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Tried and True: Roasted Cipollini Onions

Balsamic Roasted Cipollini Onions

It never fails – whenever I head to the Italian Market, I always pick up cipollini onions. The same goes for when they cross my path at Whole Paychex or Wegmans. I love roasting them with potatoes as a quick side dish and there’s this tried and true recipe that I can’t believe that I haven’t shared with you yet – Giada de Laurentiis’ Roasted Cipollini Onions. This recipe couldn’t be any easier – blanch the onions, roast them with {Read More}

Recipe Redo: Herb Mustard Glazed Salmon

Herb Mustard Glazed Salmon

One of my favorite tried and true recipes is Giada de Laurentiis Broiled Salmon with a Herb Mustard Glaze. It’s one of those super quick meals out of a few pantry items. I follow a simple rule – if I plan on making fish – I buy it the day I plan on serving it. The guys at Whole Foods in Plymouth Meeting are so good – they send me home not only with a gorgeous piece of salmon, but {Read More}

Tried and True: Giada’s Tri-Color Orzo Salad

Tri Color Orzo Salad

For SL’s dinner party, we played it simple – serving the Chicken Sauvignon Blanc with a flavorful tri-color orzo salad from Giada de Laurentiis. With all the hustle and bustle going on in SL’s kitchen (I was trying to save a banana pudding dessert that kinda went the wrong way), I didn’t take the multitude of pics I normally do with a recipe. However, as SL and crew will attest, once it was plated, I flew out to the dining {Read More}

Tried and True – Giada’s Cheesy Baked Tortellini

BakedTortellini-AfterOven

There’s a 90% chance that if you look in my fridge or freezer, you might find a package or two of ravioli, gnocchi or tortellini for quick weeknight meals. It’s a pantry staple that has saved my butt on more than one occasion when I need to whip up something scrumptious but have little to no energy to make anything that takes a ton of thought. Instead of pairing some of my fave tortellini with some marinara, I decided to {Read More}

Giada de Laurentiis Heads Back To Philly For Weeknights With Giada

Weeknights with Giada

The 2012 Cookbook Season has begun, my friends. And, to kick it off will be one of my faves, Giada de Laurentiis. Giada de Laurentiis has written her latest, Weeknights with Giada: Quick and Simple Recipes to Revamp Dinner, and it will be in stores starting March 27th.   For us Philly peeps, we have some great news – she will be visiting the Williams Sonoma in King of Prussia on March 29, 2012 at noon. As always, it will be {Read More}