FamilyFood

Family Food is no more

No, it's not completely gone, I've just moved my content over to my primary blog, CityMama.  So many people have separate blogs for this and that, and I respect that, but cooking meals for my family is apart of me, hence the decision to merge the two blogs.

I'm also thumbing my nose at food snobs who think that moms don't or can't cook. A sentiment I've heard a lot over the years. (Why can't cooking moms get any respect? That's a question for another post...)

I'll no longer be updating this blog and you can find every recipe that was on Family Food over at CityMama (plus many more to come) so I hope you'll join me over in my new digs where there is always a seat a table for you.

Thanks for reading Family Food,

Stefania

I'm doing 30 days of recipes over on CityMama

Please hop on over there for the recipe of the day. It's my theme for NaBloPoMo. I'll be posting daily through the end of November, and tomorrow kicks off a week's worth of Thanksgiving recipes.

Favorites: Frozen Homemade Organic Greek-style Yogurt

This is a far cry from TCBY. Imagine your favorite Greek yogurt: so creamy and delicious.  Now imagine it frozen. That's what I'm talkin' 'bout.

Sweet.  On many levels.

A very lucky little girl.

Ravioli with Butternut Squash and Pancetta

It's only taken five years, but Bunny will now eat ravioli. You'd think all kids would like tortellini, ravioli, or other stuffed pastas, from the get-go but not so. It took a long time for Bunny to warm up to ravioli, but now she loves it. 

Our favorites are stuffed with some kind of meat, usually prosciutto. Lately we've been loving the grilled chicken-stuffed, triangle-shaped ravioli from Costco.  It comes in a two-pack and, in our Costco, is located near the hummus. Because it's so flavorful it marries well with simple sauces.

To make the sauce above, I baked off a buttnernut squash then cubed it.  I added it to a pan in which I sauteed garlic, shallots, and about 4 ounces of diced pancetta. I tossed the squash gently and just warmed it through. I added a spoonful of pasta cooking water to the sauce to loosen it, then tossed it with the cooked ravioli.  A little parmesan cheese and fresh ground pepper were the finishing touches.

Korean Braised Short Ribs (Kalbi Jim)

See the recipe at my personal blog, CityMama.