Tag: Basil
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Penne Pasta With Mozzarella And Fresh Tomatoes
It’s taken a long time, but Summer has finely showed up. To make up for being late, it’s decided to blast us with the normal sun, plus the heat it didn’t get around to sending last month: two Summer days at the speed of one! It’s too hot to really cook anything much. …
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Bruschetta (Italian Tomato and Garlic Bread)
The strawberries had a better party to go to this year Well, maybe you all actually know how to make bruschetta, but even if you do, I hope that this post will remind you of it since there are loads of wonderful tomatoes and basil coming into season right around now…..well, at least there…
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Broccoli and Spinach Flan
Green makes you grow muscles This is a broccoli dish that even all those broccoli-haters out there love (well at least are prepared to eat under coercion). I can attest to this through vigorous scientific “blind” taste tests….i.e.. not telling my broccoli-disparaging husband and kids what was in the flan. I only told…
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Pasta alla Norma (Pasta with Eggplant and Tomato)
Just when you thought it was safe to start reading my blog again, I decided to jump out from behind the door and yell, “SICILY!!!!!!” in your face. Ha! And you thought that I’d finished waxing lyrical about that wonderful island! 🙂 I wanted to share another recipe with you that is a staple…
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How To Make Pesto alla Genovese At Home
How to make pesto alla genovese at home I just realized the Summer is fast coming to a close (though with the temperatures over 30 degrees here, it’s hard to imagine that Autumn is on its way), and before all the wonderful basil is gone for the year, I should write about…
