Marinated Zucchini
Zucchini a Scapece ~ Cooking a scapece involves frying your vegetables, then marinating them in garlic, vinegar and mint. Carrots and eggplants are also great prepared in this manner....
Rosemary Garlic Roasted Potatoes
This is probably one of my favorite recipes for potatoes. you can either roast baby potatoes or use larger sized potatoes and cut them into equal sized pieces as...
Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes
This is one of those easy recipes that is typical of rustic country cooking, and adding roasted garlic to basic mashed potatoes really brings them up to a new...
Pasta Stuffed Peppers
This is a great light entre suitable for any time of the year, and I prefer to serve it at room temperatures so the flavors are enhanced. I find...
Grilled Mixed Sweet Peppers
We grill our peppers using this method in the summer months when we use the grill for much of our cooking to try and keep the kitchen cool. I...
Spicy Sautéed Broccoli Rabe
Broccoli Rabe Saltate ~ A sautéed dish that is nice paired with almost any entree. Broccoli Rabe (pronounced Broccoli Rob) is also referred to as rabe or rapini. This...
Dandelion Greens With Garlicky Croutons
This is rustic, country cooking at it’s best. This sautéed bitter greens vegetable dish topped with crispy garlicky crumbs is great with almost any entree. I love the contrast...
Endive al Forno
Endive is a bitter green that completely changes both it’s texture and flavor when slowly braised. It becomes a tender vegetable with a much more mellow flavor and is...
