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 | 1 Comment »
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 your [...]
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 | 3 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 [...]
Posted in Basics, Ethnic, Italian, Pasta, Tomato, Tried and True, Vegetarian on September 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
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 [...]
Posted in Fish, Greek, Healthy, Quick and Easy, Seafood, Tomato, tagged cherry tomatoes, Fish, Kalamata olives, red snapper, summer recipes on September 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I have really lucked out with access to fresh local fruits and vegetables lately. First, there were the figs. Remember the Grilled Fig and Prosciutto Pizza and the Fig Upside Down Cake? Then we had the mountain blueberry extravaganza that resulted in this Peach and Blueberry Crisp. Last week I found out that my brother [...]
Posted in Pork, Side Dish, Tomato, tagged bacon, blue cheese, Side Dish, Tomato on August 26, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I was flipping through the July/August 2009 issue of Cooking with Paula Deen when I saw these Broiled Blue Cheese and Bacon Tomatoes. After I wiped the drool off the page, I promptly went to the grocery to get the ingredients for this recipe. I knew Brandon would be all about these too given his [...]
Posted in Tarts and Pies, Tomato, Tried and True, Vegetable, Vegetarian, tagged savory pie, summer produce, Tomato, tomatoes on July 14, 2009 | 10 Comments »
Tomato pie is probably one of my husband’s all-time favorite recipes. The recipe came from his church’s cookbook and it was one of his favorite dishes his mom made. Though I grew up in the South, I had never heard of tomato pie until I met Brandon. I was definitely willing to give it a [...]
Posted in Italian, One Dish, Pasta, Quick and Easy, Tomato, Tried and True, Vegetarian, tagged easy, Italian, One Dish, Pasta, quick, simple, Tomato, Vegetarian, vodka on April 30, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Brandon is in the middle of law school finals and I haven’t been seeing much of him lately. He’s been studying around the clock. He had a final from 6-9 last night and I wanted to have a simple dinner waiting for him when he got home. I’m not going to lie that the inspiration [...]
Posted in Appetizer, Cheese, Quick and Easy, Salad, Tomato, Tried and True, Vegetarian, tagged basil, Cheese, mozzarella, Salad, summer salad, Tomato on March 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
We’re back from the cruise! We enjoyed a fun and relaxing week in the Caribbean. We spent every day exploring the best beaches on the islands we visited and enjoyed lunch and rum punch at beach bars. I went on a bit of a “tour de fish sandwich.” I must say the tastiest one I [...]
Posted in Chicken/Poultry, Ethnic, Greek, One Dish, Pasta, Quick and Easy, Tomato, tagged Chicken/Poultry, Greek, One Dish, Pasta, quick on December 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We love anything with Greek flavors and have tried several variations of Greek pasta. Usually we find that something seems to be lacking but I think we’ve finally found one to stick with. This was delicious and came together really quickly. The flavor was great and you can definitely play around with the ingredients [...]
