Creamy and flavorful, this classic Italian rice dish includes a delicious enhancement with colorful peas! One of my favorite TV chefs to watch on television is Giada De Laurentiis on Food TV. I enjoyed reading one of her cookbooks; Giada’s Family Dinners, and prepared a great Dirty Risotto from it a few times. Dirty Risotto [...]
Posts Tagged ‘peas’
Mushroom Risotto with Peas
Posted in Dinner, Entertaining, Meatless Mondays, Recipes, Sides, tagged mushroom, peas, rice, risotto, veggies on March 13, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Celery Salad
Posted in Calorie Conscious, Cooking for One or Two, Dinner, Holiday Cooking, Meatless Mondays, Quick and Easy Weeknight meals, Recipes, Salads, tagged celery, cranberry, crunchy, nuts, peas, salad on December 30, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Crunchy, Sweet, Colorful and Flavorful! This delicious salad is good anytime since all of the the ingredients are available year round. It’s good as a side to a roast or turkey or even on its own for a light dinner. I love the crunchiness of the nuts and celery which really adds to the traditional pea [...]
Tortelinis a la Crème et aux Saucisses
Posted in Dinner, Entertaining, Pasta and Italian, Recipes, tagged pasta, peas, tortelini, Wine on August 17, 2009 | 4 Comments »
One of the things I love about home cooking is discovering a delectable recipe and preparing it so often that I know it from memory. It’s been 15 years since I first tasted this delicious pasta at my friend Peggy’s home. Both of us have made it so often since then that neither of us [...]
Colorful Layered Salad
Posted in Calorie Conscious, Dinner, Entertaining, Recipes, Salads, Sides, tagged bacon, basil, bell pepper, celery, cheese, crunch, green onion, greens, horseradish, mayonaise, olives, peas, radish, salad, splenda, texture on June 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Many years ago my friend Colleen shared her recipe for “Aunt Fern’s Salad” which I thoroughly enjoyed. Over the years I have changed the recipe and found that you can use almost any ingredients you want with it. I could probably title it “Everything But the Kitchen Sink” - but that doesn’t really sound appetizing does [...]
