Pasta

Pasta with White Clam Sauce

December 20, 2012

If you love shrimp scampi served over spaghetti, it’s a sure bet you’ll love spaghetti with white clam sauce or, as my Sicilian mother would say, spaghetti al vongole bianco.

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Olive Garden’s Tuscan Garlic Chicken

August 6, 2012

Did you know that Olive Garden has a lot of their recipes on their website?  There probably isn’t a more dangerous website for those who like to cook but are counting calories.  Butter, cream, and cheese are some of their most often included ingredients.  No wonder their meals taste so decadently good.  What’s not to [...]

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Baked Ziti

November 7, 2011

Baked ziti, also known in our home as lazy man’s lasagna, is one of the first meals my son John learned to make when he was in his college apartment.  That’s because it is one of his favorite meals—if it’s not #1, then it’s definitely in the top three.  It’s one of my favorites as [...]

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Salmon with Bow Ties and Peas

October 1, 2011

I love salmon and I love pasta, so it was a given that I would be making this recipe once I saw it in Good Housekeeping magazine.  It has been a family favorite for close to 20 years now.  Obviously, you know that I think the meal is delicious; but, in addition, it is fairly [...]

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Chicken Spizzadino

June 15, 2011

My local supermarket had chicken thighs on sale this week.  As I’m sure many of you do, I plan my menus around whatever’s on sale that week.  I decided to make Chicken Spizzadino, a favorite meal my mother would make on occasion while I was growing up.  She didn’t make it that often, and I’m [...]

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Radiatore with Cannellini & Broccoli

April 27, 2011

Growing up, I took for granted the seductive perfume of Italian food, a constant in my mom’s kitchen.  The sizzle of garlic and onions in a cast iron pan is music to my ears and delightful to breathe in as I cook now, but back then I didn’t give it a second thought.  It took me [...]

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