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CNYEats A Taste of Utica Lasagna

Everyone has their favorite lasagna recipe. Some are easy some are more difficult. To be honest, I’ve never had a lasagna I didn’t like. The following Taste of Utica recipe is no different. So good. Pretty easy to make, even down to doing the sauce yourself. No jar sauces. Refer to page 123 in our book Posted by Josie Townsend – Makes (1) 9 x 12 pan of perfect lasagna *Josie’s recipe uses 1 lb lean ground beef and 1/2 lb bulk Italian sausage which you cook ahead of time (drain the fat). I didn’t use meat in my lasagna. [...]

By Joanne|2011-06-12T19:09:02-04:00June 12, 2011|Taste of Utica|4 Comments

CNYEats A Taste of Utica Eggplant Parm

This week, Fran posted a very loose recipe for Eggplant Parmesan. More specifically, on page 119 of our book, there is a recipe for Eggplant Parmesan that tells you the what and the how but not the how much. The following recipe shows the amounts Apple Crumbles used to make this all around meatless favorite. Gosh it smells so good! Always skin the eggplant as the skin is bitter. Have your sauce ready. Try one of these UTICA SAUCE recipes. Slice the eggplant ( I used 3 Japanese Eggplants (the small ones) but otherwise, 1 large standard eggplant is fine) [...]

By Joanne|2011-04-30T19:10:56-04:00May 1, 2011|Taste of Utica|3 Comments

Be Flexible and Fanned Eggplant with Roma Tomato Sauce

The Saturday running plan was for 17 to 18 miles. That was exchanged for a shorter run since my work schedule forced a change. We have to be flexible right?! I went for a mid range run of 12 miles. The morning was cool, a little fog around the course but sunshine soon broke through. The morning screamed for a nice run through the trails along the golf course. There were quite a few walkers but only 2 runners. That was strange since the Falling Leaves race is on September 26th: “The Traditional 14k course winds through the scenic hilly [...]

By Joanne|2010-09-11T08:37:13-04:00September 11, 2010|Life, Running, Vegetarian|10 Comments

CNYEats A Taste of Utica: Oliva Family Macaroni Sauce and Canning Instructions

Since we are going to be making a lot of sauce in the coming weeks, it made sense to offer this weeks recipe with the instructions on canning as well. This weeks CNYEats from our book “A Taste of Utica” is on page 27 and posted by Fat Sal. “Oliva Family Macaroni Sauce” Note: I cut this recipe in half. There are only two of us and in looking ahead, we are in for a lot of sauce. Ted is the only meat eater in the house so this recipe was ALL for him. The freezer can only hold [...]

By Joanne|2009-12-13T20:01:54-05:00December 13, 2009|Food|3 Comments