Category: World

  • Homemade Pasta, Including Ravioli!

    Homemade Pasta, Including Ravioli!

    Hopefully my daughters aren’t reading this because we wanted to surprise them but it’s okay if they do. Marlo and I were wanting to do more homemade gifts this year but he works as a UPS driver so you can imagine the season is a bit busy lol. I have an old pasta rolling machine…

  • Oven-Roasted Chicken Tikka from Made in India

    Oven-Roasted Chicken Tikka from Made in India

    For the first time in quite a while I went to the farmer’s market on Saturday morning. I walked over to my daughter’s and her fiance’s apartment and then we walked to the market together. I couldn’t resist the gorgeous eggplants and I loved that they were smaller since I’m usually cooking for just 1…

  • Pasta with Broccolini, Pancetta and Lemon Cream Sauce

    Pasta with Broccolini, Pancetta and Lemon Cream Sauce

    I love broccolini and broccoli rabe, with pasta and sausage, on pizza, roasted as a side dish–pretty much anyway I’ve had it! This Pasta with Broccolini, Pancetta and Lemon Cream Sauce might be my new favorite. I used to think broccolini and broccoli rabe were closely related but this explains that broccolini is a cross…

  • Jamie Oliver’s Jerk Chicken

    Jamie Oliver’s Jerk Chicken

    I had bought some bone-in chicken thighs without a clear plan on how to cook them. I talked to my daughter as she walked home from BART last night. We often talk about our dinner plans and share recipes. She was going to make either shrimp tacos or steak tacos. I mentioned the chicken thighs…

  • Dom’s Mamma’s Pasta e Fagioli

    Dom’s Mamma’s Pasta e Fagioli

    The other day Marlo pulled out some leftovers his mom had given him, pasta e fagioli, pasta with beans. I snuck a bite (having eaten earlier) and it was so good, even cold! I couldn’t get it out of my mind so I decided to make my own last night. I had made a pasta…