http://www.melissascooking.com Check out the yummy goodness she's making in the kitchen Sat, 23 Jan 2010 13:50:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Another risotto recipe!!! We sure do love the risotto!!! How can I top the Tomato Risotto? I can't, I don't think ever, but since I have my awesome risotto pan, I'm going to keep trying new recipes :) Ingredients include: (Try to use organic!) • 1 head of garlic • 1 tsp of ... http://www.melissascooking.com/2010/01/18/roasted-garlic-and-mushroom-risotto/ Creamy Mac & Cheese I had a hankering for Mac & Cheese the other day. But how many times have we all resorted to the stuff in the box??! Um, not anymore!!! I looked for recipes online, but most of what I found had too many ingredients. Too much to it. ... http://www.melissascooking.com/2010/01/18/creamy-mac-cheese-steamed-green-beanscarrots/ We have fellow soup night makers posting under my Mushroom Barley Soup posting. Be sure to check out these yummy recipes!!! http://www.melissascooking.com/2010/01/09/mushroom-barley-soup http://www.melissascooking.com/2010/01/12/soup-night-follow-up-more-recipes/ Fairly easy dinner tonight...Bruschetta! So yummy...and until I got my food processor, I used to not mind paying the $6-10 that you do at restaurants for this, cause chopping up all the ingredients yourself is a huge pain...BUT with the food processor...easy. Ingredients include: (Try to use organic!) • pint of cherry tomatoes • ... http://www.melissascooking.com/2010/01/12/bruschetta/ I'm trying to get back to my weekly new dish thing, like I was doing a couple months ago...so here I go with another one. (Does 2 in one weekend help me catch up any?!) I came across this recipe and wanted to try. We like mushrooms. We like pasta. So ... http://www.melissascooking.com/2010/01/10/mushroom-pasta/ We are off to a Soup Night later on at our good friend's, Dave D. Ever since a local winery has hosted soup days during the winter, where they have several soups available paired with wines, we decided it'd be cheaper (well maybe not after buying all the ingredients and ... http://www.melissascooking.com/2010/01/09/mushroom-barley-soup/ First of all, I hope everyone is having a joyous holiday season and best wishes for the coming New Year. I apologize I haven't posted anything in a few weeks. I've made this risotto a couple times, and also have taken it easy by making recipes that I've already posted...so ... http://www.melissascooking.com/2009/12/30/tomato-risotto/ This soup is very tasty and light. It's pretty quick to make and has lots of nutrients in it. Ingredients include: (Try to use organic!) • 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil • 1 cup diced yellow onion • 4 large garlic cloves, roughly chopped • 1 (32-ounce) box reduced-sodium vegetable broth • 4 cups packed chopped ... http://www.melissascooking.com/2009/11/17/tuscan-kale-and-white-bean-soup/ So I wanted to try a couple recipes to maybe make to contribute a dish for Thanksgiving dinner, so I tried the Butternut Squash Apple Cranberry Bake. It turned out to be quite a yummy dish. Watch out on the amount of Cranberries you use, because they can be rather ... http://www.melissascooking.com/2009/11/16/butternut-squash-apple-cranberry-bake/ I have to say, I had a Butternut Squash Risotto the other night at a local restaurant and I was highly disappointed. It was overly cheesey (fake cheese-like even), and compared to the amount of melted cheese in it, there was hardly any rice. I told my husband that I ... http://www.melissascooking.com/2009/11/16/butternut-squash-risotto/