Category: Italian
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Dom DeLuise’s Meat Sauce for Baked Pasta
I picked up Eat This .. It’ll Make You Feel Better a few years ago at a used book store. It’s fun just for the reading, but the recipes are actually quite good as well! I started with the meat sauce and then turned it into a baked penne, sauce, and cheese dish which was…
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Pasta with Chicken and Artichoke Sauce
My neighbors returned from Italy with a package of pasta and some good olive oil for me. What a treat! I used them both in this recipe.
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Pasta e Fagioli Soup (Pasta and Beans)
This was a fantastically good, filling Pasta e Fagioli Soup. I used turkey broth but you could as easily use vegetable broth or chicken broth. I mostly followed the recipe in Cheap. Fast. Good! but made a few modifications. I did put two cans of tomatoes in here but found it a bit tomato heavy…
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Chicken Parmigiana
We had some friends over for dinner Sunday night. I wanted to serve something that pleased both adults and kids, since they had nearly 3 year old twins. One of the girls suggested chicken cutlets so I ended up repeating a favorite “company” dinner: Since spaghetti is hard on little ones, I cooked some shells…
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My Favorite Meat Sauce
I play around a bit with various meat sauces, browned ground beef then cooked with tomato sauce and herbs. I have to admit I don’t think I’ve ever had a bad recipe. Maybe that’s because I taste and adjust as I go if the recipe starts out wrong. In a generic recipe, I’ll often add…