One of my favorite things that my grandmother cooked when I was growing up was meatloaf. It was a traditional beef-based meatloaf. She topped it with mushrooms and I loved to dip it in ketchup. Yep, it’s the most simple meals that stand out in my mind. I don’t make meatloaf often but when I [...]
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Mozzarella and Spinach Stuffed Chicken Meatloaf
Posted in Cheese, Chicken/Poultry, Italian, Tried and True, tagged chicken meatloaf, ground chicken, Italian, marinara, meatloaf, mozzarella, Spinach, stuffed meatloaf on November 9, 2011 | 10 Comments »
Pasta with Arrabbita Sauce
Posted in Italian, Pasta, Pork, Tomato, tagged arrabbita, arrabbita sauce, dinner, Italian, Pasta, pasta sauce, red sauce, spaghetti on January 5, 2011 | 3 Comments »
One of Brandon’s all-time favorite dinners is pasta with red sauce so I wasn’t surprised when he requested it for our first “return to normal eating and homecooked meals” after the holidays. I wasn’t really in the mood for traditional spaghetti sauce and Brandon suggested arrabbita sauce. Spicy homemade marinara sauce with pancetta sounded perfect. [...]
68 Days of Gourmet: 3 Ingredient Pot Roast and an Announcement
Posted in 68 days of Gourmet, Beef, Blogging Events, Ethnic, Italian, One Dish, Soups and Stews, Tried and True, tagged Beef, comfort food, garlic, gourmet magazine, Italian, pot roast, tomatoes, winter food on January 5, 2010 | 20 Comments »
68 Days of Gourmet: Day 28 Happy New Year everyone! The holidays have been busy for us with lots of family time and traveling. Since we spent Thanksgiving with my family this year, we stayed in Charlotte and celebrated Christmas with Brandon’s family. We rang in the new year in Asheville with The Avett Brothers [...]
68 Days of Gourmet: Meatballs in Tomato Sauce
Posted in 68 days of Gourmet, Beef, Blogging Events, Ethnic, Italian, One Dish, Pasta, Pork, Tomato, tagged Beef, comfort food, gourmet magazine, Italian, meatballs, Pasta, Pork, red sauce, Tomato, Tomato Sauce, veal on December 2, 2009 | 3 Comments »
68 Days of Gourmet: Day 15 I saw this recipe in The Gourmet Cookbook as I was putting together our menu for the week. I knew this would be a huge hit with Brandon and I haven’t made meatballs in forever. This dinner was surprisingly quick and easy to put together given that you make [...]
68 Days of Gourmet: Spaghetti alla Carbonara
Posted in 68 days of Gourmet, Blogging Events, Italian, One Dish, Pasta, Pork, Quick and Easy, tagged bacon, carbonara, Cheese, eggs, Italian, pancetta, Pasta on November 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
68 Days of Gourmet: Day 4 This was another one of the easy weeknight dishes that Gourmet Editor-in-Chief Ruth Reichl mentioned on NPRs Fresh Air (explanation in the Spiced Chicken post). I’ve always wanted to try to make Spaghetti Carbonara because I thought it sounded like something Brandon would love. Bacon, eggs and cheese in [...]
Sausage, Cheese and Basil Lasagna
Posted in Basics, Cheese, Ethnic, Italian, One Dish, Pasta, Pork, Sausage, Special Occasion, Tomato, tagged basil, Cheese, comfort food, Italian, lasagna, Pasta, Sausage, Tomato, Tomato Sauce on October 14, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I have a confession. There are a few simple things that I just cannot seem to master. Among those are pancakes, gravy, biscuits and lasagna. Seriously, who can’t make pancakes and lasagna? It’s embarrassing. Well, last weekend I was craving traditional lasagna. This is strange for me because I’m not the biggest traditional meat lasagna [...]
Easy Marinara
Posted in Basics, Ethnic, Italian, Pasta, Tomato, Tried and True, Vegetarian on September 29, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Last weekend we picked up some fresh pasta from Pasta Provisions here in Charlotte. It’s a great locally owned Italian grocery. We chose their garlic and rosemary linguine. I was stumped on what sauce to serve with this pasta. Brandon loves red sauce so I decided to keep it simple with an easy marinara full [...]
Lightened Caesar Salad with Pancetta and Cherry Tomatoes
Posted in Appetizer, Healthy, Italian, Pork, Quick and Easy, Salad, Vegetable, tagged caesar salad, cherry tomatoes, dressing, pancetta, Salad on September 28, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This is a lightened and eggless variation of one of my favorite Caesar salads from Ina Garten. I love Ina’s Caesar salad for entertaining. It’s great with home made croutons. We had Italian night last Sunday and I wanted to make this salad but was looking for something lighter and without the raw egg. I [...]
Veggie Lasagna Rolls
Posted in Cheese, Ethnic, Italian, One Dish, Pasta, Vegetarian, tagged Healthy, Italian, light, One Dish, ricotta, Vegetarian on July 6, 2009 | 8 Comments »
I’m visiting my grandmother for a few days. When I arrived this afternoon she had planned Veggie Lasagna Rolls for dinner. My grandmother definitely shares my sentiment that not every meal has to include meat. I was really excited that she had chosen this dinner after indulging in lots of July 4th burgers and hot [...]
Eggplant Napoleon Parmesan
Posted in Cheese, Italian, Pasta, Vegetarian, tagged eggplant, Italian, Vegetarian on June 30, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I’m always looking for inspriation for new vegetarian dinners. I love eggplant and Brandon loves tomato, mozzerella and basil so I thought this creation would be a great compromise for us. I saw this recipe for Grilled Eggplant Napoleons on Lime in the Coconut. I wanted to put a little more of a “parmesan”-style twist [...]
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