Ingredients:
6 cups chicken or turkey stock
1/2 red bell pepper, deseeded and chopped
1 medium onion, chopped
2 t ground garlic
1 t dried thyme
1 t dried basil
1/2 t dried Mediterranean oregano
1/4 t dried rosemary
1/4 t ground black pepper
2 cups leftover turkey, chopped or shredded
9 oz cheese tortellini
2 cups tightly packed fresh spinach, large leaves torn in half Read More
Couscous with Lemon, Spinach, and Feta
Ingredients:
1/2 cup water
1 t olive oil
1/3 cup couscous
2 cup spinach, torn
juice of 1 small lemon or lime (or 1/2 of each)
2 T Feta cheese, crumbled
Optional: 8 cherry tomatoes, either whole or halved Read More
Ingredients:
1/2 cup onion, rough chopped
1/2 cup sweet red pepper, rough chopped
2 cups arugula, torn in half
1/2 cup cherry tomatoes, quartered
pinch of salt (one twist from the grinder)
1/2 t turmeric
1/4 t fresh cracked black pepper Read More
Ingredients:
2 portobello mushrooms
2 t extra-virgin olive oil
2 T onion, minced
4 garlic cloves, minced
2 T Italian flat parsley, chopped
1 jalapeno (or 1 T bell pepper), deseeded and chopped
2 T green onion, minced
6 sun-dried tomato halves, chopped
6-8 basil leaves, rinsed and torn
3/4 cup low-fat ricotta cheese
1/4 t fresh cracked black Pepper
Pinch nutmeg
2 T parmigiano reggiano cheese
6-8 spinach leaves
Optional: pinch of salt added at the table Read More
Ingredients:
1 T butter
1 T olive oil
1/2 onion, rough chopped
4 oz. plain Neufchatel Cheese
1 pound frozen whole leaf spinach, thawed and drained or 1 pound fresh torn spinach
3 cups baby arugula
1/4 cup 2% milk
Salt and pepper to taste
Pinch of nutmeg
Hot red pepper flakes to taste Read More
Mama D (Giovanna D’Agostino) guided my earliest cooking experiments. As a novice cook, I found the old-style Italian-American recipes in her cookery books simple to follow and delicious – although I do increase the garlic!
Immigrant Italians in Chicago and Minneapolis were cooking some serious deliciousness for dinner, but was it the same as meals made in Calabria?
To learn old country Italian cooking, I turned to The Silver Spoon, from Phaidon Press. Read More
Ingredients:
5 cloves of garlic, minced
1 1/2 T olive oil
Teeny tiny pinch of sea salt
2 t sesame oil
1/2 t hot red pepper flakes
15 oz fresh spinach, torn
4 T Parmesan cheese
Options:
1 t balsamic or rice vinegar served at the table for those that love a bit of a tang, 1 T sesame seeds Read More
Makes two main dish salads
Ingredients:
8 cups spinach
Fresh cracked black pepper to taste
1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
1/4 cup water
2-3 t sugar
1 t Vegetarian bacon salt
1 1/2 T olive oil
1/2 cup red onion
1 twist from the salt grinder
2 hard-boiled eggs Read More
Makes two main dish salads
Ingredients:
8 cups spinach
Fresh cracked black pepper to taste
1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
1/4 cup water
1 t sugar
1 t smoky paprika
1 1/2 T olive oil
1/2 cup red onion
1 twist from the salt grinder
2 hard-boiled eggs Read More
Ingredients:
2 T unsalted butter
1 small onion, minced
3 garlic cloves, minced
1 1/2 lb spinach, washed and torn
2 T unsalted butter
2 T olive oil
6 slices of bacon, cut into 1/2 inch pieces
4 T flour
2 cups milk, reserve 1/2 cup to use as needed
1 t garlic powder
1/4 t ground black pepper
Pinch nutmeg
Pinch hot red pepper flakes, more if everyone likes it hot
5 oz (approximately 1 cup) Romano cheese, fresh grated
1 pound fettuccine Read More
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