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Pesto Risotto + Seared Shrimp + Roasted Tomatoes

March 7, 2014 by Lindsay 2 Comments

It's Friday! I'm having a great workday at home that involves a lot of cooking, and I JUST finished making a batch of this dish for a client. I made it for the first time last week for our dinner, and DAYUM flavortown is upon us with this one.

So, I added it to my catering weekly menu and sold a couple of batches.

I'm a little risotto'd out, but BEFORE I kick the habit for awhile felt like you needed to know about this recipe.

We're making a plain risotto. Then we infuse it with a quick homemade pesto. Then we top it with seared shrimp in white wine butter and roasted tomato sauce.

I mean, please. PLEASE. Don't stop the beat. And all that jazz.

Let's make it!

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Weekend Make-ahead Plan

October 24, 2013 by Lindsay Leave a Comment

I'm going to the mountains tomorrow! Serving of ravioli

I'm spending the day getting ready and cooking and packing and I CAN'T WAIT. We're going with some of Jay's comedy bffs and one of them has a baby who is half ASIAN which is my favorite kind of baby tied with..every other kind of baby...and he's going to wear a halloween costume and ALSO we are having Friendsgiving on Saturday and IT'S GOING TO BE AWESOME.

I'm slightly excited. If that was apparent.

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Antipasto Salad with Parm-Garlic Croutons

September 30, 2013 by Lindsay Leave a Comment

Monday, you're here again.

How was your weekend? I ran an event for a nonprofit food and wine festival, catered a birthday party, had happy hour with my mama, and watched a lot of football.

That last part wasn't exactly my preference. YAY MARRIAGE.

To be fair, my marriage usually consists of watching a crap ton of Food Network, so in the fall I gotta give some, right?

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Roasted Berry Risotto with Mozzarella and Raw Lemon Kale

July 2, 2013 by Lindsay 1 Comment

So, in my quest to 1. use up random ingredients before I go to the beach and 2. give you ONLY red/white/blue food this week, I'm presenting to you a risotto with fruit.

Don't be afraid. It's DELICIOUS.

Also, it's red white and blue so....what more do you need on this festive week where everyone is constantly posting on Facebook that THIS IS MY FRIDAY and then you wish it was YOUR Friday but really your Friday is TOMORROW, which is really Wednesday, and then you get annoyed?

You need nothing more, is my point.

This is REALLY excellent, and I hope you'll try it soon. There are a few variations from regular risotto besides adding fruit. This is decidedly NOT a dessert, it's totes a meal. So, if you're one of those that hates fruit ever in main courses then....sorry? This might not be for you?

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Asparagus Pasta with Tomato Mascarpone Sauce

June 27, 2013 by Lindsay 3 Comments

Summery pasta alert!

Sometimes when Jay and I are feeling VERY COOL, he pulls out or buys random ingredients, and then we play Chopped.

I'm not joking.

I wish I was, but not really, because it's FUN.

I'm telling you this because the other night we played this VERY COOL game, and asparagus was one of my ingredients.

Also cod. It was awesome. I didn't make this pasta for Chopped night. I made this pasta a few nights later with the extra asparagus. SEE? I have a point.

I made this pasta a few days ago and we ate it last night. Due to the aforementioned getting home at 9pm every night, I find that I need to cook dinners wayyyyy in advance to avoid the temptation of going out to eat every night. It was great Light, fresh, and simple, and kept really well in the fridge for 2 days.

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