Pasta, Rice & Potatoes

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Add 1/2 tablespoon of olive oil and 1/2 tablespoon of butter to a saute pan or skillet, and heat over medium heat.Once the butter is melted, add the sliced onions, pinch of sugar, pinch of salt and pepper, and stir to combine. Reduce heat to low, and cook the…

In a 6 qt pot, bring lightly salted water to boil. Add sweet potato spirals. Cook, uncovered 2 min. Drain. In same pot, stir together pomegranate juice, honey or syrup, butter, 1/2 tsp salt, 1/4 tsp pepper, cardamom, and nutmeg over high. Bring to boiling, stirring to melt butter. Reduce heat. Simmer uncovered 5 min…

Place potatoes in preheated 400 oven and bake for 50 min or until easily pierced w fork. Allow to cool enough to handle. Peel and pass through a food mill or ricer. Reserve. In med saucepan, heat butter over low until brown. Stir in cinnamon and nutmeg. Remove from heat and stir in milk. Return…

Peel potatoes and cut into 1/2 inch cubes (about 6 c). Place in microwave-safe bowl w 2 T water and cover. Microwave on high 8-10 min or until tender. Zest orange (1/2 tsp), squeeze for juice (1/4 c). Chop parsley. Preheat small saucepan on medium 2-3 minutes. Add remaining ingredients (except parsley and potatoes); cook…

You can prepare the entire dish short of baking it in advance. You can even freeze the unbaked shells and then pop them straight from the freezer into a 350 degree oven. Just add more cooking time (about 40 minutes total) if using frozen stuffed shells. for the shells: 3 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil1…

First make the stuffing for the shells. Heat the olive oil in a large saute pan and add the onions. Season with a pinch of salt and some pepper and cook on medium heat until softened and translucent in color, about 7 minutes. Add the garlic and spinach and cook until spinach is wilted. You…

​​Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Heat the oven to 450 degrees.In a 3-quart/9-by-13-inch baking dish, toss the chopped spinach, arugula, herbs and scallion greens with 2 teaspoons salt and a few grinds of black pepper. Squeeze the mixture with your hands to wilt, then set aside.Cook the pasta in the…

Trim roots from ramps and slip off outer skins. Blanch in a 6-quart pot of boiling salted water 2-3 seconds, and transfer to a cutting board. Coarsely chop ramps and put in a blender w zest and oil. Add spaghetti to boiling water and cook a few minutes, then ladle out 1/2 c pasta water…

Cook fusilli; drain; return to kettle; cool slightly. Beat eggs; blend in onion, salt, oregano and pepper. Toss w cooled pasta. Heat butter in large skillet. Add pasta; sprinkle w grated cheese. Cook over low heat about 5 min or until underside is firm and golden. Invert “pancake” onto a cookie sheet; then slide back…

In blender, combine cream, 2T butter, mozzarella, ricotta, and flour till smooth. Pour into 1.5 qt saucepan. Cook and stir till thickened and cheese is melted. Season w nutmeg and salt and pepper to taste. Keep warm, but do not boil. In skillet, cook onion and garlic in remaining butter and oil till tender but…