Summer's not complete without a picnic-worthy pasta salad. Am I right? There are endless variations of pasta salads out there. In my version, I'm tossing some of summer's freshest veggies together with a fun shape of short-cut pasta, my go-to vinaigrette recipe, and a few favorite toppers, including toasted pine nuts, fresh herbs, and feta.
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Happy Summer! I'm celebrating with soup -- a very satisfying garden veggie minestrone. My version is traditional in that it contains pasta. But it's also loaded with other good things such as green lentils, chickpeas, summer veggies, dried herbs and spices. I actually think it's the combination of all these ingredients that make this soup so darn good.
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Orecchiette. Asparagus. Ricotta. Lemon. Garlic. Herbs. These were the makings for a really tasty pasta dish we enjoyed last week to officially welcome in spring. The days are growing longer and this was the first dish of the season I was actually able to photograph at dinner time.
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