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Category Archives: Italian
My Butternut Squash Lasagna
Okay, I’m back. It’s been crazy around here. We went to Portland, OR for an awesome get-a-way that turned into a glorious week-long extravaganza of foodie bliss. I promise I’ll soon post a recap of our trip along with pictures of some great times. But for now, on with the show!
I’ve titled this My Butternut Squash [...]
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Butternut Squash Risotto, Illustrated
My boss recently turned me on to Cook’s Illustrated. How I had never purchased this magazine is beyond me. While I adore the amazing food photography, I really enjoy how the focus of CI is perfecting the taste of recipes. No advertising, no nonsense, just great recipes and helpful tips. The current issue is “Italian [...]
Also posted in Recipes, Vegetarian Tagged benfRank, benfRank photography, Butternut Squash, Cook's Illustrated, cooking, food, food porn, Pine Nuts, Rice, Risotto, sage, spinach, White Wine 5 Comments
Zucchini Rollatini with Roasted Butternut Squash Cream Sauce
I’ve read many a blog post recently about having way too much of various items from people’s CSAs. For some, it’s zucchini. For others, yellow squash. For us, it’s been eggplant. Now, I’ve never been a huge fan of eggplant up until recently, but we have received so much of it over the past 2 [...]
Also posted in Recipes, Vegetarian Tagged Butternut Squash, Cream, Fresh Basil, Italian, mozzarella, pasta, Ricotta, Roasted, Rollatini, Sauce, Zucchini 14 Comments
A Sunday of Preparation: Wine & Pasta Sauce
Sundays in our house are often a day of rest and preparation. This Sunday was no different. We had a bunch of tomatoes from the CSA that we needed to use so we decided on making some roasted vegetable pasta sauce. It’s really easy, but takes a while so its perfectly suited to Sundays. I [...]
Also posted in Drinks, Photo Post, Vegetarian Tagged cooking, food, Italian, pasta, Pasta Sauce, Penne, Wine, Wine Making 2 Comments
Eggplant Parmesan — An All Day Affair
Today, after making a delicious breakfast I got to work on making a roasted tomato sauce that I’ve had in mind since we got a wonderful bounty of heirloom tomatoes from the CSA this week. I roasted tomatoes, garlic, cayenne, and banana peppers in olive oil and some salt & pepper then puréed it until [...]
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Stuffed Deep Dish Pizza, Part 2
While in New York for my sister’s graduation, she requested that I make her something to eat. So i though I’d make her the stuffed deep dish pizza because it’s awesome. After a trip to her neighborhood grocery I got to work. I ended up making pesto from some amazing fresh basil and I also [...]
I’m Back! And I Made Spaghetti and Turkey Meatballs with Home-Made Sauce!