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Pasta Carbonara
Carbonara has to be one of my favorite pasta dishes of all time. Not only is it delicious, it’s also super quick to make with minimal ingredients that you may just have laying around already. When you feel like something indulgent, this is it! My boys actually used to fight for seconds when I made this. So if you have growing teenagers, you may want to double this recipe…otherwise, this should serve about 4 people (or 1 teenage boy). In my opinion, there are a few key ingredients to making a good carbonara. The first being good pasta (my favorite brands for this are Barilla or De Cecco). You also…
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My ‘Foodie’ Idol and a Chicken Pie
All of us I’m sure have that one person that inspires us – that we are amazed by – that we admire. When it comes to cooking – I would have to say my favourite chef is Nigel Slater. He truly is in my eyes pure genius! His cooking is simple, delicious and unpretentious. I love him! Being that he is also a food writer, his cookbooks are a joy to read – almost like a novel you can keep on the side of the bed. I was excited to try out his recipe for a chicken pie with bacon and leeks…it did not disappoint – only affirming my affection…
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Orecchiete with Baby Kale and Pancetta
This was kind of one of those – just wing it pasta recipes. I find pasta is great when you don’t have much time to mess around in the kitchen. I made this Friday night after a long day baking cupcakes for my friends wedding – and it was a delicious and fast dish! Note – you can use all Pancetta or all Bacon for this recipe – I just used both because I had a little of each in my fridge. Oriccehiete means ‘little ears’ in italian because the pasta is shaped this way. I found a package at a gourmet grocers in the city – but if you…
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Linguini Puttanesca with Zuchinni
It’s been a crazy week! We were awoken in the wee hours this morning by my oldest two boys telling us that it was flooding from our roof into our basement…not a fun thing to wake too. So I spent the day dealing with insurance, plumbers, flood repair guys, no water. It’s been a long day! Although with much news lately of dear friends going through serious health issues and the many other numerous problems throughout the world – we are still able to count our blessings – as many things in life could be much worse! So I’m putting it into perspective and enjoying the fact that I have…
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Eggplant Rolls and an Italian Feast!
These were good. Really Really Good! I was at the grocer’s today with a friend and noticed some good looking eggplant in the veg section. It reminded me of a recipe I found on Pinterest from another blog called Not Enough Cinnamon I decided to grab some for tonights dinner…I’m so glad I did! These were great. I made tweaked the recipe ever so slightly (basically just adding more cheese) – yep I have a problem. I also poured in a little of Whitewater Cooks BEST Basil Dressing For the way I made it you will need the following: – 2 large eggplants – 2 cups of ricotta cheese – About…
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Crispy Fish Tacos with Chipolte Slaw, Guacamole and Pickled Radishes
The electrician came today!! Woo hoo! Dance of joy! Our dishwasher is officially hooked up! Although the majority of our kitchen has been done for the past week we were still waiting on an electrician to come in to hook up a few things (most importantly the dishwasher) – geesh I forgot how much work it was to wash all those dishes each day! I also had a cool delivery from my favorite spice company Silk Road Spices I ordered a new spice that is supposed to be ‘all the rage’ right now – called Fennel Pollen..I’ll let you know how I make out with that – it does smell divine! But…
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BBQ Chicken Pizza
I’m trying to use up what we have in our freezer, and I had taken out a package of ground chicken this morning that we bought from a local farmer this year. I wasn’t quite sure what I was going to do with it. My problem is I usually have too many ideas going around in my head for recipes that I find it hard to narrow down and commit. The choice was made when I saw I also had a bit of very ripe fresh pineapple to use up in the fridge so I decided a pizza may be in order. We make homemade pizzas quite a bit in our…
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Tasty Taco Stuffed Shells
Oh My! I have a kitchen again! After a long two months of renovations I was sooooo happy to have a kitchen back this weekend. It was awesome. I’m in love. I told my husband I feel like a princess and I just wanna hang out in there all day it’s so pretty! Yep – it was a great weekend. My husbands family decided to come up for an impromptu visit so it gave me a great excuse to hang out in the kitchen and cook and entertain..my mother in law was really sold by the end of the weekend that I deserved this grand kitchen and would put it…
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Coconut Curried Shrimp on the BBQ with Cardamom Scented Rice
I have never attempted to make a Curried Shrimp Dish on the BBQ. But hey whether your “Glamping” this summer or just not wanting to heat up the house with the stove – I have to say it worked out pretty well. Throw a little rice in the rice cooker and you have a great meal. I’m not a huge ‘kitchen gadget’ type girl, but I do love my rice cooker and would recommend one to anyone. I picked mine up for 10 bucks at a garage sale years ago and we have definately made use of it. Ingredients: – 25-30 Jumbo Prawns Shelled and Deveined– 2 TBSP butter, diced…
