Category: pasta
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Spaghetti squash with mushroom cashew alfredo, brussels and hazelnuts
I was not really thinking about putting this dish on my blog. When I came up with the recipe, it was really all about the textures and look in my mind. And eventually it turned out to be a very flavorful dish. When my husband came home in the evening, tasted it, and I heard “hmmmmm…
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Zucchini “cannelloni” with kohlrabi filling and red pepper sauce
I made this raw vegan dish after hosting a dinner, having some leftover lemon basil pesto and myself feeling really “heavy” with all the cooking and also eating and drinking…. So the next day I really wanted to have a very light dinner and also making good use of my leftover. Raw vegan pasta reminiscent…
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Summery spinach and herb gnudi
Last year I attended a farm to table bootcamp at the Culinary Institute of America, in St Helena, Napa Valley. It was a really great experience that taught me a lot about sustainable farming and wine making. I also got to spend every day at the CIA kitchen, cooking farm fresh, California produce driven dishes.…
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Zucchini pasta
Summer squash….. There is no way you can put them in any other season. The name says it all. They are great raw, cooked, roasted, grilled, you name it. The other day I made a very light and pretty salad using summer squash. To make it look really good I shaved them into very thin…
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Lemon basil pasta with baked salmon
I have been making this pasta for about 20 years….. I am sure everyone coming to us for dinner had this at some point :). It is an amazingly flavorful dish which is the direct result of fresh lemon juice, lemon zest, garlic and basil. The sauce itself is something like a cross between a pesto and…
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Sumac spiced goat cheese pasta with sweet corn and blistered tomatoes
So here we are. SUMMER. Almost. The produce at the market definitely has changed and the summer staples are slowly popping up. Lucky me. I decided to come up with a few summer eats for a contest, but I was surely not prepared to buy some imported, bland tomatoes or watermelon. Because for me these…
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