My kids have been on summer vacation and, by extension, I have been too. Without the regular routine of getting kids ready for school in the mornings and picking them up in the afternoons, I never quite know what each day will bring and am letting things just happen when they happen. In some ways, I love this more relaxed pace of life. I love doing …
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Crab and Corn Ravioli with Browned Butter
Sometimes I set out to make one dish and end up with something else. Such was the case with this crab and corn ravioli recipe. I had wanted to re-create a corn ravioli dish I had eaten at a local restaurant. The dish had been inspired by the flavors of elotes, the Mexican street corn topped with Cotija cheese, Mexican crema, mayonnaise, chili, …
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Spaghetti with Tomatoes, Basil, and Toasted Bread Crumbs
Spaghetti with tomatoes, basil, and toasted bread crumbs sounds so boring. I get it. But sometimes the most basic of ingredients can come together and transform into something that is greater than just the sum of their parts. Such is the case with this dish. Of course, it's important to use quality ingredients but if you look at the ingredient …
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Pasta with Shrimp, Shallots, and Sun-dried Tomatoes in Creamy Madeira Sauce
Remember when I had that goal of coming up with a recipe name that was an alliteration? I think I'm getting close with this one - shrimp, shallots, and sun-dried-tomatoes spaghetti. OK, hyphenating sun-dried tomatoes is a little bit of a cheat and I didn't actually use spaghetti but you have to admit it's not a bad attempt. I'm determined to make …
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Slow-Cooker Beef Broth with Tortellini or Pasta (Pasta in Brodo)
Beef broth with tortellini may seem very basic and, perhaps, even boring and bland but let me just say that this is no ordinary broth. It's incredibly rich and flavorful. If broth could be described as meaty, it would be this broth. The intense flavor comes from the 14 hours of slow simmering which draws out every last drop of flavor from the beef …
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Spaghetti Carbonara with Crab and Meyer Lemon
I used to think that there wasn't anything you could do to improve upon spaghetti carbonara. It was already so perfect - a creamy sauce of pancetta, Parmesan, and silky eggs that gently coated each spaghetti noodle. How could you possibly make that any better? With the discovery of this recipe, I found my answer - add crab and Meyer lemons. That's …
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Creamy Butternut Squash Pasta with Pancetta and Sage
I got my kids to eat butternut squash! And I didn't even have to hide it under a layer of cheese. Of course, the pasta and pancetta (i.e. bacon) helped. Honestly, the creamy sauce of puréed butternut squash is so good you could almost leave out the pancetta. However, the fried pancetta and sage really do add to the dish so I wouldn't really skip …
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Vegetable Alfredo Lasagna
Let's talk cheese because we are a cheese loving household here. I can name six different kinds of cheese sitting in our refrigerator right now without even looking - asiago, brie, gouda, Parmesan, Boursin, and cheddar (in block, grated, and sliced form). We eat cheese at breakfast, lunch, and dinner and at all the snack times in between.
By the …
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Lemon Pasta with Salmon
Don't you love it when you go out in search of something and then you discover you had it all along? That is what happened with this recipe. A few weeks ago I had some leftover salmon in the fridge that really needed to be eaten before it spoiled. I had roasted a large fillet earlier in the week for dinner and we had only eaten half of it. The …
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Basil Shrimp with Lemon, Feta, and Orzo
I had planned to post about something completely different today. However, the spinach tart I made did not turn out quite as well as I had hoped. I am going to keep working on it and get back to you.
In the meantime, I have this quick and easy dish to give you. It is great for weeknights when you need to get dinner on the table in a hurry. If …
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