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Originally Posted by ellebud
pasta a la checca: saute garlic (to taste), tomatoes, salt and pepper in olive oil. Use basil (fresh or dried)...pour over pasta (cooked). With cheese..vegetarian...no cheese..vegan.
Minestrone soup...use a premade vegetarian stock base (Wolfgang Puck is very good) add veggies...celery, carrots, zucchini, tomatoes, eggplant...some beans (cannelloni or garbanzo)...and Italian herbs....dinner.
Eggplant parm...eggplant cooked and in a spicy spaghetti sauce (I prefer Raos)
No, we are not vegetarians...We live in Los Angeles.
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The bolded made me smile. The same may be said for the Bay Area. Maybe it is a "California thing".
While I am not a vegetarian, I do love most vegetables. And all three of these recipes above (with a slight variation to them at times) are among my favorites.
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Originally Posted by Gusteau
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Ditto (see above). And thanks for the mushroom stroganoff recipe. I'm a big fan of mushrooms as well so this is going into my menu rotation.
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