Prosciutto, Mozzarella and Sweet Onion Panini
Posted on November 13, 2007 - Filed Under sandwich | 1 Comment
What’s the best thing about this sandwich? It tickles the taste buds. You have contrasting sweet, salty and smooth flavors that complement each other and a good hearty crunch of a panini. It’s everything I could ever ask for in a sandwich. In fact, I ate one and a half of these bad boys for [...]
Read More..>>Sign of the times? Italian Panko Steak
Posted on November 12, 2007 - Filed Under beef | 1 Comment
Maybe it’s a sign of the times or something. When I was grocery shopping recently, I picked up a box of Panko crumbs and bought them. Only later did I realize that they were in fact Italian panko. Italian panko?!? They lacked the light texture of regular Japanese panko and were considerably larger, thicker, etc. [...]
Read More..>>Super Easy Low-Fat Oven Fries
Posted on November 11, 2007 - Filed Under potatoes | 3 Comments
Not the best picture, I’ll admit. But this is one of those “gotta try it” recipes. I love French fries (but I don’t love the damage they do to my weight) and always have. McDonald’s fries were my first, but I have had some awesome ones since them. In fact, I still salivate over delicious [...]
Read More..>>Oatmeal, Soluble Fiber and a Recipe
Posted on November 11, 2007 - Filed Under DDC, Eat Local, breakfasts | 1 Comment
After two years of blogging (yes! Cucina Bella turned 2 yesterday! YIPPEEEE! Who knew this on-a-whim experiment with food writing would last this long?!?), it should be no surprise that I am finding the need to return to subjects I’ve touched on before. Specifically, oatmeal.
I originally wrote about oatmeal for Fit Fare (before I was [...]
Celebrating Two Years of Cucina Bella
Posted on November 10, 2007 - Filed Under Blog news | 1 Comment
Who knew? When I wrote my very first post two years ago, on a recipe that I still make from my days of eating the (blech) Atkins way, I was so nervous. How would it be received? Would people care what I had to say about cooking? And were my cooking skills good enough for [...]
Read More..>>Kid Approved: Garlic Tomato Spaghetti Squash
Posted on November 5, 2007 - Filed Under ARF, pasta, vegetables, vegetarian | 4 Comments
The first, and only, time I had spaghetti squash was years ago in college. While studying at the Biosphere 2, I was invited to a dinner at another girl’s apartment. Spaghetti squash with a tomato sauce was one of the meals she served. I remember being apprehensive, but trying it. I was shocked. It really [...]
Read More..>>Has it really been a week?
Posted on November 3, 2007 - Filed Under Blog news | Leave a Comment
Sigh. Sometimes, life is just too busy for me to cook. With Halloween in the middle of the week, my work schedule was . . . hectic. Wednesday is a major day for me, so to have to leave early makes it tricky to get everything done. Which stinks. Majorly.
But I have a cauliflower, spaghetti [...]
