Pasta with Pesto Genovese is an Italian dish that we all had a million times; delicious, but always some plain pasta and pesto. Nevertheless, I was quite surprised learning that in native Liguria the dish is typically served with green beans and… potatoes!?!
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To our pleasant surprise, our son announced a couple of weeks ago that he wanted to cook dinner for all of us.
On the never-ending search for easy and delicious weekday dinners for the whole family, we stumbled on this gem.
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Squash is pretty versatile. Oven roasting, a mash, a hearty soup or as part of a risotto? Been there, done that. Using squash as a basis for a pasta sauce? A definite must try!!
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This dish from the Plenty More cookbook is a variation on “Baked Ziti“, the classic Italian-American oven dish.
We took Yotam Ottolenghi’s Plenty More cookbook from the bookshelf and in no time we found several vegetarian recipes to give a try.
A delicious oven bake consisting of with a cheesy egg/spinach layer in between two layers of beef mince tomato sauce. Think lasagna, minus the pasta!
An easy weekday supper based on the Orecchiette with Corn, Bacon & Parmesan recipe I found over at thebrookcook.
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I also got George Calombaris’ new cookbook Greek for my birthday. 😀
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