Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Calzones and Meat Pies
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Pasta E Fagioli

Monday, March 29, 2010
Spiced Mini Burgers With Couscous Salad
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Palm Sunday Dinner
Dandelion Soup |
Stuffed Artichoke |
Chicken (White Meat), Peas and Potatoes |
Lemon Cheesecake |
Anginetti Cookies |
My sister Lenore made the Dandelion Soup. And as always it was delicious. Her broth is wonderful. The artichokes were made by Mary. They were very tender and the stuffing was perfect. Ralph made the Chicken, Peas and Potatoes. It is a great dish. I was on desserts. The cheesecake recipe came from TLC Cooking site. I don't make a lot of cheesecakes. I don't know why because the result was quite tasty. And the Anginetti cookies were as light as air. The recipe was my mom's and I am not sure where she got it from. It was a delicious dinner.
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Chicken with Olives and Carrots
Tonight's recipe comes from the RealSimple site. Chicken with Olives and Carrots. Wow it was good. I loved the brown rice and the flavors from the sauce were wonderful.
Friday, March 26, 2010
Baked Macaroni
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Roast Beef Panini
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Sausage and Polenta Casserole
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Stuffed Peppers
Monday, March 22, 2010
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Chorizo and Lentils
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Chicken with Thyme
Friday, March 19, 2010
Halibut and Seafood Stew and Zeppoles
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Chicken Pot Pie
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Rustic Potato Leek Soup
I was visiting a blog last week, A La Graham, and found a recipe for Rustic Potato Leek Soup. I was planning on making this soup for this week and thought I'd try the recipe on that blog. It was delicious. You may notice something that looks like a hot dog in the soup. Well Chris likes Potato Leek Soup but he also likes some meat in his meals. It certainly did not hurt the soup at all. Quite good.
Monday, March 15, 2010
Skirt Steak, Pepppers and Onion Sub and an Award!

7 things about me...
1. I love polenta
2. Chocolate vs Fruit Tart... Chocolate Tart wins
3. You can have too many shoes. (A wink to Mom)
4. Chris wishes I would cook with more vegetables.
5. Red vs White Sauce... Red Sauce wins
6. Least favorite food movie - Big Night
7. I rarely have chocolate chips in the house
I am passing this award on to, drum roll please...
Joi from Toes in the Sand
Julie from Noshtalgia
Velva from Tomatoes on the Vine
Tonya from A La Graham
Pam from Pam's Midwestern Kitchen
George from A nod is as good a wink to a blink horse
While I am listing other blogs I thing you should check out don't miss the new photos on The Bird Station. The deer are so cute!
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Fried Chick Peas and Chorizo and Spaghetti Frittatta
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Roasted Pork with Grape Tomatoes & Zucchini
Friday, March 12, 2010
Pasta with Peppers and Sand
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Chicken Cutlets
This is my mom's recipe. This is quite an easy recipe. I am not sure why I don't make it more often. The chicken breasts are dredged in flour and then egg whites. Mom use to add chopped parsley, salt and pepper to the egg whites. Fry them up in a little oil until they are golden and pop them in the oven to finish cooking. Moist and delicious. Rice and a vegetable round out the meal.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
The Best Calzone Recipe Revisited
Monday, March 8, 2010
Barley Soup
Ingredients
1/4 cup butter
1 leek, cut in thin strips
1 medium, cut in thin strips
3 potatoes, peeled and cubed
1 carrot grated
1/2 cup Pearl Barley
1 bay leaf
Method
Heat the butter in a saucepan over low heat until melted. Add the leek and onion and cook until the leek begins to soften. Add the potatoes and carrots and cook for 10 minutes, then cover with boiling water. When the mixture returns to a boil, add the barley and bay leaf. Let cook, uncovered, over medium heat for 1 hour, until the barley is tender.
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Escarole and Bean Pizza and Steak and Onion Pizza
Kugel (noodle pudding)
My friend Heidi lost her mother this week. Marilyn was a fun person to be around. When heard of her passing I asked Heidi what can I do? First she said there was nothing to do but then she mentioned Kugel. Have you noticed that when people pass away friends show up with casserole dishes.
I remembered that my cousin had a friend who always showed up at gatherings with Kugel and that everyone raved about. I called my sister and she had a copy of the recipe.
1 lb. noodles (medium width)
1 stick of butter
1 lb. cottage cheese
1/2 pint sour cream
1/2 to 3/4 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup white raisins (if desired)
4 eggs, beaten
cinnamon (sprinkled on top)
Cook noodles according to package directions. Mix stick of butter into hot, drained noodles until butter melts. Add other ingredients in order given, mixing well. Turn into buttered rectangular Pyrex or Corning ware dish (about 13 x 5 x 2). Sprinkle cinnamon liberally on top. Bake at 350 for 45 minutes.
It looked right. But how does it taste? Heidi gave it rave reviews!
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Rolled Flank Steak with Green Olives and Oregano
Friday, March 5, 2010
Tuna Sauce with Spaghetti
Ingredients
2 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil
1 10 1/2 oz can tuna in oil, drained and cut into small pieces
4 cups tomato sauce (recipe is at the end of this entry)
2 tbsp. chopped flat-leaf parsley
1 lb. cooked spaghetti or whatever pasta you have
salt
Method
Prepare the tomato sauce and when it is nearly finished add the tuna and parsley. Cook together for 10 minutes at low heat and use this sauce on the spaghetti, making certain that each servings gets a quantify of tuna.
This is a very basic recipe for tomato sauce. It is similar to the recipe in La Cucina but I use canned tomatoes and not as much oil.
1 large onion, thinly slice
2 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
1 28 oz can of crushed tomatoes
1 tbsp. chopped basil (or parsley)
salt
Saute the onions in the olive oil until almost transparent. Add the tomatoes. Cook for about 10 minutes. Add the basil and salt. The recipe in La Cucina adds more olive oil to the sauce at this point.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Vegetable Frittatta Sandwich
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Calzone Barese (Olive and Ricotta Calzone)
For the dough:
2 cups all purpose flour plus more if needed
2 1/2 tsp active dry yeas dissolved in 2 tbsp. warm water
Extra-virgin olive oil
For the filling:
1 medium onion, sliced
3/4 lb. ripe plum tomatoes, peeled and chopped
1/3 cup pitted and chopped black olives
4 oz. ricotta salata, passed through a sieve
Salt and pepper
Pour the flour onto a flat surface and work it together with the yeast mixture, a dash of salt and 1/4 cup of olive oil. Knead the dough, turning and folding it onto itself, until it becomes soft and elastic, adding water by the tablespoon as necessary - you my need to add as much as 3/4 cup. Then cover it with a clean kitchen towel and let it rise for about an hour.
Preheat the oven to 450˚F. Grease a baking dish.
In a sauce pan, heat 3 tablespoons olive oil and saute the onion until is almost transparent, then add the tomatoes. Cook the sauce down for a few minutes then add salt, pepper, and olives. Remove the pan from the heat and add the ricotta salata and mix well.
Roll the dough on a floured board into two sheets, one larger than the other. With the larger one line the greased pan. Pour in the sauce, spread it out, and cover with the other sheet, folding the edges over each other. Bake for approximately 20 minutes or until the top is golden.
Delicious!
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