When I learned pasta was the theme for this month’s love bloghop, I had dozens upon dozens of recipes go through my mind. You see, pasta of any kind is a huge pantry staple here – I’m 1/4th Italian (which pretty much like being 100% Italian) and I was pratically weaned onto semolina flour. My …
Hearty Italian comfort food with an extra nutrition kick: Pasta and Bean Soup with Greens. This month’s Recipe ReDux theme: A New Ingredient for the New Year Pick a new ingredient that you’ve been wanting to try… and cook or bake up a new recipe in the new year. Are you curious about fish sauce, …
A spring twist on a classic Italian salad: roasted asparagus meets Caprese salad and pasta. What I am craving this time of year: asparagus and rhubarb. Interesting fact: both of them are perennial vegetables meaning after being planted, they come back every year —>a rare thing here in North America. Side bar: it is slightly …