lasiciliana's Profile

i actually want to make smoothies for my son, 1 years old, I think he would LOVE them. He loves yogurt, bananas and milk...what else do you need?

i rarely use my slow cooker to make stews, mostly use it to cook larger meats and chicken. I actually made a pot roast with veggies in it yesterday while I ran a 5K race with friends.

I usually use chicken thighs because they just come out juicier and I like to use various sauces, sesame ginger for an asian twist, bbq sauces, lemon caper sauce, whatever .... serve with rice and a salad or slaw...

same goes for large piece of pork or beef.

Love it!

OMG this pizza looks amazing! I love this time of year, root veggies are my favorite!

friday night we were lazy so we got take out pizza from a local place ...it was really good.

Saturday I found some bone in pork ribs at my local grocery store on sale that tempted me. I slathered them in an asian seasoning mix and put them in the slowe cooker for a few hours. Then for the last hour I poured in some sweet and spicy Thai sauce... served with sticky white rice and steamed sugar snap peas. YUM

Yesterday I was still in a slow cooked kick so I put some bone in chicken breasts in there with a southwest seasoning mixture and let them cook. Once cooked I shredded the chicken and made burritos with chili verde sauce.

i have leftovers of both in my fridge so I'll be eating both meals again today and tomorrow.

not a fan of split pea soup but i had it recently with barley at Califorina Pizza Kitchen and now I'm itching to make it. so I might give that a try sometime this week...and since it's suppose to rain all week that might be a good thing to make.

no way I can pick just one, here are some of my favorites:

-mix ricotta with pesto, toss with hot spaghetti and top parmesan cheese

- make a mixture of raw chopped tomato, minced garlic, olive oil, salt, pepper and basil and toss with hot spaghetti and top with parmesan cheese

- saute yellow squash and onions, crumble in some spicy sausage, mix in a tablespoon of dijon mustard and a little pasta water to make a sauce. Toss with whole wheat penne and top with parm cheese, drizzel of EVOO and fresh black pepper (I know sounds weird but it's REALLY good)

i've done it many times... it depends on how hungry I am. Sometimes eggs and toast just won't cut it for me...

Malbec is the only red wine i like...and I drink plenty of it.

thanks for the listing, i'm going to have to expand my wine closet with these ...

i'm a big fan of sandwiches for breakfast... whole grain bread (sliced, pita or wrap), cheese (spread or slice) and veggies...

easy to eat while i'm driving, communting, walking or eating at my desk.

@oncahuenga... check out this blog: http://noteatingoutinny.com/
this woman challenged herself to not eat out for a year.

everyone is making such yummy things this weekend... all this cooking inspiration!

I've cooked/am cooking:
- homemade pizza with anchovies (friday night)
- cauliflower ragu (traditional sicilian sauce of onions, anchovies, tomato paste, steamed cauliflower, pine nuts and rasins - YUM) can be served over ww pasta or as a side.
- scrambled eggs wth sauted onions, zucchini and mozzerella cheese

don't know what i'm going to make tonight but i've got some great produce in the fridge waiting for me to use up.

I agree with Cooks Illustrated...

I prefer the tastier ww pasta over regular white pasta anyday but it totally depends on the sauce. Traditional sunday tomato sauce with meatballs looses it's richness when paired with a ww pasta, they are two strong flavors that clash. same would go for sometime as delicate as picatta sauce... the ww pasta is to strong flavored.

I like ww pastas with veggie bases... roasted veggies tossed with ww pasta drizzled with olive oil and dusted with romano cheese. YUM