The inspiration behind this dish was to treat the fava beans as a creamy sauce, and replicate a carbonara-style pasta with no eggs. This pasta has a little bit of bacon for that savory, meaty …
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Recipe: Creamy Fava Bean Pasta
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Recipe: Springtime Orzo with Peas
We received our first spring CSA box last week, which contained the most beautiful shelling peas for us to enjoy. I was inspired to make a nice orzo with peas to use these little gems …
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Recipe: Broccoli and Cheddar Mac and Cheese
Still craving hard-core comfort foods in our house during these tumultuous times, Chris came up with the idea to combine mac and cheese with broccoli cheddar soup for dinner last night. So, I set forth …
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Making Lidia Bastianich’s Home-Made Pasta Recipe
Ever since our giant San Marzano tomato plants started setting fruit that finally started to ripen last week (after much anticipation), I have been planning on making a fresh tomato sauce with home-made pasta to …
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Recipe: Simple Summer Tomato Sauce
I’ve been making this recipe since I first learned how to cook. It’s so simple, but the final flavors are perfect. Today I made this sauce with our first harvest of San Marzano tomatoes from …
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Recipe: Summertime Italian Pasta with Zucchini Jam
I promised you all a recipe featuring my Zucchini Jam as a sauce, so here it is! Step by step instructions on how to make a full batch of zucchini jam posted here. If you …
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Recipe: Pasta with Zucchini and Tomatoes
Over the past weekend, we picked up some fresh pasta from Roan Mills, one of our favorite local flour vendors. I had a vision of turning it into a summer-time pasta, filled with zucchini, cherry …
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Recipe: Italian Meatballs
Growing up and probably always, spaghetti and meatballs has been on the top of the list of favorite foods. I remember helping my parents roll trays of meatballs when I was a kid, which is …
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Recipe: Tomato Sauce from Scratch
In our preparation for the state of California to shut down, Chris and I went to Costco to stock up (okay, panic buy) on quite a few items to supply both of us on our …
