Recipe Box, The Marinara Sauce Mystery, and Stuffed Marinara Meatball Subs with Basil Pesto
me: “I’m going out with the girls tonight… 💅 💄 💃 🍷 There’s leftover meatballs and marinara in the fridge you can heat up for dinner” him: “Okay, how do I fix it?” me: “Just put it in a sauce pan and heat it up as you would soup, and toast the bread” him: “Okay, … Continue reading
Recipe Box, Zucchini Noodles with Pesto, Pistachio and Pine Nuts
Zucchini is one of my favorite vegetables and this just might be my favorite way to prepare it A spiral vegetable slicer makes quick work of making “zoodles,” you know zucchini noodles You might want to cut some of the long ones 🙂 Put them on a cooking oil sprayed, foil lined baking sheet Halve … Continue reading
Gifts from the Kitchen, Tomato Basil Butter
This flavorful butter will brighten up your summer! Make up a batch to take to the next BBQ or picnic, your host will love having some to stash away! Roast some tomatoes with some olive oil and salt & pepper It’s a beautiful thing! Slide all this yumminess into a dish of softened butter Add … Continue reading
Take-out Tueday, Summer Surprise Pasta
Today is HH’s birthday! Happy Birthday honey! Poor thing, he was so tired on Sunday-from playing with his new birthday present- he didn’t want to grill dinner so I whipped up this pasta bake…and I do mean whipped up, it was in the oven in 15 minutes~ I adapted this recipe from one of my … Continue reading
Recipe Box, Tomato, Mushroom & Pesto Flatbread
To tell you the truth, I was skeptical about this recipe, I like mushrooms but this seemed like a lot… But when I saw it was from the Cafe Sucre Farine I got excited~Chris Scheuer always has vibrant recipes to share HHjr had planned all the meals for Memorial Day weekend, I did the shopping … Continue reading
Creations, Raised Garden
We planted our first garden this year and it is so exciting. I know, yawn, but I’m going to tell you about it anyway~ My husband and son are big DYIers. They almost never call a repair man, I have seen them fix just about anything. They are competitive too, you know always trying to … Continue reading
Pesto Primavera
Remember all those gorgeous veggies I photographed the other day? [see Aug 1] Well, I have a big basil plant taking over one of my patio pots and I have Ina Garten’s Amazing Pesto on my “Bucket List” of recipes to try, so I decided to make a pesto dressed pasta topped with roasted fresh … Continue reading
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