On the never-ending search for easy and delicious weekday dinners for the whole family, we stumbled on this gem.
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Spaghetti with a Creamy Butternut Squash Sauce
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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Grilled Pasta with Feta by Yotam Ottolenghi
This dish from the Plenty More cookbook is a variation on “Baked Ziti“, the classic Italian-American oven dish.
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Tagliatelle with Walnuts and Lemon by Yotam Ottolenghi
We took Yotam Ottolenghi’s Plenty More cookbook from the bookshelf and in no time we found several vegetarian recipes to give a try.
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Mozzarella Beef Florentine by Mary Berry
A delicious oven bake consisting of a cheesy egg/spinach layer in between two layers of beef mince tomato sauce. Think lasagna, minus the pasta!
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Orecchiette with Mushrooms, Sweetcorn and Bacon
An easy weekday supper based on the Orecchiette with Corn, Bacon & Parmesan recipe I found over at thebrookcook.
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Spanakoriso by George Calombaris + Spanakoriso Arancini
I also got George Calombaris’ new cookbook Greek for my birthday. 😀
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Asparagus, Pea and Fennel Risotto with Chopped Pistachios
Not too many changes were made to this fennel risotto recipe I posted last year. The original was already really tasty, but I decided to add a bunch of griddled green asparagus and fresh peas. Consequently, a really nice summer risotto chuck full or veggies.
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Lasagna by Tom Kerridge
I was looking for a ragu bolognese in Tom Kerridge’s cookbook Best Ever Dishes and found this very interesting lasagna recipe.
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Mushroom “Risoniotto” (revisited)
Last week was mainly revisiting some earlier recipes that we liked very much
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Melanzane Alla Parmigiana (revisited)
Last week was about revisiting some of our favorite recipes.
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Pasta with Savoy Cabbage, Mushrooms, Garlic and Chilli Pepper
Another delicious and quick veggie weekday supper based on a Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall recipe from his “River Cottage Veg” cookbook.
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Chicken Parmesan with Oven Roasted Tomato Sauce
A classic American-Italian dish.
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Pearl Barley “Risotto” with Roasted Butternut Squash
Another tasty risotto inspired dish by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall.
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Mushroom “Risoniotto” by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
This quick risotto-type pasta dish comes from his “River Cottage Veg: 200 Inspired Vegetable Recipes” cookbook.
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Lemon and Aubergine Risotto by Yotam Ottolenghi
Aubergine 2 ways: crispy fried cubes on top and smoky grilled flesh in a zesty lemon risotto…
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Gnocchi with a Creamy Mushroom Sauce
I got some packets of De Cecco’s mini gnocchi, chicche di patate, so started looking for recipes to find a sauce that was not the standard browned butter with sage leaves.
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Sweet Corn Risotto
This risotto hails from Georgia and originally comes from Morgan Murphy’s cookbook “Southern Living Off the Eaten Path: On the Road Again: More Unforgettable Foods and Characters from the South’s Back Roads and Byways”
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Saffron Risotto by Ferran Adrià
Ferran Adrià of El Bulli fame finishes the risotto with a garnish of paper-thin slices of mushrooms.
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Pancetta and Sage Risotto by Ursula Ferrigno
A straight forward “pantry” risotto for a delicious weekday supper.
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Mac ‘n Cheese by Marco Pierre White
When the grown-ups indulge in culinary experimentation, it’s always a challenge to make something easy and more suitable for the kids. This time they were quite vocal about it and demanded Mac ‘n Cheese! Luckily, I had this version by Marco Pierre White still in my culinary bucket list.
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