Orecchiette Salad with Fresh Mushrooms & White Beans

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Giada recently had a deliciously different and simple salad on her show that needed only sliced fresh Mushrooms, shaved Parmesan, and a very simple Lemon Juice & Olive Oil dressing. It was so elegant and fresh tasting that we loved it right away, and leaving the Mushrooms raw gave it a lighter than air texture.

Of course it’s us, so we immediately began to think of ways that we could tweak it by adding a little of this or that. Julie right away struck upon the idea of adding Orecchiette pasta, White Beans, and some sweet little Green Peas to build it up a bit and our new favorite summer Pasta Salad was born.

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Whole Wheat Penne with Italian Sausage

We’ve probably made a thousand variations of this awesome sauce. This sauce is ridiculously easy to make and usually we just enjoy the vegetarian version with heavy doses of Parmesan Cheese. This time, however, we thought the addition of some richly flavorful Italian Sausage would make it nice and hearty and the Whole Wheat Pasta gave it a nice ‘bite’. Continue reading

Scallop & Shrimp Fettucine with Parmesan and Basil Cream

This picture really needed a garnish – or something – but we think you can tell what you’re looking at, anyway. Creamy, Basil-y (Basil-esque? Basil-ish?), Shrimpy, Scallopy Parmesan goodness on Fettucine with fresh roasted Zucchini on the side (that is what you were thinking, right?). It’s like supermarket alfredo-from-a-tub on Fettucine only delicious, not at all crappy, and highly elevated. Continue reading