This was an instant hit with my grandson. Anything to do with pasta and meatballs always seems to be a winner in his book. The recipe calls for prepackaged frozen meatballs and jarred marinara so it really does make for …
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Rigatoni with Kale and Sausage
So what to do with all of the kale from my garden? I had to look around and find a bunch of different recipes that I thought the family would enjoy. I don’t mind cooking it with onions and bacon …
Pappardelle Pasta with Sausage and Apple Ragu
What do you do with extra apples, fresh pappardelle pasta and pork sausage from your CSA box? You make this delicious pasta dish. First you use your handy dandy little cookbook database and you see if you have any recipes …
Pasta Salad with Pickled Beets and Asparagus
This was basically a throw together salad to use some of our pickled beets and pickled asparagus. My daughter picked up the pickled asparagus at Thorp Fruit and Antique Mall in Ellensburg, WA. It’s a huge, wonderful place with fresh seasonal fruit …
Fusilli with Asparagus and Truffled Fromage Blanc
Because I had a few other things to do last Thursday I didn’t get a chance to share my CSA box with you all. It had the usual eggs, pasta, some greens and veggies, etc. One of the recipes was …
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Spinach Fettuccine with Creamy Leeks and Bacon
This meal is from the April 24th CSA box. I tweaked the recipe of course by adding some bacon to give it a little more flavor. Leeks are pretty mild and the bacon really kicked it up a notch. I …
Cheesy Chicken Tortellini Bake
If you haven’t noticed I tend to post more simple, comfort food type of recipes than exotic dishes with exotic ingredients and names. Not that I don’t enjoy experimenting and making those types of dishes, but I’m not rich and …
White Mac ‘n Cheese with Bacon and Kale
This mac and cheese recipe is slightly different from my previous Gourmet Mac ‘n Cheese. I wanted to use up some of the white cheeses that I had stacking up from my CSA boxes and the fusilli pasta and kale …
Creamy Garlic Shrimp and Pasta – from Pinterest
Found another winner on Pinterest. I actually made this a couple of weeks ago, but finally got around to getting the recipe written out. For the pasta I used the fresh bucatini from my CSA box a few weeks ago. …
Pasta with Roasted Red Pepper Sauce
I still had my sweet red peppers leftover from my CSA box a couple of weeks ago and figured I had better do something with them before they got mushy and bad. The menu that week had a recipe for …
Gourmet Macaroni and Cheese
Made this delicious Gourmet Macaroni and Cheese using the cream and spinach from my farm share box this week. I was honestly surprised at how much my son loved this mac and cheese the first time I made it. He’s …
Shrimp Fra Diavolo
Dinner last night using the fresh pasta from our farm share box last week. **Just a couple of tips if you are not used to cooking with fresh pasta. Make sure that you separate the pasta before dumping it …
Pulled from Pinterest – Saucy Italian “Drunken” Noodles
I decided that it was time I tried a few of the recipes I’ve pinned on Pinterest. I tried Saucy Italian “Drunken” Noodles from the Cozy Apron last night. First off let me say that it was her photo of the …
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