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Honey Roasted Carrots

Honey Roasted Carrots

Honey Roasted Carrots Ingredients Any type of carrots will work with this dish. Depending on the rest of your menu you may want just one color of carrot instead of all three. If you need a vegan side, just substitute it with maple syrup, agave nectar, or corn syrup....
Chimichurri Sauce

Chimichurri Sauce

Chimichurri Sauce Ingredients We love this fast, easy chimichurri recipe that works not only for beef steaks but is delicious with grilled portobello mushroom steaks or cauliflower steaks. Here are the recipes we like with chimichurri! Grilled Cauliflower Steaks...
Baked Penne with Marinara and Besciamella

Baked Penne with Marinara and Besciamella

Baked Pasta Baked Pasta Ingredients This is a family favorite recipe that works well for just a family night meal, with salad and bread, or as a first course for your next dinner party. It does have a couple of sauces, but if you already have marinara, the bescimella...
Besciamella (Béchamel) Sauce

Besciamella (Béchamel) Sauce

Besciamella sauce ingredients. This is a basic bechamel sauce that is used to make our lasagna, baked pasta, or rose’ pasta. I would make rose pasta if I needed to use up leftover besciamella sauce as it does not last long in the refrigerator. If you do have...
Traditional Marinara Sauce

Traditional Marinara Sauce

Marinara Sauce Ingredients If you don’t have access to fresh tomatoes, make sure you buy San Marzano tomatoes, they are ideal for flavorful marinara. This sauce is a staple in our house when the children were growing up. It’s really easy to make and can be...