Tag: Cauliflower

Pasta

Cauliflower Italian Sausage Strozzapreti Da Leo

I was inspired to create this pasta after tasting my husband’s lunch at Trattoria Da Leo in Lucca, Italy.  It’s not exactly the same but it’s still damned good. I like to use cauliflower when it’s in season because I think it’s sweeter, but this can be made anytime and it will still be a […]

Fall Appetizers, Summer Appetizers

Marinated Cauliflower

If you have never tried fresh, locally grown cauliflower, you are in for a treat! It’s so sweet, crunchy and delicious. There are so many wonderful ways to use this veggie, from a pasta sauce to mac ‘n cheese, or in this case as part of an antipasto plate along with some olives, roasted peppers […]

Basics & Tips

Back To Italy

No doubt about it, my husband and I have Italian souls…think they were always lurking there just waiting to burst forth! The beginning of our first return visit to Italy took us to just outside Lucca, arriving in Pisa from Rome in a small, propellor airplane! Oh my God, I am a very nervous flyer, so all I can […]