YUM ALONG PHOTO CONTEST No.1

[drumstick diva]

Most excellent

 

[pennyJo1960]

Ok... I've been kind of pushed to submit something. So here goes.

Italian Mac-n-Cheese (inspired by Rachael Ray) and Cannellini bean salad (inspired by Giada De Laurentiis) with toasted pine nuts and a garlic and herb infused balsamic vinaigrette

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For the salad, we use romaine lettuce, spinach that I picked today, chiffonade basil and parsley tossed with orange pepper, cherry tomatoes, toasted pine nuts, sliced red onion, mixed Italian cheese, three cheese blend and cannellini beans that I canned. The dressing is garlic and herb (rosemary, thyme, oregano, basil and parsley) infused olive oil with balsamic vinegar and garnished with more basil, three cheese blend, a sprig of parsley and a drizzle of balsamic glaze.

View attachment 1249387
For the main course, we use fresh basil and parsley, Italian sausage, rigatoni, olive oil, butter, garlic, onion, mushroom, flour, crushed red pepper, chicken stock (from my chickens), heavy cream, pasta water, drained fire roasted tomatoes, fresh cherry tomatoes, crushed red pepper, salt, pepper, hot sauce, mixed Italian cheese and three cheese mix. After baking we garnish with some three cheese blend, basil chiffonade, parsley and fresh cherry tomatoes.

We start with the salad as it needs to marinade with the dressing.
View attachment 1249385 View attachment 1249387
Toasting the pine nuts... Won't tell you that I burnt the first batch. This whole photo thing is tough...View attachment 1249392
All of the ingredients ready to go togetherView attachment 1249393
Herbs infusing the oil in steeping...View attachment 1249394
The final salad.View attachment 1249395
Then the main course... Pasta an sausage cooking..
View attachment 1249426
Onions, garlic and mushrooms sauteing. View attachment 1249428

The cheese sauce and pasta before combining. I like mixing fresh and fire roasted tomatoes
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ready to go into the oven.View attachment 1249430

After it came out of the oven...
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And final plating...
View attachment 1249449 Ok this is my first contest submission. What did I do right and what do I need to improve on...

Darn nice photos yum

We have a WINNER

ditto from here

 

[DigMyChicks]

Ok... I've been kind of pushed to submit something. So here goes.

Italian Mac-n-Cheese (inspired by Rachael Ray) and Cannellini bean salad (inspired by Giada De Laurentiis) with toasted pine nuts and a garlic and herb infused balsamic vinaigrette

View attachment 1249385
For the salad, we use romaine lettuce, spinach that I picked today, chiffonade basil and parsley tossed with orange pepper, cherry tomatoes, toasted pine nuts, sliced red onion, mixed Italian cheese, three cheese blend and cannellini beans that I canned. The dressing is garlic and herb (rosemary, thyme, oregano, basil and parsley) infused olive oil with balsamic vinegar and garnished with more basil, three cheese blend, a sprig of parsley and a drizzle of balsamic glaze.

View attachment 1249387
For the main course, we use fresh basil and parsley, Italian sausage, rigatoni, olive oil, butter, garlic, onion, mushroom, flour, crushed red pepper, chicken stock (from my chickens), heavy cream, pasta water, drained fire roasted tomatoes, fresh cherry tomatoes, crushed red pepper, salt, pepper, hot sauce, mixed Italian cheese and three cheese mix. After baking we garnish with some three cheese blend, basil chiffonade, parsley and fresh cherry tomatoes.

We start with the salad as it needs to marinade with the dressing.
View attachment 1249385 View attachment 1249387
Toasting the pine nuts... Won't tell you that I burnt the first batch. This whole photo thing is tough...View attachment 1249392
All of the ingredients ready to go togetherView attachment 1249393
Herbs infusing the oil in steeping...View attachment 1249394
The final salad.View attachment 1249395
Then the main course... Pasta an sausage cooking..
View attachment 1249426
Onions, garlic and mushrooms sauteing. View attachment 1249428

The cheese sauce and pasta before combining. I like mixing fresh and fire roasted tomatoes
View attachment 1249429
ready to go into the oven.View attachment 1249430

After it came out of the oven...
View attachment 1249437

And final plating...
View attachment 1249449 Ok this is my first contest submission. What did I do right and what do I need to improve on...

Wow, looks fabulous!

 

[Molpet]

Ok... I've been kind of pushed to submit something. So here goes.

Italian Mac-n-Cheese (inspired by Rachael Ray) and Cannellini bean salad (inspired by Giada De Laurentiis) with toasted pine nuts and a garlic and herb infused balsamic vinaigrette

View attachment 1249385
For the salad, we use romaine lettuce, spinach that I picked today, chiffonade basil and parsley tossed with orange pepper, cherry tomatoes, toasted pine nuts, sliced red onion, mixed Italian cheese, three cheese blend and cannellini beans that I canned. The dressing is garlic and herb (rosemary, thyme, oregano, basil and parsley) infused olive oil with balsamic vinegar and garnished with more basil, three cheese blend, a sprig of parsley and a drizzle of balsamic glaze.

View attachment 1249387
For the main course, we use fresh basil and parsley, Italian sausage, rigatoni, olive oil, butter, garlic, onion, mushroom, flour, crushed red pepper, chicken stock (from my chickens), heavy cream, pasta water, drained fire roasted tomatoes, fresh cherry tomatoes, crushed red pepper, salt, pepper, hot sauce, mixed Italian cheese and three cheese mix. After baking we garnish with some three cheese blend, basil chiffonade, parsley and fresh cherry tomatoes.

We start with the salad as it needs to marinade with the dressing.
View attachment 1249385 View attachment 1249387
Toasting the pine nuts... Won't tell you that I burnt the first batch. This whole photo thing is tough...View attachment 1249392
All of the ingredients ready to go togetherView attachment 1249393
Herbs infusing the oil in steeping...View attachment 1249394
The final salad.View attachment 1249395
Then the main course... Pasta an sausage cooking..
View attachment 1249426
Onions, garlic and mushrooms sauteing. View attachment 1249428

The cheese sauce and pasta before combining. I like mixing fresh and fire roasted tomatoes
View attachment 1249429
ready to go into the oven.View attachment 1249430

After it came out of the oven...
View attachment 1249437

And final plating...
View attachment 1249449 Ok this is my first contest submission. What did I do right and what do I need to improve on...

Where do I get your cookbook?

 

[Soon2BChixMom]

Ok... I've been kind of pushed to submit something. So here goes.

Italian Mac-n-Cheese (inspired by Rachael Ray) and Cannellini bean salad (inspired by Giada De Laurentiis) with toasted pine nuts and a garlic and herb infused balsamic vinaigrette

View attachment 1249385
For the salad, we use romaine lettuce, spinach that I picked today, chiffonade basil and parsley tossed with orange pepper, cherry tomatoes, toasted pine nuts, sliced red onion, mixed Italian cheese, three cheese blend and cannellini beans that I canned. The dressing is garlic and herb (rosemary, thyme, oregano, basil and parsley) infused olive oil with balsamic vinegar and garnished with more basil, three cheese blend, a sprig of parsley and a drizzle of balsamic glaze.

View attachment 1249387
For the main course, we use fresh basil and parsley, Italian sausage, rigatoni, olive oil, butter, garlic, onion, mushroom, flour, crushed red pepper, chicken stock (from my chickens), heavy cream, pasta water, drained fire roasted tomatoes, fresh cherry tomatoes, crushed red pepper, salt, pepper, hot sauce, mixed Italian cheese and three cheese mix. After baking we garnish with some three cheese blend, basil chiffonade, parsley and fresh cherry tomatoes.

We start with the salad as it needs to marinade with the dressing.
View attachment 1249385 View attachment 1249387
Toasting the pine nuts... Won't tell you that I burnt the first batch. This whole photo thing is tough...View attachment 1249392
All of the ingredients ready to go togetherView attachment 1249393
Herbs infusing the oil in steeping...View attachment 1249394
The final salad.View attachment 1249395
Then the main course... Pasta an sausage cooking..
View attachment 1249426
Onions, garlic and mushrooms sauteing. View attachment 1249428

The cheese sauce and pasta before combining. I like mixing fresh and fire roasted tomatoes
View attachment 1249429
ready to go into the oven.View attachment 1249430

After it came out of the oven...
View attachment 1249437

And final plating...
View attachment 1249449 Ok this is my first contest submission. What did I do right and what do I need to improve on...

Get in my belly!

 

[bruceha2000]

Toasting the pine nuts... Won't tell you that I burnt the first batch. This whole photo thing is tough...

Do you have ANY idea what those things cost??? OK, of course you do, you bought them. Better give the burned ones to the chickens so it isn't a total waste. Darned expensive chicken treats!!!!

Looks REALLY good. Good enough to eat even

 

[sunflour]

Ok... I've been kind of pushed to submit something. So here goes.

Italian Mac-n-Cheese (inspired by Rachael Ray) and Cannellini bean salad (inspired by Giada De Laurentiis) with toasted pine nuts and a garlic and herb infused balsamic vinaigrette

View attachment 1249385
For the salad, we use romaine lettuce, spinach that I picked today, chiffonade basil and parsley tossed with orange pepper, cherry tomatoes, toasted pine nuts, sliced red onion, mixed Italian cheese, three cheese blend and cannellini beans that I canned. The dressing is garlic and herb (rosemary, thyme, oregano, basil and parsley) infused olive oil with balsamic vinegar and garnished with more basil, three cheese blend, a sprig of parsley and a drizzle of balsamic glaze.

View attachment 1249387
For the main course, we use fresh basil and parsley, Italian sausage, rigatoni, olive oil, butter, garlic, onion, mushroom, flour, crushed red pepper, chicken stock (from my chickens), heavy cream, pasta water, drained fire roasted tomatoes, fresh cherry tomatoes, crushed red pepper, salt, pepper, hot sauce, mixed Italian cheese and three cheese mix. After baking we garnish with some three cheese blend, basil chiffonade, parsley and fresh cherry tomatoes.

We start with the salad as it needs to marinade with the dressing.
View attachment 1249385 View attachment 1249387
Toasting the pine nuts... Won't tell you that I burnt the first batch. This whole photo thing is tough...View attachment 1249392
All of the ingredients ready to go togetherView attachment 1249393
Herbs infusing the oil in steeping...View attachment 1249394
The final salad.View attachment 1249395
Then the main course... Pasta an sausage cooking..
View attachment 1249426
Onions, garlic and mushrooms sauteing. View attachment 1249428

The cheese sauce and pasta before combining. I like mixing fresh and fire roasted tomatoes
View attachment 1249429
ready to go into the oven.View attachment 1249430

After it came out of the oven...
View attachment 1249437

And final plating...
View attachment 1249449 Ok this is my first contest submission. What did I do right and what do I need to improve on...

Yummy

 

[OneMountainAcres]

Ok... I've been kind of pushed to submit something. So here goes.

Italian Mac-n-Cheese (inspired by Rachael Ray) and Cannellini bean salad (inspired by Giada De Laurentiis) with toasted pine nuts and a garlic and herb infused balsamic vinaigrette

View attachment 1249385
For the salad, we use romaine lettuce, spinach that I picked today, chiffonade basil and parsley tossed with orange pepper, cherry tomatoes, toasted pine nuts, sliced red onion, mixed Italian cheese, three cheese blend and cannellini beans that I canned. The dressing is garlic and herb (rosemary, thyme, oregano, basil and parsley) infused olive oil with balsamic vinegar and garnished with more basil, three cheese blend, a sprig of parsley and a drizzle of balsamic glaze.

View attachment 1249387
For the main course, we use fresh basil and parsley, Italian sausage, rigatoni, olive oil, butter, garlic, onion, mushroom, flour, crushed red pepper, chicken stock (from my chickens), heavy cream, pasta water, drained fire roasted tomatoes, fresh cherry tomatoes, crushed red pepper, salt, pepper, hot sauce, mixed Italian cheese and three cheese mix. After baking we garnish with some three cheese blend, basil chiffonade, parsley and fresh cherry tomatoes.

We start with the salad as it needs to marinade with the dressing.
View attachment 1249385 View attachment 1249387
Toasting the pine nuts... Won't tell you that I burnt the first batch. This whole photo thing is tough...View attachment 1249392
All of the ingredients ready to go togetherView attachment 1249393
Herbs infusing the oil in steeping...View attachment 1249394
The final salad.View attachment 1249395
Then the main course... Pasta an sausage cooking..
View attachment 1249426
Onions, garlic and mushrooms sauteing. View attachment 1249428

The cheese sauce and pasta before combining. I like mixing fresh and fire roasted tomatoes
View attachment 1249429
ready to go into the oven.View attachment 1249430

After it came out of the oven...
View attachment 1249437

And final plating...
View attachment 1249449 Ok this is my first contest submission. What did I do right and what do I need to improve on...

Ok, now I'm STARVING!

 

[Lazy Farmer]

Ok... I've been kind of pushed to submit something. So here goes.

Italian Mac-n-Cheese (inspired by Rachael Ray) and Cannellini bean salad (inspired by Giada De Laurentiis) with toasted pine nuts and a garlic and herb infused balsamic vinaigrette

View attachment 1249385
For the salad, we use romaine lettuce, spinach that I picked today, chiffonade basil and parsley tossed with orange pepper, cherry tomatoes, toasted pine nuts, sliced red onion, mixed Italian cheese, three cheese blend and cannellini beans that I canned. The dressing is garlic and herb (rosemary, thyme, oregano, basil and parsley) infused olive oil with balsamic vinegar and garnished with more basil, three cheese blend, a sprig of parsley and a drizzle of balsamic glaze.

View attachment 1249387
For the main course, we use fresh basil and parsley, Italian sausage, rigatoni, olive oil, butter, garlic, onion, mushroom, flour, crushed red pepper, chicken stock (from my chickens), heavy cream, pasta water, drained fire roasted tomatoes, fresh cherry tomatoes, crushed red pepper, salt, pepper, hot sauce, mixed Italian cheese and three cheese mix. After baking we garnish with some three cheese blend, basil chiffonade, parsley and fresh cherry tomatoes.

We start with the salad as it needs to marinade with the dressing.
View attachment 1249385 View attachment 1249387
Toasting the pine nuts... Won't tell you that I burnt the first batch. This whole photo thing is tough...View attachment 1249392
All of the ingredients ready to go togetherView attachment 1249393
Herbs infusing the oil in steeping...View attachment 1249394
The final salad.View attachment 1249395
Then the main course... Pasta an sausage cooking..
View attachment 1249426
Onions, garlic and mushrooms sauteing. View attachment 1249428

The cheese sauce and pasta before combining. I like mixing fresh and fire roasted tomatoes
View attachment 1249429
ready to go into the oven.View attachment 1249430

After it came out of the oven...
View attachment 1249437

And final plating...
View attachment 1249449 Ok this is my first contest submission. What did I do right and what do I need to improve on...

Delicious! What a marvelous surprise for me to come back to today! Thanks for your entry.. And dedication..

 

[Lazy Farmer]

Get in my belly!

That made me