CREAMY MUSHROOM SAFFRON ALFREDO
So this idea was ass backwards. Originally I really wanted to make mushroom raviolis with a creamy Alfredo sauce, but the rice paper was too thin. Then I tried butternut squash, but I couldn’t get it thin enough in the shape I wanted. Every stupid contraption Marie and I purchased didn’t work so we broke down and used the spiralizer to make fettuccini. So even though I made this with the butternut squash, I preferred it with rice noodles. I liked it with the rice paper raviolis too, but the pics were hideous and looked really unappetizing even if it tasted the best. I’ve now had it 4 different ways…
Summer Squash Sesame Noodles
Sesame noodles are one of those things I get cravings for pretty frequently. Somehow they always bring to mind my 20-something days in New York City when Chinese food was the go-to for many a young woman like myself, who was always on the go. They also remind me of one of my most frustrating culinary escapades: the search for the perfect batch. I found them once, quite by accident as I was window shopping on Columbus Avenue one summer afternoon. As was normally the case, sometime in my travels I got so hungry, I felt like I had a hole in my stomach. What to fill it with? Because…
