This recipe for Butternut Squash Mac n Cheesee has been tested and approved by the crowds at the Arizona State Fair. If you want the real time step by step, here’s a video from the fair! Live from the FAIR: Come out and see me at the fair by checking the dates on my Where […]
I have been making Soba Noodles with Peanut Sauce for years. It’s healthy, full of flavor and only requires a blender and a pot of boiling water. From a health standpoint, this recipe is vegan and if you sub tamari for soy sauce, it’s gluten free, too! Just make sure your soba is gluten free, […]
Lasagna is a perfect crowd-pleaser for entertaining, but today, we’re taking it one step further. Add pizza toppings to the equation, and instead of layering the noodles, roll them up. Hellooooo, pizza lasagna! That’s what we’re doing today in my kitchen as a part of the Italian Dinner Party Series. Let’s jump in the kitchen […]
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Chalk this one up to another one of those “why the heck was I scared to make…” recipes. For years, I was convinced that making homemade pasta was reserved for Italian grandmas and James Beard winners. Not so, people, not at all so. I got a bee in my bonnet to finally break out our unused […]
Deep Dish Spaghetti Pizza Pie. It’s totally, completely, exactly what it sounds like. Putting all three carb-o-licious favorites together in one crazy dinner recipe. This recipe came when I remembered back to a spaghetti pie recipe my Mom made when we were kids. The crust was spaghetti noodles held together with cheese and topped with sauce. I […]
If I had to pick a Valentine other than the Ry-guy, it would be carbs…all the carbs, in fact. Never met one that I didn’t adore. At the tippy-top of the list, just slightly under my beloved potatoes (I want to be buried with potatoes. “Here lies Simon the Spud.”) is pasta, specifically handmade, fresh […]
I get really excited when you guys request recipes. When @disguyyy asked for help with Chicken Scaloppine on Twitter, I got downright amped up and hit the internet, scouring for input on the ultimate Chicken Scaloppine. Of course, there’s the whole Scaloppini thing. Aren’t the ‘e’ and the ‘i’ both plural in Italian, because, the…nevermind, […]
“Mac and cheese, PLEASE!!!!!”, so says Mr. Blaise. Who could resist that request? I set to work to concoct a super cheesey-riffic mac and cheese for my little buddy and came up with these ooey-gooey results. Just a few notes: When buying your cheese, do not go with pre-shredded. I know, it’s super tempting. Cheese graters […]
We officially have a Halloween tradition in the Simon house. For three years now, I’ve made a big pot of spaghetti with meat sauce (Bolognese if we’re bein’ fancy) and opened up the doors to friends and family before Trick-or-Treating. After a third round of rave reviews and inquiries for a recipe, I spent today […]
Ryan loves stuffed peppers. He grew up with his Mom making the classic version with green peppers, rice and ground beef. When Traina Foods enlisted my help to create a series of recipes featuring their Sun Dried Tomato Ketchup, for some reason my brain went to Italian style stuffed peppers. Their ketchup is not like […]
