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pasta puttanesca
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Pasta Puttanesca

Pasta puttanesca is an Italian tomato based pasta dish fully loaded with capers, black olives, garlic, anchovies and parsley.  This recipe originated in Naples which is also called  “spaghetti alla puttanesca” . Do not think this recipe as any other tomato-based Italian dish, the puttanesca sauce is very vibrant and super flavorful recipe. The credit goes to […]

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Butternut squash barley risotto

Butternut squash barley risotto / Roasted butternut squash risotto It is beautiful fall season again and there are huge varieties of squash in the market. Butternut squash, pumpkin, acorn are some of the common squashes found in falls and all of those pretty squashes make the farmers market so colorful and beautiful. So I bought […]

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Kale and smoked mozzarella pasta

Kale and smoked mozzarella pasta Kale and smoked mozzarella pasta is a quick and healthy lunch or dinner which can be prepared in just 20 minutes. The sauce is pretty simple with quickly sauteed tomatoes, garlic and kale and at last addition of whole grain pasta, smoked mozzarella and basil. The smoky taste of mozzarella […]

pulao with pomegranate and tofu
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Pulao with Pomegranate and Tofu

Pulao with pomegranate and tofu is a beautiful and colorful rice dish with green peas, pomegranate, pan roasted tofu and lots of dry nuts and fruits. Basmati rice cooked with onions, carrots, green peas and warm spices like whole cinnamon, cardamom, cloves and then mixed with pomegranate seeds and pan fried spicy firm tofu. In […]

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Shrimp scampi pasta

Shrimp scampi pasta is a very simple, quick and flavorful entree in which shrimp is cooked in lemon-wine sauce and poured over spaghetti. This shrimp scampi is so garlicky and lemony and one of the easiest sauce I ever made. Though first time, I was a little skeptic about the sauce as the ingredient list was […]