Posts Tagged ‘olive oil’

A Winter Favorite – Tomato Basil Soup

Thursday, December 18, 2008 19:38 10 Comments

We stayed cuddled up warm and cozy at home this last weekend and made a pot of soup using this fresh tomato soup recipe, which we ate piping hot with grilled cheese sandwiches. It was not a glamorous meal, but it certainly fit the chilly winter wonderland scene we could see out our windows.

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Antipasti Addition — Sautéed Olives and Herbs

Monday, December 15, 2008 19:01 3 Comments

In both of our families, at major holidays (especially Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter), one of our aunts will open a can of black olives to put on the dinner table.  We both grew up with this practice, but when we started hosting some of the holiday dinners at our home we started wondering what we [...]

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A Delicious and Easy Chicken Carbonara Recipe

Monday, December 8, 2008 20:18 8 Comments

A few years ago we were eating at one of our then favorite restaurants in Seattle, Palomino, when I tried their carbonara.  Carbonara has always been one of our favorite Italian pasta recipes, and I had had carbonara in other restaurants previously.  However, on this particular day for some reason it struck me as completely [...]

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