Recipe: Penne Vodka
Ingredients: 2 cans Tuttorosso plum, peeled tomatoes (blended), 1 whole bulb of garlic (minced), 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper (more or less per taste), 2 teaspoons salt, 1/2 teaspoon black pepper, 1 quart heavy cream, 3/4 cup vodka, 3/4 cup Parmesan cheese, 3 boxes penne. Directions: saute garlic in EVOO for one minute or so, add tomato puree, salt, black and red pepper and vodka. Cook on medium heat for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add heavy cream and cheese. Remove from heat...
Read MoreRecipe: Dinner rolls
Mix 1 cup warm water, 2 tsp yeast and 1/4 cup sugar. Let them mix for 5 minutes. Add 1 egg, 1 tsp salt, 2 TB oil and 3 and 1/4 cups flour (I use 2 cups whole wheat and 1 and 1/4 white flour). Kneed and let rise for one hour. Coat a cookie sheet with olive oil and your hands as well. Form rolls and let the rolls rise in a warn area for up to an hour. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.
Read MoreRecipe: Chicken Marsala
Cut chicken breast in half to make them thin (this stretches the chicken further). Prepare flour coating: 1/2 cup flour, 1 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp pepper, 1 tsp oregano, 1 tsp parsley. Coat chicken. Melt 2 TB of butter and 4 TB of olive oil in pan and brown chicken. Add 2 packages of cut, washed mushrooms. Add 1 and 1/2 cups Marsala wine. Cover and simmer 10 minutes. Turn once half way through. Simmer on low until sauce thickens. Serve over brown rice.
Read MoreRecipe: Humus
Humus: 1 can chickpeas, drained,1/4 cup tahini,1/3 cup lemon juice,1/3 cup water,2 TB olive oil,1 tsp salt,1/2 tsp cumin,1 garlic clove,1/8 tsp cayenne pepper. Blend in a blender or food processor.
Read MoreRecipe: Honey Mustard Dressing
Honey Mustard: ¼ cup olive oil, 2 TB: orange juice, honey and Dijon mustard, 1 clove of garlic minced.
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