A quintessential summertime meal–the perfect trio! The chicken and corn can be prepared on the grill and the macaroni salad made the day before. No Stove-top Heat Necessary! The Fat Tire Amber ale imparts a slight taste of spirits and the pungent seasonings kick up the flavors by volumes. Come home, pop your chicken and…
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Pasta alla Puttanesca “Una Pentola” One Pot
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…
Capers: More Than Mere Adventures! When & Why to Use this Highly Under-rated Little Green Orb…
Capers are a tasty pungent additive or seasoning for many Italian, Mediterranean and French dishes. Many Foodies are simply crazy about the flavor that they impart. Caper berries are mainly olive green in color and are about the size of a small pea. Usually available in a pickled form, capers are an important commercial plant…
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…
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…
Wednesday’s Guest Chefs and Our Recipes: Follower’s Critiques and Photos
Wednesday’s blogs are now dedicated to Guest Chefs and also pictures and comments of Once Upon a Spice’s recipes prepared by our friends, family & followers! If you are interested in becoming a Guest Chef or have photos and comments about our recipes you have prepared, please contact me for details and share your love…
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…
Pasta alla Carbonara Una Pentola: “One Pot”
We all know what pasta embodies, but have you ever wondered what “carbonara” means? Carbonaro means charcoal in Italian, but to this day, the connection to this savory, flavorsome dish remains uncertain. Some food historians believe this pasta may have been popular among charcoal makers working in the Apennine Mountains; or perhaps it is called…
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