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Roasted Garlic

Roasted garlic emanates a sweet, nutty flavour rather than the  usual harsh taste attributed to fresh garlic.  It is simple to do, and can be a versatile addition to  sauces and spreads.  I roasted a head of garlic today and mixed it with thyme and cream cheese for a Tomato and Roasted Garlic Cream Cheese [...]


Lemony Wagon Wheels with Goat Cheese, Spinach and Sun dried Tomato

This is a simple pasta dish, make it with something like Orecchiette or Wagon Wheels (I can’t remember their fancy Italian name).   Use whatever greens you want- Rappini, Kale, Spinach or Dandelion.  Fresh parsley works will, but could be substituted by fresh oregano if you have that on hand instead.
Lemony Wagon Wheels with Goat [...]


Pasta Amato with Baked Ricotta

I’ve talked about Pasta Amato before.  It’s the best pasta dish (and introduced to me by the Amato Clan), and so quick and simple to make- besides the whole peeling the tomato thing.  Anyway, this time I had to omit the fresh basil as I didn’t have any, so I used an Italian herb blend [...]


Baked Egg with Spinach, Fresh Basil and Mimolette

This was New Years Day food, because New Years Eve was a rough one this year, so eggs were needed the next day. This is a special baked egg because I topped it with Mimolette, one of our cheeses from the New Yrs Eve platter.  It was a pretty mild cheese and worked well on [...]