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3-Cheese Manicotti in Creamed Spinach Sauce

It’s not much of a secret that two of my favorite foods are cheese and …. spinach. Yes, spinach. That statement is almost as ridiculous as stating that I love (gasp!) brussels sprouts (which I do), but spinach is something that I could eat every day, every meal. Anything that combines spinach AND cheese is high of the list of favorites, which this does. As we get close to the end of cheese week in the ingredient game, I present this amazing 3-Cheese Manicotti in Creamed Spinach Sauce. It’s vegetarian. It’s filling. It’s delicious and I will be making it over and over again.

24. February 2024

Dinner, Lunch, Pasta, Sides

Oven-Baked Caramelized Onion Mac + Cheese

Mac & Cheese is one of those guilty pleasures because all those carbs and cheese are a bit much, but I did make this lovely Oven-Baked Caramelized Onion Mac + Cheese for dinner last night. The caramelized onions add a huge depth of flavor. Bold, creamy Cabot Seriously Sharp Cheddar is my favorite.

22. February 2024

Dinner, Pasta

Baked Lobster Tortellini Casserole with Creamy Pesto Rosa

Item Number two for Filled Pasta / Dumpling Week in this week’s Ingredient of the Week. I made something pretty over-the-top decadent yet comfort food at the same time. This riff on Lobster Mac & Cheese uses tortellini, a creamy cheese sauce and a healthy portion of Maine Lobster — you can swap out your favorite crustacean for crab meat or even shrimp/prawns of you don’t have lobster handy. Very rich, but also very yummy. Maybe the perfect thing for the seafood lover in your life for Valentine’s Day.

7. February 2024

Dinner, Lunch, Pasta

ATK’s “Cheater” Gnocchi with a Mushroom Medley Cream Sauce

So of all the “pastas”, “dumplings” and “easily bought so why make them yourself” items, gnocchi is my least favorite to make myself. I mean, why bother making gnocchi when you can just buy them? They are generally a lot of work — roast the potatoes, let them cool, but make sure that they don’t gummy so make sure to release the steam just at the right minute. Then make the dough, but depending on the potatoes, add more less of this or that. So, America’s Test Kitchen came up with a recipe to make gnocchi, but using potato flakes — still potatoes, right? So, that is how I made these earlier today. Was much easier than the traditional method. The recipe is more about showing off the gambit of potato things than the actual gnocchi in mushroom sauce.

20. January 2024

Dinner, Lunch, Pasta

Jumbo Bacon + Beef Meatballs,
with Tomato Sauce

What’s not to love about jumbo meatballs, right? And these ae even better now that I have found a local butcher that grinds bacon into his ground beef to make this luscious bacon-y beef that would be perfect for lots of things — I’ve used it for bolognese, burgers and these here jumbo meatballs (also works with regular mince, if you can find the bacon-y kind. The meatballs are the size of my fist and one is usually enough per person (though I usually make extras. Totally hearty and filling!

31. March 2023

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