UPDATE: Kim O’Donnel of Washingtonpost.com recreated mom’s dish and wrote about her results in her blog!
It’s been a while since my last entry (thankfully I’ve been pretty busy.) Over Christmas I had the pleasure of recollecting how much I love and miss mom’s pasta e fagioli or pasta and beans.
This dish was a peasant’s dish [...]
This is a simple Chicken Marsala platter my sister cooked for Easter. We tend to eat this every year and I decided I’d get the recipe this go. This photo doesn’t do it justice (This is the aftermath of Easter.)
Materials
Medium size frynig pan
Medium size baking/lasagna pan
Liquid measuring cup
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Serves 4
Ingredients:
2 Handfuls sun dried tomatoes
2 White onions
1/2 Can black olives
10 small capers or 5 large ones
Oregano
Salt
Pepper
1 Handful basil
Olive oil (extra virgin, first press)
Preparation:
Chop the sun dried tomatoes much smaller (get the pieces to the size of your thumbnail) Place them in a mixing bowl. Place a pinch of oregano in the mix (Mom uses [...]
This got me through college. All 14 1/2 years of undergrad.
Ingredients:
5 Large Tomatoes (Can substitute with 2 cans of tomatoes)
First Press Olive Oil (Look Close on the container and it will say what press)
Fresh Basil Leaves (Can substitute with the spice rack kind but shouldn’t)
3 Cloves Garlic
1/4 – 1/2 Full red onion ( the amount [...]