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      • Ryan's Menu
      • Sausage and Potatoes, Onions, and Peppers
      • Lemon Bars
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  • Menus
    • Menu #1 >
      • Shopping List - Menu 1
      • Warm Spinach Salad
      • Pasta alla Puttanesca
      • Peach and Blueberry Crisp
    • Menu #2 >
      • Shopping List - Menu 2
      • Risotto with Peas
      • Chicken Saltimbocca
      • Tiramisu
    • Menu #3 >
      • Shopping list - Menu 3
      • Broccoli & Squash Soup
      • Salmon en Papillote
      • Creamy Brandied Cherries
    • Menu #4 >
      • Shopping List - Menu 4
      • Salad with Greens and Stawberries
      • Paella
      • Pineapple Coconut Crumble
    • Menu #5 >
      • Shopping List - Menu 5
      • Citrus Avocado Lettuce Salad
      • Shrimp with Feta Cheese and Orzo
      • Pears with Raspberry Sauce
    • Menu #6 >
      • Shopping List - Menu 6
      • Fennel and Orange Salad
      • Moroccan Turkey Stew
      • Doughnuts with Chocolate Glaze
    • Menu #7 >
      • Shopping List - Menu 7
      • Beet, Apple, and Walnut Salad
      • Chicken with Goat Cheese
      • DOUBLE CHOCOLATE SOUFFLE
    • Menu # 8 >
      • Shopping List - Menu 9
      • Green Salad with Roasted Pears and Blue Cheese
      • Orange-Raisin Chicken with Toasted Cashews
      • Nutty Brownies
    • Menu # 9 >
      • Shopping List - Menu 9
      • Green Waldorf Salad
      • Baked Fish with Ripe Olives and Feta
      • Chocolate-Cherry Oatmeal Cookies
    • Menu #10 >
      • Shopping List - Menu 10
      • Squash Mushroom Soup
      • Quinoa Salad
      • Banana Strawberry Frozen Dessert
  • Recipes
    • Salads >
      • Fennel and Orange Salad
      • Caramelized Shallot Salad
      • Green Waldorf Salad
      • Beet, Apple, and Walnut Salad
      • Green Salad with Roasted Pears and Blue Cheese
      • Salad with Greens and Stawberries
      • Warm Spinach Salad
      • Hurricane Salade Niçoise
    • Vegetables & Legumes >
      • Les Trois Pommes
      • Pasta Primavera
      • Brandied Winter Squash
      • Roasted Beets with Goat Cheese
      • The Best Sweet Potaoto Wedges
      • Sweet Potato Salad
      • Sweet Potato & Black Bean Burrito
      • Cuban Black Beans
      • Sautéed Tofu with Broccoli in Chili-Orange Sauce
      • Willow's Tuna Cakes
      • Brussels Sprouts
      • Quinoa Primavera
      • Spinach, Mushrooms, and Red Peppers
    • Grains & Potatoes >
      • Pesto Bruschetta
      • Fruit and Nut Tabouli
    • Tofu & Eggs >
      • Impossible Quiche
    • Soup >
      • Chicken Soup
      • Potato and White Bean Puttanesca Soup
      • Squash & Mushroom Soup
      • Parsnip Soup with Walnut Pesto
      • Corn Chowder
      • Lemony Shrimp & Bean Soup
      • Turkey Mushroom Rice Soup
      • Pear & Carrot Soup
      • Lentil Soup
      • Hearty Vegetable Soup
      • Onion Soup
      • Avocado Cucumber Soup
    • Seafood >
      • Fish with Pesto
      • Fish with Lemon Garlic Sauce
      • Flavorful Shrimp
      • Pasta alla Puttanesca
      • Sesame Stir-Fry Shrimp and Spinach
      • A Great Lobster Roll
    • Meat & Poultry >
      • Chicken, Apricots, Sweet Potatoes, & Prunes
      • Hurricane Chicken Salad
      • Sweet Potato, Turkey, & Peanut Stew
      • Shepherd's Pie >
        • Shopping List - Shepherds Pie
    • Sweets & Breads >
      • Sun-Dried Tomato Cheese Bread
      • Ryan's Cranberry Sauce
      • Chocolate Prune Cake
      • Pear & Custard Dessert
      • Chocolate Yogurt Pavlova
      • Banana-Walnut Souffle >
        • Shopping list - Banana Souffle
      • Powerful Bran Muffins
      • Easy Graham Crust Cheesecake
      • Orange Walnut Torte
      • Nuts - 2 Ways
  • Blog
  • Your Ideas
    • Kosher Foods
    • Ashima's Tasty Cuisine
    • Jessica's Herbs & Peppers
    • Maureen & the Air Fryer
    • Ohan's Perfect Steak
    • Myra's Recipes
    • Ron's Sweet Potato
    • Sallie's Quinoa Salad
    • Ron & Brenda's Puttanesca on Coucous
    • Julie's Crunchy Cheese Snack

Menu #1

Menu 1:
Warm Spinach Salad 
Pasta alla Puttanesca
Peach and Blueberry  Crisp
      This Puttanesca entrée is our signature house recipe, a tasty dish that always gets rave reviews!  It is also flexible enough to fit almost anyone’s dietary preferences.  Vegans can enjoy this wonderful sauce without the tuna.  The meal is very low in saturated fat, and by using whole-grain pasta you can accommodate most health-conscious guests. The dessert includes the health benefit of fruit, fresh or frozen. 
As with most pasta dishes, the Puttanesca can easily stretch to fit a big group.  Keep in mind that if you quadruple the dish, as we did with one large church group, tears are apt to flow from sautéing the garlic and shallots.  Sliced honeydew is a cool optional addition to pass along with the main course.
The salad is great, the mint adds an interesting flavor to the spinach and the warm oil wilts the spinach just a little.
The peach and blueberry crisp is another staple in our house.  It's easy, great tasting, and is a wonderful way to include some fruits.  
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  • Home
    • The "Best Ever" Dinner Party!
    • Structuring the Evening
    • Diane & Jerry's Socially Distanced Thanksgiving
    • A Gregory Virtual Food Event
    • The Joy of Meals with Friends
    • Expeimenting with new recipes
    • Fat Tuscan - Cooking Class
    • A New Style Church Dinner
    • Camp Cooking
    • Sushi Feast
  • The Young Cook
    • Willow
    • Ryan - A Talented Cook >
      • Ryan's Menu
      • Sausage and Potatoes, Onions, and Peppers
      • Lemon Bars
    • Veronica
  • Menus
    • Menu #1 >
      • Shopping List - Menu 1
      • Warm Spinach Salad
      • Pasta alla Puttanesca
      • Peach and Blueberry Crisp
    • Menu #2 >
      • Shopping List - Menu 2
      • Risotto with Peas
      • Chicken Saltimbocca
      • Tiramisu
    • Menu #3 >
      • Shopping list - Menu 3
      • Broccoli & Squash Soup
      • Salmon en Papillote
      • Creamy Brandied Cherries
    • Menu #4 >
      • Shopping List - Menu 4
      • Salad with Greens and Stawberries
      • Paella
      • Pineapple Coconut Crumble
    • Menu #5 >
      • Shopping List - Menu 5
      • Citrus Avocado Lettuce Salad
      • Shrimp with Feta Cheese and Orzo
      • Pears with Raspberry Sauce
    • Menu #6 >
      • Shopping List - Menu 6
      • Fennel and Orange Salad
      • Moroccan Turkey Stew
      • Doughnuts with Chocolate Glaze
    • Menu #7 >
      • Shopping List - Menu 7
      • Beet, Apple, and Walnut Salad
      • Chicken with Goat Cheese
      • DOUBLE CHOCOLATE SOUFFLE
    • Menu # 8 >
      • Shopping List - Menu 9
      • Green Salad with Roasted Pears and Blue Cheese
      • Orange-Raisin Chicken with Toasted Cashews
      • Nutty Brownies
    • Menu # 9 >
      • Shopping List - Menu 9
      • Green Waldorf Salad
      • Baked Fish with Ripe Olives and Feta
      • Chocolate-Cherry Oatmeal Cookies
    • Menu #10 >
      • Shopping List - Menu 10
      • Squash Mushroom Soup
      • Quinoa Salad
      • Banana Strawberry Frozen Dessert
  • Recipes
    • Salads >
      • Fennel and Orange Salad
      • Caramelized Shallot Salad
      • Green Waldorf Salad
      • Beet, Apple, and Walnut Salad
      • Green Salad with Roasted Pears and Blue Cheese
      • Salad with Greens and Stawberries
      • Warm Spinach Salad
      • Hurricane Salade Niçoise
    • Vegetables & Legumes >
      • Les Trois Pommes
      • Pasta Primavera
      • Brandied Winter Squash
      • Roasted Beets with Goat Cheese
      • The Best Sweet Potaoto Wedges
      • Sweet Potato Salad
      • Sweet Potato & Black Bean Burrito
      • Cuban Black Beans
      • Sautéed Tofu with Broccoli in Chili-Orange Sauce
      • Willow's Tuna Cakes
      • Brussels Sprouts
      • Quinoa Primavera
      • Spinach, Mushrooms, and Red Peppers
    • Grains & Potatoes >
      • Pesto Bruschetta
      • Fruit and Nut Tabouli
    • Tofu & Eggs >
      • Impossible Quiche
    • Soup >
      • Chicken Soup
      • Potato and White Bean Puttanesca Soup
      • Squash & Mushroom Soup
      • Parsnip Soup with Walnut Pesto
      • Corn Chowder
      • Lemony Shrimp & Bean Soup
      • Turkey Mushroom Rice Soup
      • Pear & Carrot Soup
      • Lentil Soup
      • Hearty Vegetable Soup
      • Onion Soup
      • Avocado Cucumber Soup
    • Seafood >
      • Fish with Pesto
      • Fish with Lemon Garlic Sauce
      • Flavorful Shrimp
      • Pasta alla Puttanesca
      • Sesame Stir-Fry Shrimp and Spinach
      • A Great Lobster Roll
    • Meat & Poultry >
      • Chicken, Apricots, Sweet Potatoes, & Prunes
      • Hurricane Chicken Salad
      • Sweet Potato, Turkey, & Peanut Stew
      • Shepherd's Pie >
        • Shopping List - Shepherds Pie
    • Sweets & Breads >
      • Sun-Dried Tomato Cheese Bread
      • Ryan's Cranberry Sauce
      • Chocolate Prune Cake
      • Pear & Custard Dessert
      • Chocolate Yogurt Pavlova
      • Banana-Walnut Souffle >
        • Shopping list - Banana Souffle
      • Powerful Bran Muffins
      • Easy Graham Crust Cheesecake
      • Orange Walnut Torte
      • Nuts - 2 Ways
  • Blog
  • Your Ideas
    • Kosher Foods
    • Ashima's Tasty Cuisine
    • Jessica's Herbs & Peppers
    • Maureen & the Air Fryer
    • Ohan's Perfect Steak
    • Myra's Recipes
    • Ron's Sweet Potato
    • Sallie's Quinoa Salad
    • Ron & Brenda's Puttanesca on Coucous
    • Julie's Crunchy Cheese Snack