One of my old favorite meals was left over spaghetti with marinara sauce fried up in a pan…the sauce gets extra thick..almost sticky giving it that rich tomato flavor and the noodles got a little crunchy…basically all the flavors intensified and you were left with a plate of extra gooey, sticky pasta. The spaghetti squash is as close to that dish as I can get and it was so delicious! I took some left over Spicy Spaghetti Squash from the […]

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It’s cause for celebration. Halibut is back in season! I must admit, I used to not be so wild about eating seafood, but Halibut is so mild and fresh that I absolutely love eating it. I could eat it every day. One day, last year, I was at a Whole Foods perusing the seafood section, and the fish guy asked me if I had ever tried Halibut Cheeks. Halibut what??? I had never heard of these! And he cooked me […]

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I am always using my mom’s recipes, or someone’s grandmother’s old recipes…this is one of mine…I am the MAMMA! Marinara Sauce Ingredients (recipe inspired by Giada De Laurentiis, but tweaked a bit) 1/4 cup olive oil 1 medium yellow onion-diced 4 cloves garlic-crushed, diced, chopped…however you like it Bunch of basil 2 28 0z. cans of whole organic tomatoes with their juice 1 tablespoon oregano salt and pepper to taste Combine both cans of whole tomatoes with their juice and the bunch of […]

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Is it weird to name your dinner? It’s not like I’m calling him Bob or anything… First names are too personal for those who become my dinner. But I just couldn’t help myself, this isn’t like we’re just grilling up some pre-cut chicken breasts, this is a WHOLE chicken, and he looks like a WHOLE chicken, so, in my world, he gets a name. And I talked to him while we bathed him, rubbed him down, and stuffed him. You […]

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