The Instant Pot is a great tool for quickly cooking dried beans and making soup at the last minute. This is our Instant Pot Italian White Bean Soup recipe. This is an Instant Pot Italian Bean Soup that features sausage and kale. This is a low-cost nutritional soup that provides a full meal. Even with…
One of the many reasons the Instant Pot is an essential kitchen appliance is because it is great at making a sophisticated last-minute meal. One recent afternoon, Erin asked if there was a way I could make a dinner out of a 3-pound chuck roast. Normally I would need to start this early in the…
Béchamel Sauce is a classic of French cooking. It can be used for many different dishes. This version I have developed is for use in our Lasagna Bolognese and Béchamel Sauce recipe. This lasagna is designed to be fairly dry so this Béchamel Sauce uses less milk than other recipes.
Lasagna is one of those dishes that has many different variations. Fun Diego Family has at least four versions of Lasagna we make. The best lasagna I have ever had was in Italy and it combined bolognese and béchamel Sauce. I have found several recipes, for this type of lasagna, my favorite being from the…
This is our recipe for Bolognese Sauce. I did a whole post on how I developed my Bolognese Sauce Recipe. This is something I have developed over many years based on my experiences with the real thing in Italy. As discussed in the introduction article, this my not be totally authentic, but I feel it…
Italian Bolognese Sauce is probably my favorite pasta sauce. I have tried the real thing in Italy and, on very rare occasions, at restaurants in the United States. Unfortunately, what generally passes for bolognese sauce in America is simply plain old meat sauce. Over the years I have developed my own Bolognese Sauce recipe and…