Easy Italian Meals

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Quick Creamy Gorgonzola Sauce

Quick Creamy Gorgonzola Sauce is perfect on top of pasta.

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Herbs for Cooking

Fresh Italian Herbs for Cooking are an Essential ingredient for great Italian Food. Cooking herbs are easy to grow in your own home garden. Once you start cooking with herbs, your will be amazed.

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Easy Microwave Polenta

Easy Polenta made right in your Microwave!

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Italian Olive Oil

Italian Olive oil is essential for great Italian cooking! The health benefits of olive oil are abundant and cooking with olive oil will make your food delicious!

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Growing Fresh Herbs

Growing fresh herbs is the best way to have fresh herbs available for cooking!

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Cooking Tips

For some people, cooking is a relaxing and enjoyable experience. However, when you are cooking it is important that you pay attention to what you are cooking, distractions can lead to ruined food and can even cause injures. It is important that you set up rules for your kitchen and enforce them. Your family’s safety may depend on it.

When you are preparing to cook, it is important that you have all of the ingredients, gadgets, and tools that you will need right at your fingertips. If you have to stop and find something, you may end up with a dinner that no one wants to eat.

There are a lot of little tips that can assist you in the kitchen and make the cooking experience even more enjoyable.

Equip you kitchen – it is important that you have many different size spoons in your kitchen, both wooden and metal. Stirring a pot of pasta with a metal spoon is fine, however if you are making a delicate sauce, you will need a wooden spoon to stir with.

Food temperature – it is important to bring your ingredients to room temperature before using them. Foods blend together better when they are the same temperature.

Maintenance – it is important that you keep all of your appliances in good working condition. This will assist you in easy food preparation and will reduce the risk of accidents. Caution – it is important that you use caution when you are cooking. Do not allow yourself to be distracted, especially if you are cooking with hot oil or frying on the stovetop.

Tidiness – cleaning up after each step of the cooking process not only gives you more time to spend with family and friends, it also reduces the chance of cross contamination. It is critically important that you do not use utensils that have come in contact with raw meat for any other preparation. Cross contamination is one of the biggest causes of food poisoning in the world.

Use the right tools – using the right tools for the job is by far the most important safety factor in cooking today. If you are slicing bread, use a bread knife, and if you are carving meat, use a carving knife. Do not confuse the two; it can lead to serious injury. It is important that you familiarize yourself with all of the utensils that you will have in your kitchen.

Learn how to make Quick and Easy Italian dishes…

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Italian Pasta Soup

Italian Pasta Soup in a jar makes a delicious homemade gift. If you are looking for some gift ideas for the holidays, try a gift in a jar.

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Italian Cooking Store

Shop at my Cooking Store for great Italian gourmet foods, pizza and pasta making supplies and great gifts for the home cook and Italian Food lovers.

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Turkey Tetrazzini

Turkey Tetrazzini is a great way to use your leftover Thanksgiving turkey.

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Tortellini Vegetable Soup

Tortellini Vegetable Soup is easy and quick to make. Just toss in dried Tortellini into a soup base and you have a quick meal.

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Pasta Dough

Here is a basic Pasta Dough recipe for homemade pasta.

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Ten Minute Pasta

This Ten Minute Pasta is great for a fast weeknight meal when you are too hungry to cook!

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My Best Kitchen Gadgets

Here are some of the best Kitchen gadgets I have found that really do save time and make things easier. I have added some of the to my essential cooking tools list.

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Penne Pasta with Tomatoes and Fresh Herbs

Penne Pasta with Tomatoes and Fresh Herbs is a great easy dinner recipes for summer when you have fresh herbs and homegrown tomatoes.

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