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Spinach pasta with sundried tomatoes, leek and arugula

You know how sometimes you’re planning to make just a simple pasta dinner and then you wind up spending three hours in the kitchen? No? Well maybe it’s just me.

All I wanted was to fill my carb craving. A nice homemade pasta, with a simple olive-oil based sauce with sundried tomatoes, leek and arugula. Simple ingredients, lots of flavor, not too much work.

But then I decided to make spinach pasta. And then Eitan asked that I turn the pasta into ravioli.

So I’ve included three recipes here — one for the sauce, for those who want just a quick meal; one for the spinach pasta, for those who want higher returns in exchange for a larger investment; and one for the ravioli filling, for the truly crazy.

Coincidentally, the green pasta topped with the tomatoes and arugula wound up looking quite appropriate for Christmas. Continue reading Spinach pasta with sundried tomatoes, leek and arugula …

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Quick soda bread with zaatar, sun-dried tomatoes, and more

In honor of St. Patrick’s day, apparently there’s been a debate raging about soda bread. The conclusion is that once you start adding things beyond flour, buttermilk and baking soda, it’s not traditionally Irish. Well, that’s fine with me. I added zaatar and sun-dried tomatoes to mine, and I make no claims of Irish authenticity. This is the Levant, after all. Soda bread has a major advantage — it’s quick and easy. I wanted bread for breakfast, and this took [...]

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