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| Prep Time: | 15 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 30 Minutes |
This is similar to the goulash my mom made for us when I was a child. It's loosely based on the original Hungarian version. I make this for my family and it's a crowd pleaser. It feeds a crowd too. I've added the shredded mozzarella & pecorino romano to t…
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| Prep Time: | 10 Minutes |
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The most delicious meatballs you will ever eat. With these babies, good cheese is everything. So toss your green plastic parmesan cylinder and buy some fresh grated romano, parmesean, or fontina! Sarah http://the-delicious-life.blogspot.com/
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The origins of pesto genovese go way back in time, to Genova, in the Ligurian region of Italy. The word pesto comes from the verb "pestare" which loosely translated, means to crush. Traditionally, pesto genovese would be made with the mortar and pestle. Y…
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| Prep Time: | 10 Minutes |
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Orecchiette con cime di rape is the signature dish of the Puglia region of southern Italy. Orecchiette literally translates as "little ears". They look like little bowl shaped discs that are ideal for catching the wonderful sauce they are to be tossed wit…
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This has a unique and delicious flavor that is sure to please the loved ones at your table. Enjoy with Much Love. Catherine xo
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This is a delightfully satisfying meal. Enjoy with Love, Catherine
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This is a simple and satisfying soup to have on a cold fall evening. Enjoy!
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Use your creativity to change the recipe to suit your family. Add shrimp or chicken, black olives, or exclude the artichokes.
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| Prep Time: | 10 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 35 Minutes |
This is a traditional Greek soup. I suggest that you treat yourself and your family to this experience with flavor! Enjoy with love, Catherine
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This dish is so pleasing to the eye and so delicious and really quite easy to prepare. Enjoy!
This is one variation of Southern Italian dish "Parmigiana", which is made with shallow-fried eggplants slices topped with tomato sauce and cheese. It is then baked until the cheese is melted and bubbly. Some recipes use hard grated cheeses such (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)
Have you ever made shrimp scampi and been left with just shrimp...no sauce (because everyone wanted more than their fair share of buttery yum on their pasta)? Well, I had just such a case happen to me. I had another unexpected leftove (read full article)
As you can see, I'm on a Kale experimentation journey. It's official - Kale is now my favourite vegetable and I'm looking forward to trying the different varieties. This pasta dish was so comforting with a good kick! I'm submitting this dish to th (read full article)
I prepared this dish last night and the fresh flavors were out of this world. Each bite packed so many great flavors and it was pretty easy to prepare. Yellow squash would work great in this recipe as well. 10 oz. Linguine 4 medium zucchini 6 table (read full article)
I prepared this dish last night and the fresh flavors were out of this world. Each bite packed so many great flavors and it was pretty easy to prepare. Yellow squash would work great in this recipe as well. 10 oz. Linguine 4 medium zucchini 6 tabl (read full article)
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)
Yesterday I spent the day at the beach with two of my favorite people.Hannah, age 4 - doing a "mermaid sea" dance for me.And Jillian, age 2 - just being happy JillianThey are small, but mighty. Speaking of mighty, we were lucky enough to see a whale; (read full article)
Meatballs: Makes about 34 meatballs .660 kg ground lean beef (roughly, does not have to be exact, just about those combinations) .510 kg ground pork 2 large eggs 1/2 cup of freshly grated Pecorino Romano 1 tablespoons chopped parsley 1 clove of (read full article)
Click here to read the English versionEhm...sì, lo so che di solito sono "Millefoglie", ma stavolta credo che "Millepetali" vada meglio per definire questa ricetta - non ricetta :-DNon-ricetta perchè è così semplice che anche chi non ha mai messo (read full article)