pasta & rice

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home base pad thai

May 6, 2013

I call this home base pad thai because it’s the safe house. The starting place. The jumping point for all other fun variations. Toss in some shrimp for shrimp pad thai. Add some bean sprouts for veggie pad thai. See? Home base.

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chicken meatball stroganoff

September 26, 2012

I know, friends. I really do know. I just posted a meatball/pasta recipe. However. Sophie went gaga for the meatballs, and she HATES meat, so I wanted to see if it was a meatballs thing or a those meatballs thing. Turns out, girlfriend likes more than one kind of meatballs. Woot! I don’t blame her.

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basil chicken meatballs with mushrooms and roasted tomato sauce (gf, df)

September 17, 2012

Guys, I have a new blog crush. Have you visited Ambitious Kitchen? I’ve been smitten with so many of the beautiful recipes I’ve seen! Her rainbow-colored breakfast tacos, her browned butter nutella-stuffed chocolate chip cookies topped with sea salt (seriously, did you catch all that goodness?), and these meatballs have had my eye lately. I [...]

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pink pasta

August 8, 2012

I had several disastrously bad high school dance dates. Comically bad. My parents were the sort that encouraged us to always accept dates unless we felt we would be unsafe. So, if that meant going with the boy who shouted from across the room in the middle of class one day “HEY EMILY, WANT TO [...]

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cozy beef and mushroom ragu (gf, df)

March 26, 2012

Unfortunately for our persistent drought conditions, we’ve had very little winter weather in the desert this year. Seriously. In January, we had a picnic outside without jackets. Last week, however, the wind brought with it some chilly weather and a few storms that gave us some much needed rain (and even a little hail!). Since [...]

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zucchini and roasted pepper orzo

January 16, 2012

One of the things I still struggle with in my meal planning is side dishes. Sigh. I often get so excited/fixated on the main dish that when it’s time to set the table, I think “Oh, shoot. What should I serve with this?” In these situations, my go-to solutions are fresh fruit, good crusty bread, [...]

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meatballs marinara (gf, df)

December 5, 2011

The weekend brought with it a chilliness we couldn’t help but relish, since we’ve had temperatures in the 60′s and 70′s for the past month. (It’s hard to really feel like Christmas is coming when you’re wearing flip-flops and don’t need a jacket.) I actually love the weather here, so I hope that didn’t sound [...]

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pasta with creamy roasted pepper and basil sauce

September 5, 2011

Are you a pepper person, dear reader? Fun fact: I didn’t even know I liked bell peppers until I went to college and really, truly discovered cajun food. There are few flavors in life I relish more than peppers, onions, and a hot spicy sausage in a steaming bowl of gumbo, jumbalaya, or dirty rice. [...]

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