garden goodness pancit

Sorry it’s been a while since any recipes have gone up! It’s been a crazy (but good) month of July, full of family visits and vacation. Hopefully, the schedule will be a bit calmer here in August.
So, I think that the next few recipes will focus on the garden harvest. Our little garden [...]

party tested sauce, veggie version

Here is the veggie sauce we made for our get together earlier this week. Got some great reviews!
Dinner Party Veggie Spaghetti Sauce
Ingredients:
1 large yellow onion, chopped
1 red pepper, chopped
1 green pepper, chopped
4-5 cloves garlic, minced
1 28 oz can crushed tomatoes
1 15 oz can fire roasted diced tomatoes
1/2 cup good red wine (such as cabernet sauvignon)
2 [...]

party tested pasta sauce, meatball version

Fellow foodie blogger Masako hosted a pasta party at her house a few nights ago when I was visiting, and I volunteered to make the sauces (it was the least I could do!). Two other foodie bloggers – Padraig and Elizabeth – were also in attendance. This was the recipe I made, adapted from the [...]

eggplant parmesan

My good friend Deb joined us Saturday in preparation for Easter festivities, and since she’s a vegetarian I thought I’d make her some eggplant parmigana for dinner. I looked at two recipes (from epicurious.com and food network), merged them together, and added a few touches of my own. It turned into a dish that worked [...]

Baked Ziti for a cold winter night…

hiya- just made this receipe last night from Cook’s Illustrated magazine and thought I’d share… it’s sort of like a lasagna but with curly pasta. I’m guessing that you can make it more like a lasagna by adding veggies like mushrooms and zucchini, perhaps…  but my 17 month old love it so it’s a keeper. [...]

healthy chicken parmesan (with optional spaghetti squash)

Chicken Parmesan is one of the dishes that Mike requests fairly often – it’s tasty and satisfying, and it’s usually his “go-to standard”meal when eating at Italian restaurants. It’s pretty easy to make and you can put your own twist on it by choosing a different flavor sauce and/or a different breading. Since we’re trying [...]

gina’s go-to lasagna for easy entertaining

This is a classic Svarovsky recipe that has been in existence for about… 10 years. It’s adapted from a recipe originally found on a Creamette lasagna noodle box. The best part? No boiling of the noodles!
Gina’s Go-To Lasagna
ingredients
1 lb Italian sausage
12 regular lasagna noodles (do not boil)
1 15 oz container ricotta cheese
2 eggs
2 2-cup packages [...]

menu: squash ravoli, broiled salmon, and carrot cake

Fellow Foodie Masako was visiting here yesterday with David and Dexter, so of course we had to whip up some good eats. In an effort to use some CSA veggies, we came up with the following menu – two were adapted recipes from other websites, and then one we made up on the fly. Thumbs [...]

chicken stewed in tomatoes

Today I spent some time blanching vegetables and freezing them as our summer produce haul starts to slow down. We’d been so busy over the past month that we must have had about 3 weeks worth of veggies that were just piling up! We did have a ton of tomatoes, and I thought I’d try [...]

healthy baked pasta and tomato sauce with meat

So it’s tomato time at our CSA, and every week we’re getting at least 1 pound of tomatoes per share. Last week I doubled up and got 2 pounds of romas, intending to make pasta sauce. I did, then decided to make a baked pasta dish, and the result was great! Here’s the recipe:
Tomato Sauce [...]