by Don Collins | Jan 17, 2025 | Recipes
It’s Saturday, January 18 Menus and shopping lists for January 19 – 24 and January 26 – 31 Another great week of dining awaits. It’s time to plan ahead and create your grocery orders. Many of us have turned to online shopping apps and grocery...
by Don Collins | Jan 16, 2025 | Comfort Food, Ground Meat, Italian, Pasta, Recipes
Pasta Bolognese Today, you’ll add another recipe to your repertoire of pasta sauces. Pasta Bolognese (or pasta Bologna-style). That, however, would not be pasta made with cheap lunch meet slices. Bologna is a region in Northern Italy where they enjoy this version of...
by Don Collins | Jan 15, 2025 | beans/lentils, Greens Recipes, Middle Eastern, Recipes
Curried Kale with Bulgur and Lentils Another cold weather variations of kale awaits. These greens can be traced back 2,000 years to Austria/Hungary and they are a not-so-distant relative to broccoli and cauliflower. The villagers called it “capuzzo.” We call it kale....
by Don Collins | Jan 14, 2025 | Comfort Food, Dinner Salads, Fish/Seafood, Recipes
Caesar Salad with Smoked Salmon The classic Caesar is a standard offering at the American table and tonight it’s on the menu. This version includes Romaine lettuce, cucumbers, red bell pepper, onions and tomatoes. We’ll compliment this Caesar with leftover smoked...
by Don Collins | Jan 13, 2025 | beans/lentils, Featured Vegetable Meals, Italian, Recipes, Soups
Tuscan White Bean and Cabbage Soup This Italian-style soup uses Cannellini Beans (you also can use Great Northern beans) with onion, garlic, fennel, cabbage and sweet peppers in a tomato base with basil and oregano. Get ready for comfort-food to warm you on cold a...
