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The beginning of so many great things

In this case, arrabiata sauce for penne. Wish you could smell my kitchen now…

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Sicilian-style broccoli sauce for pasta

Broccoli, garlic, onions, raisins, anchovies (omit if desired), white wine, double-concentrated tomato paste (from a tube), and a pinch of saffron. Came together in about 10 minutes.Try it. You’ll like…

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How to: Improvise when you don’t have a Crock-Pot [NaBloPoMo Day 12]

Throughout my cooking life, I have had a love/hate relationship with slow cookers. Even with the help of two slow cooker cookbooks, I have never been bowled over by anything…

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How to: Bake an Acorn Squash (and what to do with it!) [NaBloPoMo Day 11]

Acorn squash stuffed with cous cous, garbanzos, raisins, orange zest, thyme and chives. Now that it’s Fall, one of the dishes I love cooking is baked acorn squash. Unlike summer…

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Penne with slow-cooked red pepper sauce

This is another one of those unusual pasta sauces that I learned from my aunt who lives in Rome. I fantasize about publishing a book with her pasta sauce recipes…

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  • How to Eat Low Fat Without Low Taste One of the main things that keeps people from trying low fat foods is the fact that a lot of them taste, well, pretty bad. It's all too easy to brush it off as "rabbit food," and convince yourself that you need real food. However, there are many low......

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Cooking with Kids: Thin Crust Pizza

Bunny was delighted to learn that her new first first grade teacher was known throughout her school as “The Cooking Teacher.” Never mind that her school has all sorts of…

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Very Green Veggie Stir-Fry with Soba

This is one of those meals, I swear, that’s ready in about five minutes. There is no excuse for heating anything up in the microwave or toaster oven when you…

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Tutorial: Basic Tomato Sauce

This is my recipe for the most basic tomato sauce in my pasta-making repertoire. Sometimes called marinara, this is a simple sauce of tomatoes, wine, garlic, and onions, with a…

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  • Basa Fish Recipe A friend of mine teases me that I never cook, but I do. We have our favorites, and this is one of them. If you are lucky enough to get Basa Fish in your area (Publix carries it in our area, in the freezer section), it is a delicious fish......

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Easy Grilled Stuffed Pasilla Peppers

photo credit of pasilla peppers: What Did You Eat? I still can’t find the cord thingy that allows me to download pictures from my camera and I really, really want…

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