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Jun 8th

strozzapreti pasta with mint, feta & peas

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pea, feta &mint pasta

This is such a simple & fresh dish, yet so tasty & fulfilling.  It also makes a great cold pasta salad for lunch the next day!

I have used strozzapreti (pronounced stroh-tzuh-PRAY-tee), mainly because I like the shape and the thickness – orecchiette (little ears), shells or bow ties would work well too.  Strozzapreti, I have discovered, is italian for ‘priest strangler’, because it is shaped like a rolled towel, although what that has to do with priests I am not entirely sure.  For more information on different pasta shapes, names and meanings, check out this website… www.foodsubs.com/PastaShapes.html

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May 3rd

cheat’s roast pumpkin wonton ravioli w/ chorizo & thyme

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roast pumpkin wonton ravioli w/ chorizo & thyme

I found the idea for cheat’s ravioli in Valli Little’s recipe book ‘Faking It – How to Cook Delicious Food without Really Trying’. Wonton ravioli is a happy meduim – a great alternative to making pasta from scratch if you are time poor, and beats store bought ravioli hands down.

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Apr 27th

broccoli, sage & bacon quiche

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Broccoli, Sage & Bacon Quiche

Mmm yum! Is all I have to say.  I haven’t had a home made quiche in years. A few weeks ago, I bought a slice of quiche from Sisco on Boundary St, Spring Hill, which reminded me how good they can be.

I love this combination – especially the gouda cheese which oozes out the top of the quiche!

I cheated a little and used pampas short crust pastry rather  than making my own and it was surprisingly very good – but will have to experiment with my own short crust pastry recipe when I try this again.

broccoli

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