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Fresh and Savory Tomato Pie

One of the things I love about food blogging is discovering dishes made by my peers, other bloggers. The other day my friend Toni of Boulder Locavore published a post for a Savory Tomato Pie. I loved her self deprecating demeanor about being lazy (which she is not!) and how she used a ready made [...]

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Pasta with Broccoli, Mushrooms, Tomatoes and Parmesan Cheese

This pasta recipe combining broccoli, mushrooms and tomatoes seems in line with current trends that have seen pasta (and pizza) move from the realm of red sauce and meats to a variety of combinations that favor vegetables and what I consider a white sauce (typically made with olive oil and/or butter). So it might be [...]

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French Onion Soup – with some Italian Style!

I love French Onion Soup and when I have the time and know I’ll have some folks to enjoy it with, I love making this recipe for what I think is just the best I’ve ever had. But it’s a job and after it’s finished, it then has to meld in the fridge overnight before [...]

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Lemon Risotto from Bon Appetit RSVP – October, 2010

This reader request in the October 2010 issue was actually for a meal of lamb shanks and lemon risotto at Restaurant Saveur but I had just cooked a lamb dish last month and still had some leftovers frozen so I decided to just make the lemon risotto. What can I say? I love, love, loved [...]

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Bacon and Tomato Pasta

The truth is, I wanted to make a Bacon, Lettuce and Tomato sandwich. I don’t always have bacon in the fridge, but did now and with some great tomatoes on the windowsill decided a BLT would be good…and quick! So, got the bacon going on the stove and before slicing some fresh tomatoes decide to [...]

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Spaghetti Carbonara

I think it’s amazing what some simple ingredients combined together can result in and this dish has always been a favorite of mine. I remember making it for my family when I was barely in my teens and nothing has really changed, well not much has changed.

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Creamy Mushroom Bake

I’ve been making this dish for as many years as I can recall; it’s either on our Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner table and is so good I wonder why we don’t have it more often. Maybe we just want to have something to really look forward to or maybe it’s the richness of the sauce…a [...]

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Chicken with Garlic and Parmesan Polenta

Many dinners that I prepare consist of seeing what is on hand and determining a menu from those ingredients. I don’t like going shopping for one dish. I have a fair amount of pantry space and a large freezer so can typically find ingredients to make something. Last night I wanted to use some chicken [...]

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Tomato Sauce with Onion & Butter

This is a classic and simple recipe and yet the addition of butter makes a distinct and rich difference that I love. The original recipe instructs you to put in a whole onion and then remove it from the sauce before serving. I just can’t do that…I saute chopped onion before adding the tomatoes and [...]

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