When I’m making basic pasta at home, I like to make it uncomplicated, fresh and use whole-wheat pasta. The health benefits of the whole wheat make it almost impossible for me to chose the regular white pasta. I had a craving for broccoli so I threw together a quick pasta dinner. 12oz Broccoli Florets 1 [...]
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The other night, c.bear and I had the Grilled Vegetable Salad from CPK. It was good, but we thought we could make it much better at home. Didn’t have the grill available, but I love the ease of roasting vegetables. It’s easy, healthy, quick, and tasty. So I chopped up the following : 1 Japanese [...]
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I had a craving for some Grilled Cheese Sandwiches. I searched through William-Sonoma’s site and found some tasty looking recipes. Made 3 different varieties, all with a thin slice of chicken: Grilled Cremini Mushrooms and Shredded Gruyere Cheese Pear and Sharp Cheddar Fresh Basil, Olive Tapenade, and Provolone These were grilled on the stove top [...]
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I had a plethora of pears ripe for cooking, so I made Endive, Pear, and Roquefort Salad (Barefoot Contessa). This was my first time working with endive, and for some reason, I thought it would be bitter. But it had a very soft and mellow texture and taste. The pears and endive were drizzled with [...]
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Dinner was quick and easy tonight. Roasted up some orange and yellow peppers, onions, and zucchini. Tossed it with whole wheat cous cous and a lemon vinaigrette. Sprinkled on some pignoli, julienned basil and cubed low fat feta. Barefoot Contessa is my source for almost all my recipes right now. I really like her easy [...]
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