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| Prep Time: | 10 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 45 Minutes |
This is my mom's sauce that she used to make for the pasta.
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| Prep Time: | 15 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 120 Minutes |
Great Grandma Lucille was not one for using canned sauces; she preferred to make her own. Boy were we lucky when she would whip up some of her famous homemade spaghetti sauce! Her recipe is actually extremely simple, so I am not sure why more people don…
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| Prep Time: | 15 Minutes |
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I often enjoy having soup and salad for dinner. I usually make a few modifications to the usual cream soup to make healthier but I don’t like to skimp on flavor. Many recipes for broccoli soup suggest that you puree the soup. I’m not opposed to this…
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| Prep Time: | 15 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 30 Minutes |
A quick dish when you come home from work and need a quick pick me up. The pasta makes this dish really filling.
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| Prep Time: | 10 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 30 Minutes |
Sometimes called tomato pudding but it is brad cubes baked with tomato sauce
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| Prep Time: | 10 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 20 Minutes |
This ricotta and spinach stuffed eggplant was inspired by Moussaka-filled Eggplants. It can be served as a vegetarian starter or main dish. Ricotta cheese can be substituted with cottage cheese or paneer.
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| Prep Time: | 10 Minutes |
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Chicken tikka masala is a curry dish of roasted chicken chunks (tikka) in a rich, red, spicy, tomato based sauce. It is marinated in a blend of spices and yoghurt and baked in a masala oven. Usually served with a naan bread, an onion bhaji, and basmati ri…
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Decorate a plate using vegetable centerpieces like tomato crab and olive net garnishes
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| Prep Time: | 5 Minutes |
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I heated tomato soup, and I made a bowl of popcorn. I am a popcorn traditionalist -- stovetop, in a pot, melted (browned) butter, sea salt. Joyce dug the Parmesan out of the refrigerator and then, without hesitation, added both the cheese and the popcorn…
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Usually quick and easy vegetarian recipes from a double-major on the go.
Hello! I know it is still summer, but on these cooler days my thoughts turn to fall! It is my favorite time of the year - I am giddy with excitement at the thought of picking apples, pumpkins, red peppers, etc.. I feel soup goes hand-in-hand with the (read full article)
Ingredients 1 pound pork tenderloin 4 seeded chipotle chiles 2 tablespoons honey 2 medium red potatoes 4 ounces chorizo sausage 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 1 medium onion, diced 1 clove garlic, minced 28 ounce can peeled tomatoes 1/2 teaspoon crushe (read full article)
When life, or your brother, hands you a bushel of tomatoes: make tomato sauce ... from scratch!While slow-roasted is all the rage, sometimes there's no time for slow. Sometimes you need quick. I often need quick. Such was the case on Saturday nigh (read full article)
"The trouble with eating Italian food is that 5 or 6 days later you're hungry again."-George MillerCan you believe it?? The weekend is over! Where does the time go? I had a wonderful weekend, I hope you did also! Every Sunday night we have Sunday din (read full article)
I've had this recipe for about one million years, and I both love and make it so much that the Southern husband gets that beef barley soup look in his eyes when I pull out the recipe, which is an interesting combo of "I like that soup!" and "wow, she (read full article)
Tomatoes are my very favorite food and this is another soup that is just plain good. Creamy and full of just-picked flavor, it's the perfect thing on a hot day. It goes together quickly and easily with the use of a blender - no heat required! Choose (read full article)
Another Tuesday another a recipe featuring tomatoes for the New Month New Food series. So far I've made a 7 Layer Dip Cup and Jalapeño Red Bean Salsa. This week's recipe involves pasta. I made it healthier by using whole wheat pasta and I made my (read full article)
This soup is my favorite vegetable soup. I had it for the first time at my sister-in-law’s in Providence, RI. I loved it so much that I asked for the recipe and have made it ever since. I am a soup lover and make tons of soups but I always (read full article)
I literally JUST made this for dinner, accompanied by flax crackers. A few more ingredients than I would like, but with everything on hand, and with the assistance of MY BEAUTIFUL NEW VITAMIX (YESSSS!), I whipped it up really fast. Pretty yummy, but (read full article)
Chicken Cacciatore is an old world dish that means "hunters style." It was a dish that was prepared for the well-to-do family during the Renaissance as they were the only ones who could afford poultry and the sport of hunting. Traditionally it's a s (read full article)