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FOFF Cheese Pillows in a Pumpkin Sage Sauce

This week, Carla Vavala offers a new twist on a delightful “old faithful” meal: Ravioli. The twist is the sauce. If you thought pumpkin was just for pancakes, pies, muffins, and bread, you have been so wrong. It makes a terrific savory sauce! This recipe opens up so many possibilities for all of us who like to experiment with ingredients. Page 46 of our book Fusion of food and friends. 1/2 cup dry white wine 1/4 cup chopped shallots 1/2 cup mushrooms 8 oz. mascarpone cheese 3 TBS butter (I used oil) 1/4 cup milk 1/2 cup 100% pumpkin 1/2 [...]

By Joanne|2012-08-22T19:50:57-04:00August 23, 2012|Fusion Food & Friends|4 Comments

Yasso’s Yes? or No? and Ratatouille Pasta

This week’s speed work was 800 repeats or some would call them Yasso 800’s. The Yasso 800’s are for marathoners looking for a very specific time goal. A lot of folk do the Yasso repeats then a lot of folk say they don’t work. I incorporate them into my workout simply for variety. How to do the 800’s: First of all, the name "Yasso" is from Bart Yasso, a well known distance runner who popularized the workout. This is how to do a Yasso 800 workout: Convert your marathon goal time in hours and minutes to minutes/seconds. Example: If your [...]

By Joanne|2012-07-24T19:56:42-04:00July 24, 2012|Exercises, Quick Meals|3 Comments

Sunny 18 and FOFF Spinach and Artichoke Stuffed Shells

I took the day off from the office and enjoyed an 18 mile long run. The weather was perfect, my legs weren’t. I had enough carbs in me to fuel an ultra but mentally wasn’t very tough. That doesn’t mean I didn’t enjoy my run. It was gorgeous outside. I ran 6 miles with Shane. It’s always nice running with my big dog. Took off again from home after dropping him off to run the switchbacks. The shaded woods were so nice that I ran that hilly route twice. While running up to the eagle from the switchbacks, I notices [...]

By Joanne|2012-07-12T10:03:58-04:00July 12, 2012|Fusion Food & Friends|2 Comments

Gluten Free Penne with Spinach and Ricotta

I bowed out of my Sunday run, it was –4 degrees outside and the treadmill just wasn’t calling my name. Monday was a good workout with 5 miles on the treadmill before doing a 25 minute weight workout THEN finishing with another 3 speedy miles on the mill. 8 miles logged for Monday, a good way to start the week. Tuesday morning was a mid range run on schedule for 11 miles. The temperature read 31 deg., no sign of wind nor wintery mix so I headed out with Shane for 4 1/2 warm up miles before doing a series [...]

By Joanne|2012-01-17T18:01:13-05:00January 18, 2012|Quick Meals|5 Comments

CNYEats A Taste of Utica Cooked Cabbage and Noodles

When the holidays roll around, somehow we need to add extra hours to our day. There just isn’t enough time to get all the things done that we want to accomplish before December 25th. It’s during this busy time when finding a delicious, easy, quick recipe is worth it’s weight in gold. This week, the Taste of Utica recipe hit a home run with us during the hustle and the bustle of the season. Such a simple recipe posted by Hj and found on page 149 of our book A Taste of Utica. This is the final recipe before we [...]

By Joanne|2011-12-18T19:07:49-05:00December 18, 2011|Taste of Utica|6 Comments

CNYEats A Taste of Utica Pasta Primavera (Fat Free)

If you have been following along, you probably thought I should be making “My Mama’s (God Rest Her Soul) Tomato Pie”, but that was posted in March. *Click on the link to see that terrific recipe. Wouldn’t want you to miss out! THIS WEEK, we have just as good, Fat Free (if you don’t count the cheese) Pasta Primavera by Mario Scalzo Jr. Page 134 of our book To be honest, I think a little bit of olive oil would do this recipe good AND that little bit of healthy oil would help deliver all the nutrients held in those [...]

By Joanne|2011-09-17T19:24:30-04:00September 18, 2011|Taste of Utica|2 Comments