Friday, March 12, 2010

title pic Thanks to Buitoni and Foodbuzz and Congratulations to the other winners!

Posted by Gabi on 16 June 09

 
Remember this dish? Well I’m excited to send a great big “Thank you” to Buitoni and Foodbuzz  for picking my recipe for Manchego Mornay Sauce over Wild Mushroom Agnolotti as a runner up winner in the Buitoni Riserva Pasta sauce contest over at Foodbuzz.  I’ve won a lovely colander and an even greater assortment of [...]

title pic Manchego Mornay Sauce for Buitoni’s New Wild Mushroom Agnolotti

Posted by Gabi on 24 April 09

 
Those nice folks over at Buitoni are coming out with a new line of all natural Riserva pasta which they made available to some of the Foodbuzz bloggers. They shipped me a  cooler box containing a package of the new Wild Mushroom Agnolotti variety.  They also challenged us to come up with an original sauce to [...]

title pic Fresh Garbanzo Beans and Sausage and Pepper Pasta

Posted by Gabi on 10 April 09

 
Rick and I were in the produce section of our favourite grocer (Harmons) when we spied some fuzzy green pods that were not familiar to us. They turned out to be fresh Garbanzo beans -also known as Ceci beans or chickpeas. We took them home and then debated about the best way to use them- [...]

title pic My Mom’s Macaroni Salad

Posted by Gabi on 13 March 09

 We had a little get together while my son, Ryan, was home on leave from the Army. My Mum brought this family favourite.
In our family cook book she wrote of this salad:
” When I was in high school,  I would sometimes have lunch at the Elite Cafe. They always had a lunch special which included [...]