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Mediterranean Tuna Pasta with Artichokes

Mediterranean Tuna Pasta with Artichokes

This recipe has been hiding out on the margins of my blog.  I’ve not made it in some time and I had forgotten how great this meal is.  It’s salty and sweet with the pancetta, tangy with the caperberries and lemon and crunchy with the pine nuts.  It has great mouth feel and taste so [...]

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Turkey-roni Saved From Disaster

Turkey-roni Saved From Disaster

Here’s a piece of advice I need to follow in the future.  Don’t watch The Tudors while cooking or things will likely burn on top of the stove.   Well I was not paying attention to my skillet and my turkey-roni started to burn.  Still not paying attention, I added the liquid which then revealed liquid.  [...]

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Beef and Noodles -Gluten Free

This is the time of year in Northern Virginia where we’ll have a few really nice warm sunny days in the high 60’s or low 70’s and then the next few days in the 40’s.  This can be very wearing and send me right to the comfort food meals.  A gravy rich beef and noodles [...]

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Pizza Soup -Gluten and Dairy Free

I’ve been making this for many, many years however this time it’s gluten free and dairy free.  The idea of pizza soup started with me trying to get my boys to eat tomato soup.  Well it worked for one, my college guy who is a great cook and loves food.  I’m still working on 9th [...]

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Gluten Free Pork Noodle Soup for Pennies

One of my favorite things to do is take leftovers from meals during the week and make a soup on the weekend.  This week when I cooked those delicious Jerk Pork Ribs and Chicken it created a wonderful stock in the pot.   I strained it and poured it into a leftover pasta sauce glass jar [...]

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Pasta Surprise

Pasta Surprise

When I started out to cook dinner I didn’t realize I had already eaten the vegetables I was going to sauté for this meal.  The only vegetable I had left was cauliflower, which my husband really does not like.  So what should I do, hide it of course.  When he was eating dinner he thought [...]

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Spaghetti & Meatballs- Gluten & Casein Free

I’ve always loved a big plate of pasta.  I think I got that love from my mom.  She could eat pasta every day.  Well for me life with pasta is a little different.  I can’t eat gluten (any type of wheat, barley, rye & sometimes oats) or rice so many pastas are off limits.  These [...]

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Mediterranean Tuna Pasta

Mediterranean Tuna Pasta

This is a savory dish that fills your mouth with wonderful tastes and textures.  We served this with Robert Mondavi Winery 2005 Chardonnay.  This was the same wine I used when cooking.  Remember never cook with a wine you wouldn’t drink. Mediterranean Tuna Pasta Ingredients: 7.8 ounces Tuna in oil (Ortiz is an option)  Tuna [...]

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Gluten Free Pasta Fagioli

This is one of my favorite dishes from when I was a kid.  My mother would make it and the aroma would fill the house.  She would put a nice ham bone with some meat on it in a pot of tomatoes and onions to simmer all day.  Sorry Mom, tonight I made mine in [...]

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