"So what are you making for dinner?" :

Pork with Balsamic Lentils

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  So I added the Kindle app to my iTouch and the first e-book I downloaded was The Skinny Country (Healthy Recipes with Sinful Flavors) by Fabio Viviani . What a fun e-book. There are so many recipes I can't wait to try. In case you don't[...]

Bacon and Goat Cheese Stuffed Chicken Breast

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Found this recipe on the Cooking Light site, do you sense a trend here....It was quite good, just make sure you remember to remove the wooden picks... sorry.... Ingredients 2 tablespoons sliced green onions 3 ounces[...]

Happy Mother's Day!

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My favorite Sunday night dinner that my mom made was pizza. She would set the dough to rise near the heat vent in the dining room early in the day. She would roll out at least 3 pies. Topping them with tomato and Parmesan cheese. When I started[...]

Roasted Chicken Breast with Cherry Tomatoes and Asparagus

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This was my version of a recipe from Cook with Jamie . The chicken came out so moist. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Put a chicken breast in a bowl. Add 8 trimmed sticks of asparagus, 6 halved cherry tomatoes and the leaves from 1 sprig of[...]

Three Onion Tart and Tabbouleh Salad

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I have a Bon Appetit from 1997, May 1997, The Italian Countryside issue. One of the many great recipes in it is Three Onion Tart with Taleggio. Well I could not find Taleggio cheese. I went to the cheese shop and they said they had sold the[...]

Grilled Cod with Pancetta and Pea Mash

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Jamie Oliver is currently the featured chef at the I Heart Cooking Clubs blog . Tonight's recipe is from the Jamie Oliver site. Grilled Cod with Pancetta and Pea Mash . The cod was on sale this week but for a dollar more there was a much nice[...]

Time for a Vodka Gimlet...

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That's right I do have a blog... What a crazy week it has been. Here is a  quick recap of what we made for dinner ? Tuesday we had  Chicken Noodle Soup.   Wednesday was Sausage and White Bean Stew, had that in the[...]

Pizza and Pizzagaina!

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Due to the baking that was going on we had Petrillo's Pizza for dinner. Excellent pie and they deliver! So I did some baking today. Easter baking. I usually make the Pizzagaina during Holy Week. But I had time today, the whole day, so I[...]

Pappardella with Sunday Sauce

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Yes it is Saturday night and I am eating Sunday sauce. We went to dinner with Lenore and Ralph to Portefino's . It was a belated birthday celebration for Ralph. Very nice restaurant and the service was excellent. We started with drinks and some[...]

Pasta with Meat Sauce and Zeppole

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Happy St Joseph's Day. I gave up sweets for Lent. Now I don't know if it was just something my mom made up or if it is really true but if you give up sweets for Lent on the Feast of St. Joseph you can have Zeppole! I picked up my dad and we[...]