For Mother's Day Dinner I adapted a recipe out of SAVEUR's recently released "SAVEUR Easy Italian", a cookbook released as an iPad app. Being that is an e-book, each recipe has its own full color photo and are well laid out for easy reading. The book is laid out into sections covering 30 recipes that… Continue reading Almond Pesto from Saveur Easy Italian
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Arugula Pasta from 50 Best Cooking for Two Recipes
While reading my copy of The 50 Best Cooking For Two Recipes: Tasty, fresh, and easy to make!, I noticed the recipe for Arugula Cavatelli on page 31 and realized I had never cooked with Arugula before. The only changes I made was using a different pasta shape - finding cavatelli locally would have been… Continue reading Arugula Pasta from 50 Best Cooking for Two Recipes
A Birthday Day
Yesterday was Walker's second birthday, I decided to try a cupcake and a frosting recipe from Cake Boy, which came out in October of 2011. The frosting is fantastic, easily piped, swirled and spiked onto cakes. Walker had a lot of fun sitting on the floor with a spoon and the mixing bowl scraping it… Continue reading A Birthday Day
The Vegetarian Kitchen Table Cookbook: Barley Mushroom Soup
Released in February is The Vegetarian Kitchen Table Cookbook, a creative vegetarian cookbook. Think french and Italian style cooking and not hippy fare. Sophisticated recipes abound although there is plenty of simple "peasant" recipes as well, for hearty rustic meals. I have a huge container of organic Pearled Barley that was sitting and staring at… Continue reading The Vegetarian Kitchen Table Cookbook: Barley Mushroom Soup