Category: Italian

Stuffed Artichokes (with blue cheese)

Hello Artichokes! It’s spring! Time to commune with your favorite edible thistle! If you’ve never had artichokes (other than possibly the frozen or marinated artichoke hearts), you’re in for a treat. It’s a little bit

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Sweet Potato, Sausage & Bean Soup

You probably already know how much I love Italian Sausage. It’s my #1, go to comfort food. So it’s not surprising that this is one of my favorite soup recipes. It’s similar to two other

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Saucy Balsamic Tomatoes

Saucy Balsamic Tomatoes! So simple and SO good. When I was looking for the recipe for Salmon with Savory Lentils I found another Barefoot Contessa salmon recipe that was served on a bed of quickly

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Super Green Minestrone

Super Green Minestrone. Also known by its less inviting name, Clean Out The Fridge Drawers Minestrone. There is so much to like about this soup — it’s healthy, it’s green, it’s quick and easy to

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Couscous with Peas & Mint

Couscous with Peas & Mint. Funky, refreshing, and delicious. Also quick and easy to prepare. This is the couscous that I made to go with the Shrimp with Fennel & Garlic featured in yesterday’s post.

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Shrimp with Fennel & Garlic

Shrimp with Fennel and Garlic. A fantastic, new quick and easy way to cook shrimp! I think that fennel is one of the most neglected and underused vegetables. Maybe its because of those big, unwieldy

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Chicken Puttanesca

Chicken Puttanesca. This dish combines a couple of recipes that I absolutely love – Chicken Milanese and Pasta Puttanesca. Usually when I make Chicken Milanese – thin fillets of chicken breast covered in breadcrumbs, parmesan

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Many Mushroom Lasagna

Lasagna with many mushrooms. Delicate, in a cheesy sort of way. And Good! So good! Before we jump headlong into the frenzy that is going to be Christmas Cookies, let me share this wonderful pan

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Pizza! No Knead Pizza Dough

First, let us gaze upon this Pizza Margherita. Let us gaze upon it because I finally found a crust recipe that is thin and crispy! Next, let’s pause and marvel that I made it through

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Butternut Squash Spinach Lasagna

Butternut Squash and Spinach and Leeks and Cheese = Awesome Veggie Lasagna! These are some of my favorite flavors to put together. I have at least 4 different squash lasagna recipes pulled out of magazines

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Panzanella Salad

Panzanella – Tomato and Bread Salad! When summer gives you gorgeous, juicy, ripe tomatoes, first make a BLT and then make this amazing salad. Panzanella started in Italy as a way to use up stale

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Pesto!

Nothing says summer to me like fresh basil. Living in Florida, I have pots of it growing on my patio most of the year, but basil never really gets going for most of the country

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Shrimp Scampi

Shrimp Scampi. Buttery, garlicy goodness. For some reason, shrimp scampi in most restaurants comes with a ginormous mound of pasta in cream sauce. Now don’t get me wrong, I’m all for pasta and especially all

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