bread. Who could ask for anything more?! Enjoy with Lots and Lots of Love, Catherine
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| Prep Time: | 10 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 10 Minutes |
This cool and creamy dish comes together in just a few minutes. It also lends itself to experimentation with various flavors and ingredients.
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| Prep Time: | 30 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 40 Minutes |
I came up with this recipe one day when I was feeling a little under the weather. After looking in my cupboards and saw what ingredients I had on hand , this is what came out of my oven.
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| Prep Time: | 30 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 30 Minutes |
This was basically an experiment to use up some squash we had.
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| Prep Time: | 10 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 25 Minutes |
Thinly sliced zucchini coins are gently sauteed with onion, garlic and Italian seasonings then tossed with cooked ground beef and diced tomatoes only to simmer slowly before being tossed again with pasta and Parmesan cheese.
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| Prep Time: | 5 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 10 Minutes |
If you are looking for something different that isn't all covered in sauce you need to try this.
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| Prep Time: | 15 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 20 Minutes |
This is a simple and yet delicious meal. Enjoy with much love, Catherine
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| Prep Time: | 15 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 20 Minutes |
This is simple, delicious and so very satisfying. Enjoy with Love, Catherine
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| Prep Time: | 10 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 15 Minutes |
This dish is easy, delicious and looks beautiful. Enjoy with Much Love, Catherine
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| Prep Time: | 15 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 60 Minutes |
Mom used to make this pasta on special days, like on Holidays and a lot of Sundays. It was a big treat for us. It's a lot of work because of all the ingredients that you have to prepare and layer but it's well worth it.
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| Prep Time: | 10 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 10 Minutes |
My love for pasta started so 3-4 years back. Althought the first I tried it in a resturant i didnt like it much , then I decided to try making it and since then my love for Pasta is going strong . Since then I have experimented with Pasta and they have…
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| Prep Time: | 5 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 15 Minutes |
My mom used to cook pastina for us kids a lot, she had four kids and she always made sure that we always had some kind of protein in us. So the eggs of course was one of them, She even used to make it without the eggs when we used to have the flu. Us ki…
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| Prep Time: | 20 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 20 Minutes |
The first time I had tagliatelle ai funghi done right, it was at Trattoria Stella in Serramazzoni, in the foothills of Modena, Italy. When a gastronomical memory persists for over 15 years, you know you had a true culinary pleasure. The beauty of tagliate…
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| Prep Time: | 20 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 10 Minutes |
Lots of basil and tomatoe flavor for a pasta dish
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| Prep Time: | 10 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 60 Minutes |
My mom taught me how to prepare this dish because many people really admire her unique ability to cook and experiment foods as her own recipe. This was the dish that a lot of our neighbors and friend keep on asking us to prepare most of the time because o…
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| Prep Time: | 30 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 15 Minutes |
A lovely and colorful pasta dish made with bow-tie pasta (farfalle), sweet red peppers, mozzarella and fresh basil.
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| Prep Time: | 10 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 10 Minutes |
Pennsylvania Dutch egg noodles with a vegetable spin. A fresh side dish that will complement most menus. they are tasty and fun for the kids to eat.