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Success! Homemade Ravioli
Yes! I did it! I finally made the leap and made my very own homemade pasta! I have always heard how people say that pasta made from scratch is so much better than store bought. However, I was never brave enough or frankly had enough time to make homemade pasta. Well, this weekend while I was sick and curled up in my blanket reading my book (Blood Men), that I actually finished this weekend – it is amazing how much reading you can get done if you sit still for a while, I decided that I was going to attack my fear and just do it…MAKE THE PASTA! Pasta is…
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Mac and Cheese (with a surprise!)
I LOVE macaroni and cheese. It is one of those things that I just love to have on any kind of day. Rainy day, sunny day, warm day, cool day….doesn’t matter. Mac and Cheese is a SUPER comfort food for me. When I was little my mom used to make it with chopped hot dogs. That was my favorite thing in the world. She used to make it with multi-colored rotini (I love rotini) and I would pick out all the green and orange-colored ones because I thought they tasted different, even though they really don’t haha. I was a little picky when I was younger. I always thought that…
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Chicken Scaloppine with Lemon Sugar Snap Peas and Asparagus
Another week has started already! I don’t know about you, but this year is just flying by me. I can’t believe that it is September…I can’t believe that September is almost over!! I guess that phrase is right “time flies when you are having fun”. 🙂 I have a feeling that this week is going to be a good one. I think work has been going better lately, which is a huge stress relief for me. I have been doing really well and just bringing in the big bucks for the company, haha! I don’t mean to beep my own horn but…BEEP! 😉 It is hard to be younger and…
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Broccoli Pasta
I have been in the mood for pasta lately. Do you ever get in moods like that? Sometimes I go through these phases where all I want is pasta. Honestly, there are SO many different meals you can make with pasta! It is so versatile! You can make it vegetarian or with meat, cold or hot, and there are so many different varieties! So, this dish below was just a dish that I came up with from the ingredients I have in my refrigerator. It was simple and easy and always the best part, pretty healthy as well! Ingredients for Broccoli Pasta: Angel Hair pasta 1 Broccoli head 1 Zucchini…
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Summer Bread
Ingredients for Bread: Loaf of Italian bread (can be a day old) 3-4 tomatoes 1 green bell pepper fresh mozzarella 6-7 basil leaves 2-3 cloves garlic Olive oil (2 tablespoons or so) Preheat oven to 350 ° Now that summer is coming to a close this is what I am going to miss from the summer the most. My garden….there is absolutely nothing better to me that fresh produce from your garden. Everything tastes better, it even feels better making it when it comes from your own garden/home. This bread is something that I really enjoy and I make often during the summer because it is so tasty and just…
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One of my favorites!
This is one of my most favorite recipes and it is quick, easy, and healthy! Roasted Tomatoes with Mozzarella! YUM! I went on a strange kick back when I was in college to go on a diet. I do believe my grandparents were having their 50th wedding anniversary in Florida…soooo, my mom and I decided that we needed to lose a couple of pounds each so that we looked our best. Well, we decided that the South Beach Diet was the way to go…. It definitely was NOT the way to go…at least not for me. I was so miserable on that diet…and I mean, m i s e r…
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Jalapeno Poppers
Football season is coming up again and that means that there is going to be lots of Sundays (and Saturdays if you are a college football fan) full of football, beer, good people, and FOOD! This is a recipe that is always one that my family has during football season. Very tasty, not as good for you as most of my recipes are…but sometimes it is OK to indulge. 😉 Ingredients for Poppers: 7-8 Jalapenos 10-12oz low-fat cream cheese 1 cup cheddar cheese Chives 1 cup flour 2 eggs 1/4 cup of skim milk 2-3 cups vegetable oil This is the part that I was not able to photograph because…
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Too many Summer Tomatoes??
I don’t know about you, but I am elbow deep in tomatoes right now. I am sure most of you have seen my previous tomato posts. The tomato pie, the salsa, etc. Well…I completely forgot about one of my favorite things to have in the summer time with fresh juicy tomatoes…. BLTs! That’s right people, RavieNomNoms loves BLTs. The fresh tomato, lettuce, and crispy bacon…mmmmm, YUM! Can there be a more simple and satisfying delight?!? I think not! I do tend to adapt my BLTs just slightly as I do most things to make them slightly healthier than the original. I hope you enjoy my take on the classic BLT…
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Guacamole
I love avocados! When I say “love” I mean L-O-V-E!! I took a trip to Mexico about a year ago with some friends and my boyfriend…I am not joking you when I say I ate guacamole or something with avocado in it at every meal! I adore it…I am one of those people who can just slice an avocado and eat it on bread…YUM! Or should I say NomNoms 😉 Anyways, this weekend my boyfriend’s Mom invited us over to dinner. She was making beef burritos and I hate going to someone’s house without bringing something. So, I told her I would make some guacamole once I got there (and…
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iSalsa!
Yup! It that time of year for salsa again! I am going to go without a story in this blog, sorry fellow bloggers. I am just going to let the pictures tell the story this time…enjoy! There is my salsa! I hope you enjoy it. I like mine a little on the spicier side. Feel free to leave the hot peppers out of yours…it will be just as tasty!
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One of those days…
….yesterday. (that’s a good Beatles song btdubs – “btdubs” is how I say bytheway, because if you say ‘W’ out loud it can be said as “dub” – just a little fun fact about Raven 😉 ) Yesterday was one of those days where it was absolutely necessary to blast AC/DC on my way home from work…and also one of those days where I couldn’t get to the wine bottle fast enough after getting home. Whew…work has been so busy this week that I can barely keep my head above water. I literally embodied the phrase “looking like a chicken with her head cut off” yesterday. So, after having an…
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Veggie Junkie
::sigh:: I just love vegetables. I really do! I get such a hard time from most people about loving vegetables so much, but I swear, cross my heart and hope to die, that I really, TRULY love vegetables! 🙂 My dad tells me that I was a rabbit in another life because I eat so many vegetables… maybe that is why I feel so comfortable around my bunny, hehe I wasn’t always a vegetable fan…well, OK…maybe I was just a little bit, BUT I didn’t like a wide variety of vegetables like I do now. Here is a story for you… When I was little, I ate carrots like they…