I’ve been going through my freezer trying to use up the odds and ends and ran into half a pound of ground beef cooked with peppers and onions. I thought it would go well in a pasta sauce so quickly cooked up some marinara (from canned tomatoes) and added the meat to simmer for a…
Pasta
Pasta with Fresh Lemon and Cream Sauce
A few nights ago I happened to watch an episode of Lidia’s Italy (on PBS) and she made pasta and this cream sauce with fresh lemons. I had everything I needed so that became dinner. The recipe is also in Lidia Cooks from the Heart of Italy: A Feast of 175 Regional Recipes. A year…
Pasta with Fresh Tomatoes, Onions and Cheese
This recipe for Pasta with Fresh Tomatoes, Onions and Cheese is such a flexible “recipe” — I love it! All you REALLY need are fresh tomatoes and some kind of cheese and pasta. My original inspiration from this came from Don’t Eat Your Heart Out Cookbook. (That’s an affiliate link. I’ll make a small bit…
Bacon and Tomato Pasta
This came from a Paula Deen cookbook my stepson and his wife gave me for Christmas. It is creamy and good and easy–hard combination to beat! I’ve been watching the Lidia Italian cooking shows on our PBS station and she almost always adds a bit of pasta water to a sauce, saying the starch in…
Orzo, Black Bean and Corn Salad and Buttermilk Dressing
I’m on a Cooking Light roll for some reason lately. The last two issues have had multiple recipes that caught my eye. (I subscribe to the magazine. This is NOT a sponsored post although I did link to an Amazon purchase of the subscription. So I will also say it’s hit and miss. Frankly, I…