The teacher in me is so very happy. In the next week I have 5 classes scheduled at Cool Beans Cafe’. It excites me because I am going to teach classes in Italian cooking. This Saturday will be homemade pasta with a homemade tomato sauce and meatballs followed by cannoli for dessert. On the following … Continue reading »
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The Art of Storytelling
I firmly believe storytelling is becoming a lost art. With so many factors causing families to be separated these days, the chief storytellers have no one to pass on their stories to. I find that even in my own life, my kids at home, who are of the teenage boy variety, don’t care to hear … Continue reading »
Spaghetti Bruschetta
It’s hot and we’ve had a busy day. I needed a quick and cool dinner idea. I took the kids bowling using free coupons from AMF lanes. Kids can bowl free all summer long when you sign them up for the coupons, not too bad of a deal. With the heat and being tired, I … Continue reading »
Broccoli Ricotta Pasta Toss
Here is my entry for this week’s Presto Pasta Nights. Be sure to visit Ruth at Once Upon a Feast on Friday and check out all the great pasta meals listed. I found this recipe, Broccoli-Ricotta Pasta Toss, for my entry and decided to give it a try. I made a few changes for what … Continue reading »
Pork Rollatini with Tomato Sauce
Today I invented a new recipe for us to try. I am guessing someone else might have made something similar but when I searched it out nothing came up. So I just started thinking of how can I fix these thin cut pork cutlets, we wanted something different from my normal ways of cooking them, … Continue reading »
Rustic Bolognese sauce-a recipe review
Before I get into my review of the Rustic Bolognese sauce recipe, I feel it’s only fair to let you in on a secret. When someone visits my blog and leaves a comment with a link back to their blog, I actually go and visit your blog! Sometimes I even leave a comment. How about … Continue reading »
Pantry Cooking-Italian style
Photo credit: http://top10hell.com/ Sundays seem to be the hardest day to plan for when it comes to food. We rush out to church, each one grabs their own breakfast. Then by the time we come home, we all grab a sandwich or leftovers for lunch. We leave again for evening activities which makes dinner a … Continue reading »
Pasta with Roasted Cauliflower, Chick Peas and Ricotta
I just started getting subscriptions to magazines again after a long break. Seeing that many were just ad after ad left me with not much content to read. But then I found a few that aren’t too full of ads so I subscribed. Then a deal came my way last year in November for Martha Stewart’s Living, … Continue reading »
Christmas menus
I finally decided upon a few new and old dishes for our Christmas menus. We will be eating a variety of foods this year from traditional Italian, to Irish to American and back to Italian. I think it seems fitting for this multi-cultural family. For Christmas eve the Italians do not eat meat so we … Continue reading »
California Olive Ranch Limited Reserve Olive Oil Review
As promised, I’m back today with my review of California Olive Ranch’s Limited Reserve Extra Virgin olive oil. This particular variety of CA Olive Ranch’s oils is only made during the holidays each year so I felt pretty honored to be given this bottle for review. I actually contacted them and asked if I could review … Continue reading »
