Tag Archives: pasta
Wherein I disregard a popular maxim
Midway through preparing this baked macaroni and cheese, I had some serious doubts. Unfounded, it seems. In fact, now this is my go-to recipe. Continue reading
[filler]…[tomatoes]…[more filler]
In the past few years, minestrone soup has become a go-to comfort food for me Continue reading
Filed under Beans, Meatless, Soup, Vegetables
Variations on a Theme
Wherein, I apply the concept of the mash up to pasta, with delicious results.
Filed under Meatless, Pasta, Starch & Grains
A quick one
I had the best intentions of writing a long post about what I’ve been up to, regaling you with stories from these last few weeks, but, well, you know what they say about intentions.
So, instead, I’ll share this recipe for pasta with brocoli rabe and white beans. Hopefully you’ll find the time to make it. Continue reading
Filed under Beans, Pasta, Vegetables
So simple
This is one of the easiest tomato sauces you’ll ever make.
Don’t let that fool you.
It’s also one of the best.
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Ode to a Kitchen Gadget
Once you’ve had homemade pasta, you may never go back to the boxed kind again. Here’s how to make it.
Filed under Pasta
Easy Does It
I never much cared for tomatoes growing up. There was the taste, which all too often simply wasn’t of much, and then there was the texture, which was far too occasionally mealy. It was only when I met a man with a membership to a local CSA that I fell in love.
And, can you blame me? Finally, tomatoes that tasted like, well, tomatoes. Firmly fleshed, fragrant, deep red. Had I had these growing up, I’m sure that I would have felt much differntly. It was early September and suddenly I wanted to eat them at every meal, including breakfast, while they were still in season.
Then again, I remember my father eating beefsteak tomatoes, garnished with a touch of salt and pepper, as if they were apples throughout my childhood, so, really, it was only a matter of time before this happened.
Filed under Beans, Meatless, Pasta, Vegetables
