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Home » Recipe Index » Pasta, Rice & Grains

Pasta, Rice & Grains

Autumn Farro Salad with Tart Cherries, Kale, Pecans, and Honeycrisp Apples

November 1, 2020 by Cara Kretz 6 Comments

Autumn Farro Salad

Autumn Farro Salad with Tart Cherries, Kale, Pecans, and Honeycrisp Apples ...

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Filed Under: A Cookbook, Pasta, Rice & Grains, Recipe Index, Super Healthy, Vegetables & Salads Tagged With: farro, salad

Paella on the Grill

September 27, 2020 by Cara Kretz 6 Comments

Paella

Spanish Paella is an amazing and easy homemade meal! Layers of seafood, ...

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Filed Under: A Cookbook, Grand Prix Recipes, Pasta, Rice & Grains, Popular, Recipe Index Tagged With: chicken, F1, Grand Prix, lobster, popular, rice, sausage, seafood, shrimp

Italian Summer Pasta Salad

June 12, 2020 by Cara Kretz 5 Comments

Pasta Salad is a great family party dish. This recipe uses a red wine ...

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Filed Under: A Cookbook, Old School Italian Recipes, Pasta, Rice & Grains, Recipe Index Tagged With: healthy, italian, pasta, salad

Best Buckwheat Gingerbread Waffles and they are Gluten-Free!

May 19, 2020 by Cara Kretz Leave a Comment

Buckwheat Gingerbread Waffles

I love waffles! These Buckwheat Gingerbread Waffles are healthy AND ...

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Filed Under: A Cookbook, All American Cuisine, Gluten-Free, Pasta, Rice & Grains, Recipe Index, Super Healthy Tagged With: gluten-free, waffles

Amazing Fried Polenta Cakes with Pesto

March 25, 2020 by Cara Kretz Leave a Comment

Fried Polenta & Pesto

Guest Post: Credit for this creative and delicious polenta recipe goes to ...

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Filed Under: Appetizers, Easy Weeknight Meals, Gluten-Free, Pasta, Rice & Grains, Pasta, Risotto & Farro Tagged With: appetizer, gluten-free, polenta

Orecchiette Pasta with Peas & Pancetta

February 22, 2020 by Cara Kretz 4 Comments

Pea & Pancetta Orecchiette Pasta

Pasta with Peas and Pancetta is one of our family favorites. Orecchiette ...

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Filed Under: A Cookbook, Pasta, Rice & Grains, Recipe Index Tagged With: italian, orchiette, pancetta, pasta, peas, recipe

Cara’s Marinara Sauce with San Marzano tomatoes

August 29, 2019 by Cara Kretz 9 Comments

Marinara is the basic tomato sauce for many Italian dishes. My version is ...

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Filed Under: A Cookbook, Old School Italian Recipes, Pasta, Rice & Grains, Recipe Index Tagged With: healthy, pasta, san marzano, vegetarian

Marisa’s Pasta Fagioli (Pasta Fazool)

January 13, 2019 by Cara Kretz 11 Comments

pasta fazool

Pasta Fagioli or Pasta with Beans is a comfort food from my childhood. The ...

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Filed Under: A Cookbook, Old School Italian Recipes, Pasta, Rice & Grains, Popular, Recipe Index, Soups Tagged With: beans, escarole, healthy, pasta, soup

Sweet Potato Gnocchi Fried in Brown Butter With Fresh Sage

November 20, 2018 by Cara Kretz Leave a Comment

Sweet Potato Gnocchi Fried in Brown Butter

Sweet Potato Gnocchi Fried in Brown Butter with Sage are addictive! It ...

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Filed Under: A Cookbook, Old School Italian Recipes, Pasta, Rice & Grains, Recipe Index, Vegetables Tagged With: sweet potatoes, thanksgiving

Bucatini all’Amatriciana is Simple and Delicious

October 30, 2018 by Cara Kretz Leave a Comment

Bucatini all'Amatriciana

Bucatini all'Amatriciana is a wonderful weeknight pasta dish made with ...

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Filed Under: A Cookbook, Old School Italian Recipes, Pasta, Rice & Grains, Pasta, Risotto & Farro, Recipe Index

Caramelized Onion, Mushroom and Spinach Lasagna

October 7, 2018 by Cara Kretz 1 Comment

Caramelized Onion Mushroom Spinach Lasagna

Caramelized Onion, Mushroom, & Spinach Lasagna is delicious, light and ...

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Filed Under: Old School Italian Recipes, Pasta, Rice & Grains, Recipe Index Tagged With: lasagna, vegetarian

Gluten Free Penne Puttanesca

October 1, 2017 by Cara Kretz Leave a Comment

Gluten Free Penne Puttanesca

Quinoa Penne Puttenesca is a delicious Italian pasta and it is incidental ...

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Filed Under: A Cookbook, Gluten-Free, Pasta, Rice & Grains, Recipe Index, Super Healthy Tagged With: pasta, quinoa

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