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One-Pot Pasta Primavera with Shrimp
If you think that pasta is off limits when you’re trying to lose weight, think again. Italians eat pasta nearly every day, yet the...


Shrimp Scampi with Broccoli Orzo
In this delightful recipe adapted from Skinnytaste.com, broccoli florets are cooked together in the same pot with orzo pasta resulting in...


Eat-the-Rainbow Vegetable Soup
On a warm and sunny Spring day last year I posted a recipe for Eat-the-Rainbow Salad. Two days later it snowed. Eating cold salad while...


Ina's Split Pea Soup
You either like split pea soup or you don't. I am a big fan and I challenge doubters to make this soup and not fall for its chunky,...


Butternut Squash Chipotle Chili
Last night during halftime at the Super Bowl that the KANSAS CITY CHIEFS WON, we dined on chili. Not just any chili, though. Ours was...


Lasagna Soup
Here's one more super-easy recipe to stir up during this hectic holiday season. If you love lasagna but don't like all the effort it...


Baked Ziti with Veggies
If you were a fan of The Sopranos, you'll likely remember that Carmela Soprano made baked ziti for every occasion: births, funerals...


Instant Pot Chicken Vegetable Soup
My first recipe for 2023 -- chicken vegetable soup -- is made with frozen mixed vegetables, because who wants to chop vegetables on...


Tuna Noodle Casserole
I grew up Catholic in the 1950's and '60's, which meant that my family ate a lot of tuna noodle casseroles on Friday nights. My mom made...


Greens, Orzo and Meatball Soup
Here is an Americanized version of classic Italian Wedding Soup. Actually, this soup has no relation to weddings. The name comes from the Italian phrase "minestra maritata," or marriage soup, a reference to the delicious "marriage" of its savory ingredients. There are many renditions for Italian Wedding soup. My favorite is from Deb Perelman of Smitten Kitchen. Deb is a self-taught, talented NYC home cook who has published 3 very successful cookbooks. Her recipes range from


Lemony White Bean Soup with Turkey and Greens
Thanksgiving is over and I, for one, am tired of turkey. However, it didn't stop me from making this soup from Melissa Clark of the NYT...


Chicken Avgolemono Soup
What, you may ask, is Avgolemono? It's a classic Greek sauce made by combining raw egg and lemon juice and slowly adding them to hot...
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