One of the most surprising dishes I ever ate and loved was calamari in red sauce with pasta in New York. It was so delicious I always yearned for more. Today I am making calamari with shrimp in red pasta sauce with rotini pasta. It is divinely delicious. Don’t knock it if you haven’t ever tried it. You could be surprised like I was. This is a cook what you like recipe. Don’t like calamari, omit it. Don’t like artihoke bottoms, omit them. Prefer Shell pasta to Rotini, use shell pasta. Make it work for you and your tastebuds. (more…)
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25
Feb
2012
Pasta with Shrimp and Calamari in Red Sauce
24
Feb
2012
Easy Sausage and Cabbage One Dish Meal
In every home there are days when you just don’t want to cook (I’ve said that before) and yesterday was one of those days for me. I didn’t have anything exciting in the way of an entrée to prepare so I had to rely on my ingenuity and a well stocked pantry to come up with a meal. Let me share my thought process with you. First of all I always have plenty of sausage in my freezer that bails me out on many an occasion. Check, defrost the sausage. In the frig I had one half of a (more…)
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21
Feb
2012
Easy Apple Tart
Yesterday was the day of de ja vu. I finally got around to making my apple tart. It was fast and easy as always and looked mouthwateringly inviting when I removed it from the oven. I put it on a rack to cool, walked through the living room and there on the television, Giada was making apple tart. Guess it was in the air. Hers did not look as yummy as mine but it had not been baked yet so who’s to say? Anyway, apple tart is one of those decadent treats you make when you want something sweet (more…)
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