The history of pasta Puttanesca carries many colorful Italian folk tales (Refer to my prior post) This slightly salty, piquant tomato sauce is full of flavors that will certainly pique your culinary senses. Don’t allow the use of anchovies to scare you away—this sauce tastes nothing like fish. Their use simply enhances the delicious tangy flavors. Puttanesca…
Category: Main Course
20 Minute Creamy Easy Peasy One Pot Stove Top Macaroni & Cheese with Ham
This is a very basic and easy, creamy macaroni and cheese recipe made in one pot on your stove-top in minutes! Perfect for quick lunches or dinners and fun to make too! Add some coleslaw or a small salad and a slice of bread or biscuit and there you have it! One quick scrumptious meal…
Rustic Sicilian Godfather’s Pasta Rags “Una Pentola” One Pot
Today’s offering is yet another Una Pentola (One Pot) pasta dish. Which interestingly uses the wide, flat, luscious and highly underrated pasta rag from yesterday’s post. The options are as endless as the wind blows so I decided to “ripetere” (repeat) the recipe…kind of. 🙂 This time I chose to use Sicilian sausage for the…
Guest Chef Wednesday! Jamie & Jana’s Roasted/Braised “Chicken in Milk”
As Jamie Oliver states in the introduction of the recipe, “A slightly odd, but really fantastic combination that must be tried.” This couldn’t be more true! Furthermore, who doesn’t love roasted chicken? It’s one of my family’s favorite weekend dinners of choice. When my friend and Once Upon a Spice follower, Jana Young Baron introduced…
The Ultimate & EASIEST Crock Pot Chicken & Noodles— Only 5 Ingredients!
This is probably one of the easiest dishes that I have offered thus far at Once Upon a Spice, but it will not be ignored! I went against my normal ingredient and used canned, but organic soups and broths make this very friendly and you can use low sodium if you prefer as well. The…
Guest Chef’s Bret & Denise Clark’s Stuffed Peppers Featuring “Make Your Own” Taco Mexican Seasoning
Ingredients 4-5 Peppers (I use a combination of Green, Red and Yellow) Depending on size 1 lb Lean Ground Beef 3 TBS Denise’s Taco/Mexican Seasoning (Recipe Below) 1/3 – ½ Cup Water 2 Large Cans Red Enchilada Sauce (I use Mild) 3 Cups Cooked Rice 1-2 Cups Shredded Cheese (I use a lot of cheese,…
Crunchy Bacon Southern Fried Chicken
Who doesn’t love crispy, juicy Southern Fried Chicken? And now with bacon added for depth of flavor without overpowering! The coating adheres to chicken pieces perfectly and is filled with the flavors of the Deep South! Serve alongside potato or macaroni salad and a nice ear of corn. Perfect for picnics too because this bird…
Bret Clark’s Italian Short Ribs with Pasta Rags! Today’s Guest Chef!
Every Wednesday, Once Upon a Spice will feature a “guest recipe” from family, friends and or followers. If you are interested in having one of your recipes posted on our various Social Media pages, please contact us directly and we will do our best to get you some “recipe-press!” Also, please join us at Once…
Rotisserie Chicken with Smashed Sweet Potatoes & Caramel Brown Butter Gravy
Savory, Salty, Sweet & Succulent! This dish brings you every flavor pleasing to the palate. These “sweeter” potatoes also pair well with ham—luscious! Ingredients 1 Store bought rotisserie chicken, or home-made; the chicken in my photo was brined, stuffed with lemons, rubbed with butter and seasonings and placed in a rotisserie for 1 1/2 hours. Smashed…
Easter Ham, Pepperoni and Cheese Bread
My Mama always made this tasty bread for every religious holiday and if we begged, sometimes in between. Mom used to buy pounds of aged meats and cheeses, painstakingly cubing every bit. Then she would mix with beaten eggs, grated Parmesan and fill, what seemed like dozens, of loaves. I’ve converted her recipe into a…
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