Happy Monday Friends!
Hope everyone had a fantastic weekend. We spent Super Bowl Sunday with great friends, enjoying delish food and some adult beverages of course. To be honest, I didn't really watch the game but I sure loved the half time show!
Hope everyone had a fantastic weekend. We spent Super Bowl Sunday with great friends, enjoying delish food and some adult beverages of course. To be honest, I didn't really watch the game but I sure loved the half time show!
Here's what we have cooking in our kitchen this week:
Monday: Pork Tacos from a leftover pork roast a few days ago. Yum! We will most likely use whatever else we have in the fridge right now for these (maybe some shredded cabbage, cilantro, sour cream, cheese).
Tuesday: Grilled Chicken Cordon Bleu with sauteed spaghetti squash- We've made this quite a few times as well, especially during the summer months. We use some fresh Havarti cheese instead of what the recipe calls for.
Wednesday: Orecchiette with Spicy Sausage and Broccoli Rabe - This is a Giada recipe that we've made before from Giada's Everyday Italian Cookbook. We had a hard time finding the Orecchiette pasta noodles, so we use the Campanelle noodles, which seem somewhat similar. :) Sometimes it's also hard to find broccoli rabe...so we've just used regular ole broccoli. You can also use any sausage pretty much too. Chicken sausage, turkey sausage, italian sausage, or pork sausage. We like to use a spicy pork or turkey. This is a light pasta, but it's so yummy! The exact recipe from her book is not found online, so here you go...
Ingredients:
Salt
2 bunches of broccoli rabe, stalks trimmed and quartered clockwise
12 oz dried orecchiette pasta or other small shaped pasta
3 tbsp olive oil
1 lb spicy chicken, pork, turkey or italian sausage (casings removed)
3 garlic cloves - minced
Pinch of dried crushed red pepper flakes
1/4 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese or pecorino romano cheese
1/2 tsp ground black pepper
Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the broccoli rabe and cook until crisp-tender, about 1 minute. Strain the broccoli rabe, reserving all the cooking liquid. Set the broccoli rabe aside. Cook the pasta in the same pot of boiling water until tender but still firm to the bite, stirring occasionally, about 8 minutes. Drain, reserving 1 cup of the cooking liquid.
Meanwhile, in a large, heavy skillet, heat the oil over a medium heat. Add the sausage and cook, breaking up with a spoon, until the sausage is brown and juices form, about 8 minutes. Add the garlic and red pepper flakes, and sauté until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add the broccoli rabe and toss to coat. Add the pasta and enough reserved cooking liquid, 1/4 cup at a time, to moisten. Stir the parmesan cheese, salt to taste, and pepper into the pasta mixture. Transfer to pasta bowls and serve.
Ingredients:
Salt
2 bunches of broccoli rabe, stalks trimmed and quartered clockwise
12 oz dried orecchiette pasta or other small shaped pasta
3 tbsp olive oil
1 lb spicy chicken, pork, turkey or italian sausage (casings removed)
3 garlic cloves - minced
Pinch of dried crushed red pepper flakes
1/4 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese or pecorino romano cheese
1/2 tsp ground black pepper
Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the broccoli rabe and cook until crisp-tender, about 1 minute. Strain the broccoli rabe, reserving all the cooking liquid. Set the broccoli rabe aside. Cook the pasta in the same pot of boiling water until tender but still firm to the bite, stirring occasionally, about 8 minutes. Drain, reserving 1 cup of the cooking liquid.
Meanwhile, in a large, heavy skillet, heat the oil over a medium heat. Add the sausage and cook, breaking up with a spoon, until the sausage is brown and juices form, about 8 minutes. Add the garlic and red pepper flakes, and sauté until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add the broccoli rabe and toss to coat. Add the pasta and enough reserved cooking liquid, 1/4 cup at a time, to moisten. Stir the parmesan cheese, salt to taste, and pepper into the pasta mixture. Transfer to pasta bowls and serve.
Thursday: No Bean Turkey & Sweet Potato Chili - We've made this before too! I do love regular chili with beans but this is something different for those sweet potato fans. It's so easy to make too!
Friday: Pizza!
What's on your menu for the week?!
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