Category “Italian”

Friday, 8 May, 2009

Garden Pesto Tortellini

This meal was the unplanned love-child of a rushed trip to the grocery store and a night of cleaning out the fridge. When I asked the hubs what we should call it, he said something like “Good Garden Pasta Surprise.” I said, “Um, no.”

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Wednesday, 29 April, 2009

Pizza with Goat Cheese, Chicken, Sundried Tomatoes & Spinach

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“Vish ish awshoum!”

These are the words that came out of my husband’s mouth tonight as he ate his slice of pizza.

Have I mentioned that my husband hates pizza?

Well, my husband – he hates pizza. He has been known to call pizza “the torture food.” As in… “Honey, why don’t we order pizza tonight?” … “Oh great, the torture food.”

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Tuesday, 28 April, 2009

Fresh Basil Pesto Pasta with Grilled Chicken

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Just the smell of fresh basil makes me weak in the knees. Luckily, it’s not a treat reserved only for summertime in our house. For my birthday a couple years ago, my sweet hubby got my an AeroGarden. This thing is amazing – we grow enough basil to have pesto about every other week! I’m planning on doing a more detailed post about this nifty gadget, but for now, here is my pesto recipe.

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Saturday, 18 April, 2009

Italian Sausage Baked Ziti

Need a hearty dinner to bring to a friend? Need a dinner that freezes and travels well? Need a dinner you can make days ahead of time but still feed a crowd? This baked ziti is for you!

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Thursday, 26 March, 2009

Carbonara Pizza

Carbonara Pizza

And yet another recipe from last week’s wine tasting. This tasty little dish was a great appetizer and paired nicely with our Da Vinci Chianti Classico. The topping of this pizza is a re-creating of a carbonara pasta dish – complete with pancetta, eggs, and ricotta!

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Monday, 29 December, 2008

Italian Stuffed Peppers

I made up an awesome recipe tonight using a few ingredients we had on hand. We’re going out of town tomorrow, so I didn’t want to have to buy a bunch of groceries. Plus, we’ve been eating so much heavy food over the holidays that we were both in the mood for something light and fresh! This hit the spot!

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