Category: Recipes
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Mmmmmmanicotti…
I’d say aside from chocolate, one of may favorite foods is pasta. Any kind of pasta. I usually make penne or angel hair, spaghetti or rigatoni. I rarely make stuffed pastas because they seem like so much work. I decided to try this manicotti, though, not because it seemed easier (you don’t have to boil…
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Sloppy Joes, sloppy, sloppy joes
This week has been comfort food week here at the Esquivel home. We’ve had taco salad, spaghetti with marinara sauce, and last night, sloppy joes. These sandwiches are a far-cry from those mystery-meatwiches we ate in elementary school. The sauce is all homemade, with a deep, rich flavor from the sun-dried tomatoes. We gobbled the…
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Sorbet-ish
A couple of days ago I attempted to make sorbet. I prepared the mixtures for a lemon sorbet and a chocolate sorbet, and chilled them in the fridge for a couple of hours. The containers for my ice cream maker were ready in the freezer, so about mid-afternoon, I started it up and waited impatiently…
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Dinner for one
Since Justin is working on several food accounts at work, he sometimes gets free food. Subway sandwiches, Fuddruckers fries, plus treats from paper vendors like Krispy Kreme doughnuts or pastries. This afternoon, he had a Fuddruckers “snack,” which left him full and left me fending for myself for dinner. This was my concoction: packaged salmon…
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A delectable dinner
As promised, here are the recipes for last night’s delicious dinner. And yes, I served steamed broccoli. Again. I love it! These mashed potatoes are so yummy. Leaving the skins on gives the finished dish a bit of color, and using olive oil and a bit of Parmesan makes it a little more interesting. Please…