Tag: basil

Chicken, Main, Pasta

Chicken Parmesan with Fresh Tomato Sauce

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My Chicken Parm with Fresh Tomato Sauce is so much tastier than regular old Chicken Parm. Making the sauce is a bit of a process, because you need to peel fresh plum tomatoes and then chop all of them up. But it’s worth that energy, especially when tomatoes are in […]

Pasta, Side Dish, Vegetarian

Quick Ditalini and Plum Tomatoes

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Sometimes a dish with the quickness is just what you need. That’s how I feel about this Ditalini (Or Elbows) with Plum Tomatoes. It’s so fresh and can be eaten on its own as a light dinner or lunch or as a side. I add a bit of red pepper […]

Italian, Pasta, Soups

Minestrone

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Minestrone is one of my faves and this recipe from wonderful cookbook called The Food Lab by J. Kenji Lopez-Alt is absolutely fabulous. It was such a wonderful use of my Jersey Fresh veggies. I particularly love that it calls for fresh cherry tomatoes. The taste is so fresh! A […]

Salads, Side Dish, Uncategorized, Vegetables, Vegetarian

Zucchini Salad

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Teresa Giudice’s Zucchini Spaghetti Salad from her Skinny Italian cookbook is a wonderful starter or side dish. It really lets the zucchini shine. So make this when the zucchs are in season, which is now, now, now in my lovely Garden State. Yay! It is light and refreshing and packed […]

Appetizers, Italian, Vegetarian

Roasted Caprese

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My Roasted Caprese is the perfect appie or side on these lazy summer nights when you don’t feel like cooking much but want to taste the flavor of the season. I always have all of these ingredients on hand: And of course garlic, basil and the co-stars: grape tomatoes and […]