Chicken Parmesan with a Side of Pasta

This is another meal that can be put together in less than an hour after getting home from work. First thing I did was put the water on to boil for the pasta and the sauce on to simmer. Basically just a marinara sauce; olive oil, garlic, tomatoes, fresh basil, salt and pepper. While the…

Italian Roasted Chicken

I took a chicken out of the freezer for dinner tonight with the intentions of just roasting it. But Moe put in a request for Italian. This is actually a favourite of his and one I haven’t made for him in at least a year. Brings back fond memories of the New Marconi Ristorante Italiano…

Dinner and Dessert

Dinner was very simple to put together. Spaghetti with Bolognese Sauce. And the sauce was already made. Just had to take it out of the freezer. Home Cookin Chapter: Recipes From Thibeault’s Table Bolognese Sauce=============== My recipe. (updated February 27th, 2004) Olive oil1 1/2 pounds lean ground steak or use 1/2 lean beef and 1/2…

Four Day Summary

Mushroom and Pepperoni Pizza My four days off went quickly this week. My washer died on Friday night so we went into Victoria on Tuesday to shop for a new one. We made a quick decision on a washer and dryer, finding what we wanted in the first appliance store. Moe was happy that he…

Pasta Night

Penne with Italian Sausage One of the easiest dinners to put together after working all day. By the time the water boils and the pasta is cooked the sauce is finished. Home Cookin Chapter: Recipes From Thibeault’s Table Italian Sausage with Tomato Basil Sauce======================================= For Two 2 Italian SausageOlive oil1 to 2 cloves of Garlic1…

Friday Night’s Dinner

I put a pot of my favourite Pasta sauce on to simmer Friday morning before leaving for work. I’ve been making this sauce for over 25 years. I love the combination of rosemary with the Italian sausage. Home Cookin Chapter: Recipes From Thibeault’s Table Sausage And Rosemary Sauce========================== Adapted from Robert Alda’s recipe. 4 to…

The last of the PIzza Dough

Focaccia I used up the last of the pizza dough in a focaccia. Topped with garlic and olive oil, tomatoes, basil and salt and a few red pepper flakes.

Pizza Night – Two Nights in a Row

I followed Canadave’s instructions provided on The Pizza Making website, on how to stretch the crust, and his instructions on letting the dough rise for more than 24 hours. I used my regular Italian dough which is very similar to his recipe. One of Last Nights Pizzas I wanted to see if there was much…

Ricotta Gnocchi

Monday nights dinner – Ricotta Gnocchi in a marinara sauce served with chicken picatta on the side. Moe was still talking about the gnocchi this morning so this recipe is going into the “make often” file. I found the recipe on Not Quite Nigella’s Blog.