It has been an awful spring for my garden, so cold and rainy. Only a few things are doing well, among them is the escarole. I have a nice row of heads growing. They are small but they are healthy. I have a few very different recipes I want to try with the escarole –…
Category: Pasta
Salmon Pasta with Peas
There are days when even a local-obsessed cook like me can only get as local as what I can find in my freezer or pantry. I’ve been away on business and have not had the chance to go to the store, little less the farm market, when I needed to make dinner. So the…
Broccoli Rabe Pesto and Pasta
On my visit to Highland Orchards I picked up a bunch of their broccoli rabe. I had a Mario Batali recipe for broccoli rabe pesto that I had been wanting to play with, so this seemed like a good opportunity to do that. The color of the finished pesto had to make me smile –…
Pasta with Cauliflower & Sun-dried Tomatoes
Look at this cauliflower, it is beautiful! And it is huge, the size of two typical cauliflowers. This picture was taken after I had already broken off a bunch of florets to munch on. And, of course, it was locally grown and purchased at one of my favorite road-side stands. How to do such a…
Pasta with Edamame
Pasta, edamame, lemon and parmesan. So simple, yet tasty and quite satisfying. What more is there to say?Except…look at my beautiful edamame harvest! Pasta with Edamame Slightly adapted from French Women Don’t Get Fat (Farfalle with Edamame) 1 lb farfalle or other pasta Kosher salt & freshly ground black pepper 1 lb shelled edamame (from…
Cauliflower Pasta al Forno
Thanks to the return of the groundhog, my broccoli and cauliflower plants have been decimated. So, I am back to buying them from local farmers. It is so sad to see my plants with their top sections bitten off. The groundhog, however, does not seem to like swiss chard or curly kale. So those are…
Cousin Bentzi’s Noodle Kugel
How many ways can you say “yum!”? I think this may be my favorite noodle kugel recipe ever. I guess is should give you some context. My cousin Bentzi lives in Israel and we have never met. But we have bonded over our mutual love of cooking and feeding people. He sent me his recipe for…
Pasta with Kale Pesto and Roasted Butternut Squash
Time to use the first of the butternut squash from my garden. It was “parents night out”, with Cam spending the evening at Tae Kwan Do. So, our version of night out – a good dinner, a walk with the dog, and a movie rental. We finally watched The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel –…
Pasta with Tomato Pesto & Corn
To be honest, I was not expecting much when I made this dish. The thought of a tomato-based pesto intrigued me, but I did not expect the nice pesto flavor that the sauce actually had. It had a rich texture from the nuts, a bright flavor from the basil and fresh tomatoes, a great bite…
Cousin Bentzi’s Pasta & Cabbage
I have never met my cousin Bentzi; he lives in Israel and was away when I was there last year. But I have been getting to know him through his art and the cooking he shares with us through our family group on FB. I guess cooking, and enjoying feeding people, is a family trait we share….
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