Many times my dinner consists of spur of the moment decisions and experimental cooking. I usually plan some part of the meal with one ingredient then go from there. Italian sausage is a great starting place, at least for my husband. He will eat just about anything I put in front of him if it … Continue reading »
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 »
Yesterday I had my daughter and grandson over for dinner and visiting time. Za (pronounced with a long a sound) was so glad to be here because he missed us all so much. We all missed him and his momma and were glad for a visit. I figured I would take the time to show … Continue reading »
I just wanted to give a quick update about my previous post’s lamentations. On Tuesday, I was able to find the pesto ingredients at one store, the first one I tried. I felt vindicated right there, even before I started the process. At dinner time, we put on the water to boil and I started … Continue reading »
Here is another one of those throw together meals that turned out great. I was inspired by David Rocco’s Facebook post about whipping up an Italian “pork and beans” dish. I didn’t have the sausage links like he used but I did have some bulk sweet Italian sausage, cannellini beans and canned plum tomatoes. This was so … Continue reading »
The last few days I have been busy with a few things around here. One thing I have done is gone back to a previous theme I used for this blog because I like the layout better and it allows my header to be shown in full. I also like the tabs for the pages … Continue reading »
Writing a food blog allows me to indulge in two of my passions-cooking and eating good food. I especially love when those include new recipes. Last night was one of those nights for new recipes, new to me in any case. As I posted yesterday, we had Italian sausage stuffed peppers at the Italian American festival and they were … Continue reading »
What a dish! Guess who liked this? Yep, the boys! The youngest son decided this was “acceptable” pasta in his eyes. This is my original recipe so if you make it and post about it, give me the credit ok? Thanks all. Oh what do you think of the new theme of the blog? I’m … Continue reading »
Or better titled “how I ruined Poor man’s Parmesan”. One thing hugely missing in my life is a mentor who can show me how to cook in the traditional Italian ways. The dictionary tells me that a mentor is “a wise and trusted counselor or teacher”. Without one of these, ususally a nonna (Italian grandma) … Continue reading »
My family came for a visit and I promised them homemade ravioli. I can remember every year at Easter, my grandparents and their cousins made ravioli for the Easter meal. I also remember walking to the cousin’s house with my dad or uncle to get the ravioli box out of their freezer . To me, it was … Continue reading »
