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I am submitting this recipe for Mushroom Pasta With Truffle Oil to Presto Pasta Nights, which is being hosted this week by Three Cookies. Presto Pasta Nights is a great blogosphere get together. Here bloggers around the world unite to showcase their pasta recipes. Skip ahead to the recipe for Mushroom Pasta With Truffle Oil … Continue reading Mushroom Pasta With Truffle Oil
I am submitting this recipe for Bacon and Feta pasta to Presto Pasta Nights, which is being hosted this week by Sweet Artichoke There is a lovely cheese and wine estate just outside of Paarl and I used to visit there quite often before business became busy, and I ran out of time. Fairview estate … Continue reading Bacon And Feta Pasta
David and I have a list of countries we are going to visit, and Spain is on the list. 4 years ago we nearly went to Spain. We had wanted to go to the Indianapolis 500 (and yes, I do know that Indianapolis is in the US) but Dave said it was too far to … Continue reading Recipe For Pasta Spagnolo
I am submitting this recipe for asparagus and artichoke pasta to Presto Pasta Nights, which is being hosted this week by Once Upon A Feast My friend Jeanne who is better known as Cook Sister! recently was a key note speaker at the Food Bloggers Indaba and in her talk she recommended we submit our … Continue reading Asparagus And Artichoke Pasta
I am submitting this recipe for pasta with crayfish and mushrooms to Presto Pasta Nights, which is being hosted this week by Chez Cayenne. When Dave and I moved to Gordons Bay we were really struggling. I had a very strict budget and protein was one of the most luxurious items on my list. I bought … Continue reading Pasta With Crayfish And Mushrooms
For our honeymoon, Dave and I went to Zurich and Italy. Our first stop in Italy was Florence and we had quite a time getting there. Our flight was cancelled and we were flown to Lugano on the Swiss / Italian border and then bussed to Milan where we caught a flight to Florence. The … Continue reading Recipe For Macaroni Cheese
Italy has to be my all time favourite destination, but this only happened a year after I got married. Until then, my excursions overseas had not once included Europe. I had been to England, the United States, the Middle East, the Far East and Australia, but never to Europe. My parents decided we needed some … Continue reading Mushroom And Gorgonzola Pasta
This recipe for crayfish and mushroom pasta is one that I make often. If you take a look at the photograph of me that I used for Project Food Blog, you will see I am sitting on the boat, with a bucket of crayfish. The week after we got married, Dave and I were given … Continue reading Crayfish And Mushroom Pasta
Is it possible, that this traditional Italian starter makes you drink more? I mean, could caponata make you drunk? I read the Vinatics post - and they drank 14 bottles of Welmoed wine. The theme this month for Vinatics was a braai and at their event, two of our eminent braai persona's put the fire … Continue reading Caponata
I love patty pans and Dave loves baby marrows so when I saw a pack of mixed marrows at Woolworths I bought it, hoping to satisfy both of our taste buds. These were turned into a lovely mixed marrow pasta sauce, perfect for Tandy Tuesday. Mixed Marrow Pasta 175 g pasta of your choice, cooked … Continue reading Mixed Marrow Pasta
I know this is not a traditional recipe for pasta vongole but it is what I made for Tandy Tuesday. I love the richness of tomatoes with clams. Unfortunately, I could not get fresh clams so I used tinned ones - they are not nearly as nice, and you do not get the lovely shells … Continue reading Pasta Vongole
I am determined to make better use of my bread maker and so made my pasta dough in it. I am going to perfect the recipe before I share it, but if you are making it by hand it is really easy - for every 100g of pasta flour you need 1 egg and a … Continue reading Spinach And Ricotta Ravioli
The foodbuzz project food blog set various tasks and it was my intention to complete all of them. But, that did not happen. Life intervened and here I am, many months later sharing my idea for the pizza challenge. The taste of this is scallop pizza is unique and I will continue to experiment with … Continue reading Scallop Pizza
Peppadews ® are grown in South Africa and is the brand name established by the Limpopo based company which first started farming the product. It is a piquanté pepper which can be used in numerous dishes. When we were catering functions we would stuff the peppadews with feta and basil to serve as a canapé. I … Continue reading Peppadew Pasta
I have certain products that are a staple in my pantry cupboard. Given that I have a very small kitchen, there cannot be a lot of things I keep on hand. So, what I do keep has to be worth it. Tinned crab is one of those ingredients. It in no way compares to live … Continue reading Crab Pasta
I love mushrooms, and I had to apply some thought to this challenge so that I did not end up repeating a theme by making lasagne with mushrooms. I had wanted to make ravioli but I ran out of time and used my pasta sheets to make cannelloni. This was the first time I had … Continue reading Oyster Mushroom Cannelloni
This recipe for Chicken And Mushroom Pasta is to continue with the Tandy Tuesday theme of a pasta dish on a Tuesday. This simple and easy pasta dish is sure to be a winner. I used up some left over roast chicken so there was very little actual cooking to do. Chicken has become one of … Continue reading Chicken And Mushroom Pasta
This recipe For Marrow And Sun Dried Tomato Tapenade Pasta pasta was an attempt to use up all the leftover bits and pieces in my fridge, which included marrows and tapenade. It forms part of the Tandy Tuesday collection of pasta dishes I have been making. Marrow and Sun Dried Tomato Tapenade Pasta 2 rashers … Continue reading Marrow And Sun Dried Tomato Tapenade Pasta
Right, you are reading the title and wondering why I have put down Italian Pasta when all pasta is Italian? I created a challenge and the ingredients that had to be used were leeks, sun dried tomatoes, olives and basil. I made flavoured rolls using these exact ingredients. Not wanting anything to go to waste. I … Continue reading Italian Pasta
I could visit Italy over and over again. But as that is not always possible, I have to bring Italy to me. The beautiful truffles from the Umbria region had to be consumed within three days of opening them and so a truffle pasta dish was in order. This Tandy Tuesday meal is for a special … Continue reading Truffle Pasta