When a dish like Grilled Salmon and Lemon Garlic Spaghetti come along, you eat lots of it and then blog about it. If you eat as much salmon as we do, it's nice to find alternative ways to enjoy it without the monotony. This Grilled Salmon and Lemon Garlic Spaghetti will "wake up" your taste buds and have you asking for more. The perfect weekday meal should consist of the following: simple ingredients, light prep work and dinner on the table in under 30 minutes. Am I right? Best part is, … [Read more...] about Grilled Salmon and Lemon Garlic Spaghetti
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Spaghetti with Herb Garlic Confit Marinara and Spicy Mini Meatballs
There's nothing more comforting to me than a plateful of spaghetti and meatballs. This recipe for Spaghetti with Herb Garlic Confit Marinara and Spicy Mini Meatballs is a "kicked up" version using basic ingredients along with our Herbal Fusion and Spicy Barbacoa blend. For this recipe, I used my favorite jar of @Bertolli Organic Olive Oil, Basil and Garlic pasta sauce and an extra can of Hunt's Sauce. Honestly, the only time I actually want to make homemade sauce is in the wintertime. Therefore … [Read more...] about Spaghetti with Herb Garlic Confit Marinara and Spicy Mini Meatballs
Summer Pasta From A Farmer’s Market Bounty
This summer pasta is light, delicious and bursting with an abundance of farmer's market vegetables and herbs. A welcomed, bright change from the typical marinara sauce. Spaghetti, lasagna, fettuccine, ravioli, gnocchi...I haven't met an Italian dish with pasta that I didn't like. Ever. I love pasta. Every year for my birthday in January, I request Italian sausage lasagna with marinara sauce, bread to dip into parmesan cheese and olive oil, along with a nice big, fresh salad. This dish … [Read more...] about Summer Pasta From A Farmer’s Market Bounty
Caprese Orzo Pasta and lessons in the kitchen
I taught my first cooking classes in April 2015. It was a pretty exciting time to showcase in person how wonderful our herb and spice blends are to elevate flavor, even in the simplest of dishes. The menu of items to be cooked, including my Caprese Orzo Pasta, would showcase my spice blends in 2 separate, 1-1/2 hour cooking demonstrations. The menu consisted of an appetizer, 2 side-dishes, 2 entrees and 2 desserts. During the first cooking class, French bread was burned in the oven (rookie,) … [Read more...] about Caprese Orzo Pasta and lessons in the kitchen