Pasta recipes - page 12

Capricciosa From all the flowers and well wishes, it kinda gives it away that this restaurant is newly opened. Its a new restaurant indeed but the food that it serves goes a long way back; back in 1978. I can hear some of you going "Oh another Japanese

Hi, this is the fifty third entry abou the art of cooking Italian pasta. Today s post is dedicated to another pasta salad idea: pasta salad with artichokes and surimi crab sticks . Pasta salad with artichokes and surimi crab sticks It s easy-to

It`s been awhile since we last posted some home cooked dish, we still cook everyday but rarely do we take photos..ooppss..guess not..just posted beef-tofu burger the other day... Oh well, we have some smoked salmon.. really nice for sandwich and for

Strozzapreti is translated as "priest choker." The legend has it that the priests of Emilia-Romagna and surrounding regions enjoyed the long pasta so much that they choked while eating it. I can certainly understand eating Strozzapreti quickly as it is

Hi, this is the twentieth post about the authentic Italian recipes. The last post was about pasta e broccoli . Now it s time to show you another recipe with more ingredients: pasta with broccoli and crab meat . The recipe is easy-to-do and very ta

What do you get when you combine chili with bow-tie pasta? You get "Picante Chicken Pasta" from Weight Watchers'. Don't scoff -- you were never tempted to dump a can of chili over your pasta, just once? I picked up a couple of these frozen entrees

The biggest reason I planted a few zucchini bushes in the garden this year was to have access to zucchini flowers - not that I don't love zucchini, but it's so plentiful and cheap at the farmers' market all summer, so why grow it? The blossoms, on the ot

The past few days have been spent planning an elaborate baking mission composed of sweet treats to make your heart cry out for a detox ? though I?m not yet ready for said detox. In honour of all things royal wedding, I?m creating a banquet fit for kings

We love a good pasta dish here in my house so this one has always been a standby for days when I don't have much time to be in the kitchen. I'm in the middle of unpacking our last box and being able to sigh a sigh of relief and be done, so while I was do

I don't know how you choose the recipes you cook and post I think the right way would be to choose the recipe and then go shopping well I usually have some things in the fridge and search the index of my cookbooks to find a suitable recipe, in this case I

My wonderful husband got me this ravioli press and I am having so much fun with it. I can literally make 72 (enough to feed 6 hungry people) homemade from scratch ravioli in less than an hour!I have a pictorial tutorial below to show just how easy it is.

I first learnt about this wicked cholesterol inducing crab fat paste from Amy Ma's guest post at Chubby Hubby's blog. I first tasted it on my first visit to Manila, Philippinnes this January at Chef Laudico Bistro Filipino . I then bought it at a sup

This month International Food Challenge is exploring the Hokkaido region from Japanese cuisine. Hokkaido is called “kingdom of food” and there are a lot of unique dishes from this region. Hokkaido is well known for its rich variety of fresh seafood and da

Serve 8 Prep: 30 mins cook: 30 mins Ingredients: Dough 6 cups Flour

Vermicelli in Shrimp and Crab Sauce I love pasta not just because they all taste really good but just the pasta alone is a very versatile ingredient, you can almost throw any sauce you want to it and it will still work. Like this dish, a very delicatel

This is my quick version of Tom Yum Soup Noodles With Coconut Milk. This recipe uses ready-made Tom Yum and roasted chili paste. Coconut milk enhances the soup?s taste and consistency, which complements well with the thin rice stick noodles. This is a sim

Baguette is one of my favourite restaurants, and recent winner of Australia s Most Popular French Restaurant award in the Lifestyle Food Channel 2010 I Love Food Awards . My boyfriend and I love it so much we ve become regulars over the past 2 years.

Week Three of French Fridays with Dorie and Ms. Greenspan chooses her Spicy Vietnamese Chicken Noodle Soup. What looks like a very involved recipe, isn t. It s just a long list of super-intense flavors and ingredients. I didn t think I d have the time

Crunchy, light pillows of ricotta cheese filling dipped in a delicious Marinara Sauce. How does that sound to you? When my Co-Worker, Kelly, described this delicious appetizer her eyes were rolling in the back of her head. "It's the buttermilk that give

Just mention pasta and visions of Italy immediately spring to mind :) Joanna next destination will be Italy ( she is touring Europe now....wow...imagine all the authentic pasta she will get to taste from there with lots of cheese on them...mmmm I need to

The cuisine of most countries is often associated with a certain style/focus, like French cuisine is mostly linked to elaborate, complex dishes, German to heavily meat based dishes with hardly any vegetables besides potatoes or Italian to simple dishes wi

When paging through Rick Bayless s Mexican Kitchen , we found something which we initially thought was a bit odd but strangely interesting a Mexican version of lasagne, layered up with tortillas instead of lasagne sheets. We became determined to try i

Gnocchi with spinach and Feta cheese I love eating Gnocchi and one of my falourite veggies is fresh spinache . Combining the two results in one of my favourite Gnocchi dishes . Freshly made Gnocchi with juicy spinache and melted Feta cheese

Tabouleh salad always leads to licked clean plates in our house; basically if we want leftovers for another meal I have to hide some. The dish is typically made with bulgur as the staple grain, but we prefer a lighter version made with couscous instead. T