Chicken Fried Steak with Green Garlic Gravy
Wed, 10/03/10 – 11:05 | 2 Comments

Perfectly seasoned and fried beef bottom steaks are smothered in a creamy green garlic gravy to make the ultimate chicken fried steak.

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Homemade Semolina Pasta with Dry Farmed Tomato Sauce
Sunday, 11 Oct, 2009 – 14:58 | 11 Comments
Homemade Semolina Pasta with Dry Farmed Tomato Sauce

Homemade semolina pasta with a simple fresh tomato sauce make an easy dinner that will please even the pickiest eaters.

LiveSTRONG With A Taste Of Yellow 2009: Homemade Ricotta & Ravioli with Egg
Thursday, 17 Sep, 2009 – 9:33 | 12 Comments
LiveSTRONG With A Taste Of Yellow 2009:  Homemade Ricotta & Ravioli with Egg

Pillows of creamy homemade ricotta has been lightly scented with fresh herbs, with a small hidden surprise, is nestled between layers of fresh homemade semolina pasta and then gently cooked before being sprinkled with fresh black truffles.

Spaghetti with Spinach
Sunday, 30 Aug, 2009 – 13:52 | 2 Comments
Spaghetti with Spinach

Easiest spaghetti dish I have ever put together. Simply seasoned with onions, garlic, thyme and spinch, nothing to it really. Easy eating!

Pasta with Olives, Goat Cheese and Garlic Chips
Monday, 24 Aug, 2009 – 14:20 | 3 Comments
Pasta with Olives, Goat Cheese and Garlic Chips

Pasta is tossed with good olive oil, goat cheese, olives and fresh herbs to make an easy and tasty dinner.

Linguine with Gorgonzola, Prosciutto and Spinach
Wednesday, 29 Jul, 2009 – 6:57 | 6 Comments
Linguine with Gorgonzola, Prosciutto and Spinach

A creamy pungent Gorgonzola sauce lightly coats linguine, prosciutto and spinach in this easy pasta dish.

We just celebrated our anniversary.  It has been 7 years since Laudalino and I met.  I guess it is true, …

Homemade Pasta with Australian Truffles
Friday, 24 Jul, 2009 – 8:10 | 8 Comments
Homemade Pasta with Australian Truffles

Black truffles also known as tuber melanosporum are a type of fungus which grow at the roots of specially inoculated oak trees. Each winter truffles are found by specially trained dogs who smell truffles which …

Homemade Angel Hair Pasta
Monday, 6 Jul, 2009 – 21:51 | 5 Comments
Homemade Angel Hair Pasta

Homemade angel hair pasta made easy with a sweet as springtime sweet pea shoot sauce; dinner in under 2 hours, you will never want dried pasta again.

Ramp Pesto Mac and Cheese
Monday, 1 Jun, 2009 – 19:17 | 4 Comments
Ramp Pesto Mac and Cheese

This is not the orange pasty mac and cheese out of a blue box. This reinvented classic is made with Mascarpone, Asiago, and Fontina cheese with ramp pesto. After dressing traditional elbow pasta with the creamy mixture it is put in the oven to bake until golden brown. Perfect with a nice green salad, crusty baguette and a glass of Pinot Grigio.