Now That’s More Like It
Pantry pasta at its finest: rotini with a sauce of kidney beans, bacon, garlic, onion and a handful of baby spinach.
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Tender Brussels sprouts are tossed with pasta, bacon, hazelnuts, and a creamy Parmesan sauce---this recipe could convert the most adamant sprout-hater!
Baked Potato Soup
I don't like my actual baked potatoes with anything beyond butter, but the bacon, cheese, and particularly the tang of sour cream elevates this soup to something more than a bowl of baked potatoes.
A Mediocre Menu (and My Ultimate Comfort Food)
Noil's Noodles---a straight-up Americanized version of what was once a Thai noodle dish---may not be much to look at, but always hits the spot when I'm feeling low.
A Miscellany of Pasta
Linguine carbonara, and Vietnamese beef and broccoli with an attempted noodle pancake.
Prestigitation, or Roasted Mushroom Lasagne
This rich lasagna was a pantry-cleaner, emptying my cheese drawer and making short work of a large bag of mixed wild mushrooms.
Gemelli with Shrimp and Tomato Cream
I love the combination of tomato, cream, and bacon, and oddly enough, it pairs beautifully with shrimp.
Soup for a Sickie
Lentil soup with pasta, garlic, and meaty tidbits of bacon is just the belly-warming thing to feed your sick spouse.
Pasta Trio
In sifting through puppy pictures we’ve taken in the past month, I happened back across a few weeknight pasta dishes that I’ve made, and which we were pretty pleased with. It hardly seems fair to…
Point A to Point B
It’s funny how one thing leads to another. For instance, because Jeremy stayed home from work last Wednesday, I got to have wonderful memories of making snow ice cream as a child in Colorado winters.…
Dinner with Batali and Stevens
Dinner last night was a tiny boneless organic leg of lamb (less than 2 lb), roasted with onion, shallot, lemon quarters, prunes, and green olives, after Mario Batali (from Molto Italiano). I didn’t have time…
Lentil Salad
I made this for lunch yesterday, and it came out beautifully. My adaptations are reflected in the recipe; I only had frozen shallot, so I left it out of the vinaigrette, and we didn’t miss…
Potato Soup with Fried Almonds
This recipe has been on my list of soups to try for some time, and since Jeremy’s tummy has been bothering him, last night seemed like the right moment to try it out. We made…