Risotto is one of those foods that I just can’t live without. Put me on a deserted island (or better yet, a dessert-ed island) somewhere and I think I’d really need pasta & or Arborio rice, parmesan cheese and heavy cream to survive. I feel about risotto the way the clichéd woman feels about chocolate. [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘pork’
July 20, 2010
Penne alla Papalina
This weekend I had the awesome opportunity to do this. Me, Mario and my friend Kelly. “To Laura, Pasta is love. Mario Batali” Pasta is love. He knows me so well already. Kelly and I were standing in the very long line to meet Mario and I started flipping through my new copy of his [...]
October 23, 2009
Bacon-Wrapped Herbed Venison
At the rate we’re going, Brian’s venison is going to be gone before bow season even ends! This was our 2nd attempt at a new venison recipe and, sadly, I can take very little credit for this. The entire concept was Brian’s (which I believe he adapted from his brother). Kudos, men. It was fabulous. [...]
September 14, 2009
Pasta ala Pam & Roasted Cherry Tomatoes
Also known as Sausage, spinach, and roasted cherry tomato pasta. But that’s a super-wordy name. A mouthful (get it. food? mouthful? I’m hilarious, I know. I crack me up) Brian’s Aunt Pam is just one of those women- Her home is gorgeous and always immaculately clean, she makes 5 star quality food without a recipe [...]
September 4, 2009
Quick Ginger Pork
Ingredients: 3/4-1 lb pork, cut into bite sized pieces (I also use chicken, as in the photo above) 4 cloves of garlic, minced vegetable oil 1/2 C soy sauce (I recommend lower sodium. otherwise this gets salty) 1t. ginger 1 t. sugar 2C water 4 slightly rounded T. cornstarch 1 head of broccoli Directions: Saute [...]
August 6, 2009
Sausage Spinach Stuffed Shells
Remember how I said that I used to not like stuffed shells? Well, now I can’t get enough of them! I concocted these when I had a package of sausage out of the freezer that I had intended on using for something else which fell threw. The spinach needed to be used so I [...]
April 5, 2009
Pork Chops with Balsamic-Maple Glaze
Ingredients: 2 pork chops (I 3 since they were small-ish) 2 tsp. herbs de Provence salt and pepper 2 tsp. olive oil 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar 1 Tbsp. pure maple syrup Direction: Pat the pork chops dry and rub each side with the seasoning, salt and pepper. Heat the oil over medium heat in a large [...]
October 13, 2008
Apple-Stuffed Pork Loin with Cider Sauce
Ingredients: For the stuffing: 2 Tbs. olive oil 1 1/2 cups chopped Golden Delicious or other baking apple (I used Northern Spy apples) 1 cup chopped yellow onion 1 garlic clove, finely chopped (I used 3 smallish cloves) 1/2 cup finely chopped dried apples or 1/2 cup finely chopped dried apricots (I used apricots) 1/4 [...]
