Main Dish – Meatless

Smoked Mozzarella and Penne Spinach Salad

April 25, 2011

This simple spinach and pasta salad makes for a quick and tasty weeknight dinner. I served this as a meatless meal with these buttery crescent rolls alongside, but you could easily add grilled chicken to the salad to make a more complete, hearty meal. A tangy, fresh, light dressing compliments the tender spinach and pasta [...]

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Penne with Roasted Asparagus and Balsamic Butter

April 15, 2011
Asparagus Pasta with Balsamic Butter

Let me take the liberty of ordering you around for a second: 1) Get yourself to the store and buy some fresh asparagus. Now. (Pretty please.) 2) Come home. Put some water on to boil. A little balsamic vinegar on to simmer. Roast up that asparagus. 3) Throw this pasta together. (Yes, it really is [...]

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Lasagna Primavera

September 3, 2010
Lasagna Primavera

*I’ve updated another two of my favorite recipes with new pictures and notes added to the recipe: This delicious basil coconut curry and one of the most delicious ways to serve up pork tenderloin. My husband’s comment mid-forkful of this lasagna: “Who knew a veggie lasagna could be so filling!” And I breathed a sigh [...]

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Classic and Simple: Black Beans and Rice

June 1, 2010
Black Beans and Rice

In the past, the thought of making beans and rice for dinner was utterly and absolutely not exciting to me. I don’t know why. I think I’ve been ruined by the rush of making exciting recipes that aren’t made up almost entirely of beany beans (no offense to the humble legume). Enter my husband who [...]

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Super Bean Burritos

January 26, 2010

I think I mentioned a while back that I was on a quest, The Great Bean Crusade to be precise, to get my children to eat beans (the non-green bean variety since they eat those pretty well) without gagging and complaining. In my efforts to do so, I gathered bean recipes from all of my [...]

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Best Baked Manicotti

September 28, 2009

We love manicotti at our house. I’ve tried a zillion recipes, and all of them have been so-so. Until this one. From America’s Test Kitchen, this is hands down, the best manicotti ever. I’ve been making it for months now and I don’t think I’ll ever be able to try another recipe. The novel idea [...]

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