pasta

We are experimenting with nuts in our cooking this month, and last weekend proved to be a mostly successful experiment. Jennie and I felt fairly confident that we understood how nuts were used in baking and sweet treats, so we …

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I love butternut squash – love it on a pizza, in my salad, on its own…but I love it even MORE in pasta! Look how beautiful it is! Here’s what you do. Put your oven up to 400, and put …

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We’re happy here at GMS that the weather has cooled down, because October is National Pasta Month – and I like my pasta hot! We at GMS love pasta in all its forms, whether homemade or dried from the store. …

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So today I wanted to bring a couple of items to your attention I find to be important, and interesting, and that I want to discuss with you! One: This article on whether organic is getting too big for it’s …

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Last night, JD, Ky and I had what I like to call a “working night” in which we whip up something new and delicious for me to share on this blog. We pour glasses of whatever our drink of choice …

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Sometimes on a week night, you just want to make a recipe that you know is delicious, quick, and will produce some leftovers. Am I right? For me, that recipe was Barefoot Contessa’s Lemon Fuisilli with Arugula. The recipe on …

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Recently we had Mary and George over for a cooking double date. We had been throwing around the idea of making homemade pasta for a few months, and finally figured out a weekend that worked for all parties. Four hours …

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I am including this recipe as a Cucina Fresca recipe because I think that people should know it’s super easy to make, and doesn’t need to be so fancy like it is over at Foodnetwork.com. It’s not that I don’t …

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Jeff and I decided to break out the KitchenAid Sunday night to make pasta. Spinach pasta. Spinach RAVIOLI, if you’re asking specifically. Ravioli filling… Spinach for the pasta dough. Chopping it up smaller, smallest. There it is, in all its …

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My friend Jenn came to town for business, and a quick visit, and while she was here we tackled the following: First you have to clean the shrimp, which to me was grosser than stuffing a turkey and killing a …

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