I just love pasta. I mean I really LOVE pasta (as if you didn’t know that by now tee hee). It’s the perfect dish. You can literally make it a million different ways. Okay I haven’t actually tested out that theory but I’m working on it! Plus I know you’re probably ready for something other than chicken! I KNOW I’ve had a lot of chicken lately, really I know, and NO in case you’re wondering I’m not tired of it *wink wink* but I have been wanting some pasta so voila a pasta dish! This dish will make you want to scrape the bowl with your finger! & It’s all because of the sauce. Not just any sauce. A creamy tomato-y basil-y melt in your mouth Mascarpone sauce *swoon*.
We’ve been snowed in since Friday & this recipe is one of the only good things that has come from it! I have serious cabin fever ppl (plus I’m almost out of wine NOT good!) I love the snow. Okay, not completely true, I love to LOOK at the snow. I’m not a cold weather girl. Now if I was on a mountain in a fabulous lodge, with loads of Ciocolatta Calda, cute snowboots, sitting in front of fireplace with nowhere to go, MAYBE! But alas, not my life.
So on day five of being snowed in, rations are getting low & me not wanting to venture out onto the icy roads, I thought let’s make some fresh pasta! I’ve obviously got the time. And all of the ingredients (surprisingly) ! I even made homemade bread yesterday! I’ve been a baking fool. Well that and the gas oven pretty much keeps the kitchen warm LOL!
This might possibly be one of the quickest & most simplest dishes you will ever make. It has only 4 ingredients but those four ingredients come together to make an incredible display of fireworks in your mouth! It’s an explosion of flavors that you won’t soon forget. The first time I ever had Spaghetti Aglio Olio e Peperoncino was at a little place in Montereale Italy called the Spaghetti House! They had EVERY kind of spaghetti you could have ever wanted & then some! You would NOT leave hungry. Mamma & her boys made sure of that. They even had mezzo plates so you could indulge yourself with two types of spaghetti! Boy I miss that place! I don’t think I ever got through all of the types of Spaghetti they had, I’d get hung up on a few favorites, but mannaggia they were just so good I couldn’t help myself ; )
Gnocchi… let me count the ways I love you ; ) tee hee, You make me SO happy! I could seriously eat you every day ; ) Yes every day, I would not tire of you. So chamelonlike. You adapt to almost anything I mix you with. So amicable. Lurve that about you. You play well with others. A quality I wish my bambini had *sigh*
Today I decided to do a basic potato gnocchi! And oh what I love with basic gnocchi is a nice simple sage buddah sauce…*swoon* Read the rest of this entry »
This is going to be harder than I thought… *sigh* but then again, anything worth it usually is…
One of my goals was to be more active, and well sadly I don’t have the luxury of being able to go to a gym. So that’s out (but if anyone out there would like to gift me a gym membership - which would have to include daycare - yes I come with strings (LOL) that’d be awesome - just sayin) I’d be happy to go outside to walk or bike but HELLO IT’S FREEZING people & I’m just not meant for the cold…So I needed to find another solution…. Voila…the wii fit… I know, crazy as it sounds I’ve managed to squeak out 30 mins each day for some me — I mean wii – time & well I can say that I have noticed a slight difference… Read the rest of this entry »
Can I just say, how much I LOVE using my kitchen torch! Any opportunity to do so & I’m in! Who wouldn’t want a plate of flaming spaghetti? I mean hello those Japanese Steak Houses aren’t so popular for no reason ; ) Spaghetti alla Fiamma, pronounced well duh I think you can get Spaghetti all-a Fee-ah-ma is a plate full of fiery pasta goodness. And you have a huge helping of peas in there too so it’s a good way to sneak in those veggies.
Who’s ready for some LASAGNE? Me, me me! As soon as the weather turns frightful (& well, hello … old man winter has indeed arrived) I feel the urge for Lasagne!
Well to be completely up front with you, this is not a quick Lasagne Recipe. So if you’re looking for QUICK, you’re going to be disappointed. You’ll be better off going & picking up a box of Lasagne from the freezer section of your grocery. Oh it’s not going to be very good, but it will be quick.
Okay, well I thought I’d give you a little reprieve from all the chicken recipes as of late - LOL! Not that I’m abandoning my dear friend Pollo or anything. Just have a CRAVING for pasta. Plus, it’s right after Thanksgiving & I’m literally stuffed. I’m going to have to break out the “roomy” pants for about a week. Don’t act like you don’t have some *wink wink* Why do I stuff myself so every year? Dimmi…. eh? And besides, I’ve held out on the pasta recipes for awhile.
So you like things a little Piccante? Well then this dish is perfect for you! It’s just the right amount of spiciness without being so overwhelming that it sets your mouth completely on fire. It definitely has a kick to it.
Some things in life are worth waiting for, and a good sauce is one of them (at least for me anyway). And no surprise then, this is one of those sauces! Bolognese Sauce pronounced bowl-own-ez-ay is an amazing, rich, beautiful, robust sauce.
