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I am infinitely curious about what people eat and make for dinner at home. Not “magazine” weeknight dinners, or even blogs that showcase only one component or require endless time, but real dinners. To be honest, if I make dinner 3-4 nights a week, I consider that a HUGE success. I know there will be a dinner or two out, plus perhaps take-out and a ‘single gals’ dinner of popcorn or wine and cheese.
So once a week, I thought it would be fun to showcase a real weeknight dinner. Some of course will be more fun than others, but that’s life, right?
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I really need to work on getting back in the swing of things. I was in Dallas for work a few days last week, and it did not help my “regular” posting schedule. But, just before I left, I did make a quick dinner (and photograph it) for the weekly dinner series. So here is last Wednesday’s, just a bit late…
Truth be told, I don’t generally buy a lot of stuffed pastas. But on Sunday at our neighborhood farmer’s market, my friend was picking up a few options from the Santa Cruz Pasta table and I decided to join in. Looks like I missed the boat on not buying these before. I went with the mushroom this time (and loved them), and can’t wait to try other combos.
It didn’t hurt either that dinner came together in 15 minutes! While the water was boiling, I chopped and cooked a few pieces of bacon. The ravioli cooked quickly (5 minutes) in the salted boiling water, during which time I sautéed some radicchio, kale and garlic with the bacon drippings and a touch of wine (pinch of chili flakes and fresh nutmeg too, for good measure). Once the pasta was finished, I added it to the vegetable “sauce”, cooked it all together for about a minute more, and then finished it with some parmigiano.
Suffice to say, I have a feeling ravioli will be popping up around here a bit more often now.
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For some reason, I have been struck with a major case of blogger’s block – with cooking, writing, photographing, creating – you name it.
So here are a few pics of things I have made recently, but that for some reason or another never made it up. Hope you enjoy these little snippets, and that I get my mojo back soon!
xxo
C
One Saturday I was craving and egg salad sandwich, but we were out of bread. So I made Kim Boyce‘s Oatmeal Sandwich Bread. And I was fairly insufferable the rest of the day, feeling smug and proud that I made bread just like that. 
I don’t make pasta all that often for dinner, but when I do, this Orecchiette with Broccoli Rabe and Sausage is my go-to. My love of broccoli rabe {or rapini} knows no bounds and it is fast and easy for a weeknight dinner. You can of course use pork sausage, but I usually do turkey here – and of course hot italian!
My dad made an amazing crown pork roast, but unfortunately I only snapped a few pics.
I know that over the year I have had crown roast of beef and lamb (great holiday dinners), but to my recollection, this was my first with pork. He made herb garlic crust and we served it with a fennel orange salad with warm prosciutto dressing and {surprise, surprise} sauteed broccoli rabe with garlic and chile flakes. Will definitely be making this again…if only I knew what recipe he used!
And to change things up ever so slightly, I swapped by favorite roast chicken for one that added lemon and garlic. While it didn’t move into first place, it is fun to change it up – and I loved using the roasted garlic and lemons for a salad dressing that accompanied the chicken.
And of course, lots of messes have been made!!
