Let’s say you’re pressed for time but still want to enjoy gourmet food. Consider this simple and delicious Cacio e Pepe Pasta your blank canvas to enjoy in its naked perfection or to garnish at will. It combines two cheeses with fresh pasta and freshly ground black pepper along with two teaspoons of olive oil — and, better…
Zebra Farfalle Roasted Veggies with Montamore
I love ordinary pasta. Even plain old spaghetti makes me happy and I’ve rarely met a noodle that didn’t satisfy me. But just like it’s fun to dress up for special occasions, it’s equally fun to use these elegant and dramatic zebra farfalle — or any of the decorative pastas from Desirs de Provence‘s unusual selections. Zebra Farfalle…
Spaghettini Vongole – à la di Stasio
I’m generally happy as a clam, unlikely to clam up, prefer clamato to tomato with vodka, almost never clammy, and love clams in soup or pasta. You? The fishmonger (or maybe he’s a clammonger, too?) at the Metro Store gave me tips on which clams to buy and how to steam open the shelled ones in white wine….
Florentine Baked Pasta – The Chosen
Every minute of every day brings more choices. How many choices does that make overall? Today, I chose decadent cheese sauce. Truth be told, this sauce is good enough to eat by the spoonful. But adding cauliflower and spinach brings the guilt meter tumbling down. Florentine Baked Pasta 2 T unsalted butter 1 c chopped…
Rigatoni Primavera – Easy Pasta Dinner
Supper last night was a 1-2-3 affair. In no time at all, you can take advantage of Emmy Cook’s advice, making basil oil as instructed, then follow Emmy’s advice to toss it on some pasta. The result will be fresh and interesting. Each bite will have a unique flavour due to the large size of each…
Spinach Lasagna with Sweet Tomato Sauce
Have you read Judge Judy‘s “Beauty Fades, Dumb is Forever: The Making of a Happy Woman?” Don’t judge me. Summer is the time for light reading. In any case, there were parts of the book that made sense, other parts that seemed biased to Judge Judy’s default position that she was programmed into by her parents….