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Ham, Peas, Shiitake Mushrooms Pasta

Ham, Peas, Shiitake Mushrooms Pasta
Ham, Peas, Shiitake Mushrooms Pasta sounds fussy but it’s easy to prepare and so delicious. The velvety sauce with its multi-textured elements is a treat, especially when served with a fanciful cut dried pasta, such as farfalle, rotelle, cavatappi, gemelli or ruote (wagon wheels).  Prepare mellow Ham, Peas, Shiitake Mushrooms Pasta and our Greek Cucumber…
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Sicilian Style Cauliflower Pasta

Sicilian Style Cauliflower Pasta
Sicilian Style Cauliflower Pasta is real Sicilian home cooking, humble but with flavor and texture.  Vito’s Dad would make it, adding the pine nuts only on special occasions, always advising that the pinch of nutmeg was crucial to the flavor of the dish and he was right!  Use grated sheep or goat milk cheese for…
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Italian Sausage Curry

Japanese-style Pork Curry
Italian Sausage Curry has an irreverent vibe to it. While using Italian sausage in an Indian curry might seem unusual, it yields wonderful results.  Savory and not-too-spicy, Italian Sausage Curry is delicious as is, over rice or with naan on the side.  Take your dinner international with either Sicilian Orange Salad or Greek Cucumber Tomato…
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Savory Grilled Pork Roast

Savory Grilled Roast Pork
Savory Grilled Pork Roast is so easy to prepare and tastes so good. The marinade takes just a few minutes to prepare; set the pork roast to marinate in the morning and grill it for dinner that night.  While this recipe calls for one two-to-three-pound boneless pork roast, you could easily double the recipe to…
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Middle Eastern Roasted Cauliflower

Middle Eastern Roasted Cauliflower
Cauliflower get a Middle Eastern twist on the grill in our Middle Eastern Roasted Cauliflower.  Mild cauliflower florets are grilled in a cast-iron skillet, then combined with Middle Eastern seasonings to create a very tasty, very attractive side dish at your table.  Middle Eastern Roasted Cauliflower is great with grilled meats, like our Fast and…
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Pork Marinara Pasta Sauce

Pork Marinara for Pasta
Pork Marinara Pasta Sauce or Pork “Gravy” as we say in New Jersey, is a pork-based tomato sauce which uses readily available ingredients and yields a deeply flavorful pasta sauce.  This family recipe comes from Vito’s maternal grandmother and mother who would make it a fairly often.  Oddly enough, we’ve never seen this really tasty…
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Beef and Green Beans Stir-Fry

Beef and Green Beans Stir Fry
The inspiration for our Beef and Green Beans Stir-Fry came from a Chinese cooking class Jan’s mom took in the Netherlands when he was in grade school. It was a special dish his parents would prepare together for themselves on the weekends, as this was considered “not food for kids”; the kids had more everyday…
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Asparagus Prosciutto Shrimp Pasta

Farfalle Pasta with Asparagus, Prosciutto and Shrimp
This is recipe is a great way to enjoy the fresh and delicate flavors of asparagus, prosciutto and shrimp. Farfalle (butterflies), also known as bowties, are a fun pasta which works really well here. The different colors, shapes and textures of the asparagus, prosciutto, shrimp, pasta and sauce combine to make Asparagus Prosciutto Shrimp Pasta…
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