Squash and Sausage in Tomato Sauce

We are loving the Lidia's Celebrate Like an Italian cookbook. Tonight I made Squash and Sausage in Tomato Sauce. This was delicious. Sorry but you know my rule about recipes from new cookbooks. If you really want the recipe comment below. I might share it... The best part of this meal is I have leftover for two, well maybe just one, lunch.

Baked Ziti with Pork Rib Guazzetto

In December I made Ziti with Pork Rib Guazzetto from Lidia's Celebrate Like an Italian. There was a lot of leftovers. I had ricotta cheese and fresh Mozzarella in the fridge. I added the Ricotta and Mozzarella along with some Parmesan to the pasta and the sauce. It went into a baking dish and topped it with breadcrumbs, cheese, and parsley. It went into the freezer. Tonight we baked the pasta and enjoyed what was the best-baked macaroni I have had in a long time. That sauce was fantastic!

Pork Scaloppine with Olives and Celery

Pork Scaloppine with Olives and Celery, or Scaloppine di Maiale con Olive E Sedano. Another recipe from Lidia's Celebrate Like an Italian.

I wanted to make something really nice and rather easy for New Years Eve dinner. This was the perfect meal. I had the celery, and olives chopped and all the other ingredients set up so it took no time to get this on the table. The pork was moist. The sauce was perfect. We had a green salad as a side dish. This has been a week of a lot of carbs.

Speaking of carbs, I made some bread today. Yesterday I filled our freezer with Chicken Stock and today I loaded it up with bread. Two loaves of Olives and Rosemary Bread and two loaves of just plain Rosemary bread. And yes the house did smell amazing today!

I would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year right now because midnight is past my bedtime.

Ziti with Pork Rib Guazzetto

New cookbook time! Lidia's Celebrate Like an Italian. Chris does know what to get me for Christmas. There are a number of recipes that will be appearing on this blog. We started with Ziti with Pork Rib Guazzetto. Let me start by saying I made only 1/2 of the recipe. We had enough leftovers to make a Baked Macaroni casserole, added some Ricotta to the pasta and sauce. Also was able to freeze 1/2 of the ribs.

While I had this on the stove today I also made 2 large pans of Chicken Stock. I picked up 2 Fowl yesterday and made my sister's stock recipe. I ended up with 24 cups of chicken broth. Yes, I froze it.