Category: Italian
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Basic Frittata and Marinated Zucchini
Two recipes from the Moosewood Restaurant Cooks at Home book tonight for dinner. The first was a marinated zucchini recipe. I’ve been wanting to try a frittata for some time. Perhaps partially because my ex’s grandmother’s maiden name was Frittita. So close! If my potatoes had actually grown this year, I could have almost…
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Sometimes You Just Want Roast Chicken
The weather here has gone from 99 degrees last week to nearly an inch of rain yesterday! It doesn’t usually rain in June here. If it does, it sprinkles. This was a full-out downpour that made my back gutter overflow because the water was coming down so fast! A nice warm dinner with chicken and…
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Eating Local: Senate Bean Soup Recipe
I’m really trying to eat local these days. I like organic but will take local over organic. It’s tough to do a week’s shopping at the Farmer’s Market though and I really don’t feel like shopping on Saturday morning. Many years’ habit of shopping on Sundays to overcome. I tend to plan the menus, if…
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Minestrone Soup Recipe
I’m not sure what the qualifications are for a soup being called minestrone but I started with this minestrone recipe from MrsWheelBarrow. I halved it roughly, although it was so good I’m questioning that decision! I used a can of lima beans, drained, rather than dried, left out the sundried tomatoes because I had none,…
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Woefully Behind … My Calabria: Rustic Family Cooking from Italy’s Undiscovered South
I have been cooking up a storm and gardening. I have managed to take photos of some of the dishes but have not done any write-ups. Sorry! I have been exploring My Calabria: Rustic Family Cooking from Italy’s Undiscovered South and am loving it. In addition to making me want to cook more, it makes…