Pasta Alla Boscaiola - Woodsman Pasta

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Today we're making Pasta alla Boscaiola otherwise known as Woodsman style pasta. There are many ways to make this recipe but I especially love it with rosemary. It has sausage, onions, garlic, and lots of mushrooms in a delicious cream sauce. Enjoy!
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INGREDIENTS WITH GRAM AMOUNTS
1 pound (454 grams) rigatoni or penne, paccheri, etc
¼ cup (54 grams) extra virgin olive oil
¾ pound (340 grams) bulk Italian sausage
1 pound (454 grams) cremini mushrooms - sliced
1 ounce (28 grams) dried porcini mushrooms reconstituted in hot water then squeezed out and chopped
1 medium onion - diced
2 tablespoons fresh rosemary leaves - chopped
5 cloves garlic - sliced
¾ cup (170 grams) dry white wine
14 ounces (396 grams) crushed plum tomatoes
¾ cup (180 grams) heavy cream
½ cup (45 grams) Parmigiano Reggiano - grated
¼ cup flat-leaf parsley
2 cups (400 grams) reserved pasta water - will not need it all
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Jim- I just made this dish... WOW, it is to die for. Thanks.

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I'm so happy you liked it!

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Mise en place is the term used for having everything prepped if you didn't know.

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Hi just found you recently and am loving your dishes. Can you make a dish don’t know the name with chicken, spinach, dried tomatoes, capers, pasta in a creamy cheese sauce. Thanks

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It's solid but far from perfect paste cream sauce the last 10 videos .... pretty much needs more variety

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My sentiments EXACTLY Dan!!!!!

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If we cant boil pasta by now we probably need watch something else! I love your series!

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also, really enjoy how you incorporate your family in the episodes...very authentic!

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Sitting at home in Denmark, watching probably my 100th video of yours is a testament to your great work in many ways. We are so far apart geologically and culturally, but you bring something everyone needs with their cooking. Namely, enjoy the little things, do things your own way and share it with people you love. I hope you never stop making videos James!

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Thanks so much for this comment! My wife has a strong appreciation for Danish culture, particularly the concept of hygge, and as you said, enjoying the little things and sharing it with those you love I think embraces that concept. Appreciate you watching!

[@katherineharra8434]

So, do the Danish like pasta dishes? Sorry, I am clueless! (Okay, about MANY things...).

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@@katherineharra8434 Yeah, a lot actually. But in a very danish way. We boil and strain our pasta and put it back in the pot with a lid on it. And then at dinner table, each person takes whatever amount of pasta they want and put sauce on top. 2 things happen. The pasta becomes clumby and the sauce is watery. Not pleasant. I dont do it anymore, and this is in large parts due to KZbin cooking videos :).

[@JonasMondrup]

Im Danish aswell and my fav pasta dish is Cacio e pepe with 50/50 parma, pecorino no cream just the pasta water and hard cheese emulsion with the startch and some butter. Pasta is not just an Italian thing, cooking is universal and something everyone can learn if they want. This dish looks comfy and hygge , very autmn october dish with the shrooms, maybe some pancetta for more taste in terms of meats.

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His videos gives a Danish feel to us danes, without even being Danish. I think its perfect!

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[@aris1956]

“Pasta alla Boscaiola” ….. Another very delicious Italian dish known throughout Italy ! 👍😋 It originates in the area of Tuscany and there are some variations of it. Greetings from Italy ! 👋

[@charidhermin5794]

Do you know this recipe well? I’ve been looking for a recipe for this dish from someone who lives in Italy :)

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With pink sauce specifically 😁

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I love that your family is honest about their thoughts on the dishes and that you accept their feedback so graciously, there is so much mutual respect here

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Yes! He's so calming. I sometimes find myself irritated watching some channels, they are loud and obnoxious, like a hyperactive child. Haha.

[@GordiansKnotHere]

0:38 "Mise en place"... Absolutely! Cleanliness and adds the aspect of fun during the main event! EDIT: Nice recipe. Building Pasta dishes are one of my favorite activities! Thank you!

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As always, I love the prep and organization of ingredients. Aside from other content creators, you stand out because I feel like you REALLY want us to make these dishes and you inspire us to do so by making it less intimidating! Thank you to you and your family, I'm glad to see your wife participating more🤗❤

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mushroom in pasta is something else ❤❤❤

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Add a nice dollop of Mascarpone to the finished plate and you'll enter the threshold of Heaven!

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I love that your family is so honest in their reviews, and don’t just rave that OMG THIS IS THE BEST (fill in the blank) IVE EVER HAD! So many channels try to attract viewers with over the top antics and strained efforts to be hilarious that just come off as cringey. All three of you come off as a nice family, naturally chill, sharing good food. And as many have posted before, you come across as a very good teacher and “explainer”. I continue to really enjoy your channel very much! (And I continue to lobby for an episode of you and James cooking together!)

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I became a massive home cook over the past 3 years. As you can tell by my name I'm very Italian but I never got into cooking italian/italian-american dishes until I found your channel. Thank you!

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I tried pronouncing your last name and my hand started doing this on its own, weird “🤌🏾”

[@abbotlawrencestasyszeno.s.3266]

I made this today. It was a huge hit with my three friends. All of us have had the good fortune to spend a bit of time in Italy. I used paccheri which captured some of the sausage with each bite. I forgot to toss in the parsley I had chopped, but nobody knew it was supposed to be added. Some pepperoncini gave a nice little heat. I very much enjoy your channel.

[@cretracks]

I made this tonight from the written recipe, which is just a touch different from the video but close enough. I used whole plum tomatoes and crushed them by hand, that way you get bits of tomato which gives the dish a little more texture. Didn't need any pasta water - it was perfect. This recipe tasted like the pasta dishes we had traveling through the hills of Tuscany where everyone cooks with rosemary. Really wonderful!!

[@LouisShannon]

I love that you bring the whole family in for the taste tests!

[@Roundbrow]

Oh man I am excited to make this one! Also it's definitely not formulaic, never stop going over your prep & ingredients! I love the descriptions and why you use each one. Great stuff as always Jim.

[@dee_dee_place]

I made it this morning. You will not be disappointed- Yummy.

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Boiling the pasta out of frame is perfectly okay. Please continue to rock.

[@PkTLrD]

I love that you go over the ingredients! Never gets tiring, and so useful to hear your thoughts on it all

[@henrybw4975]

I just made this recipe and it’s hands down one of the best pasta dishes I’ve had in a long time! Didn’t have any white wine so I substituted with Rosé. I was sceptical about the rosemary because I don’t often cook with it, but it works well with this dish

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I love this channel because it keeps things simple and relatable. I visited Italy a few years ago for the first time and tried to eat and try out as much of the local flavours as I could, stuff that I’d never see at home. There were two dishes that were simply unforgettable, ravioli stuffed with pumpkin and squid-ink pasta that I had in Venice. I wish I knew how to recreate those dishes 🤤🤤

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I would always use the dried mushroom water it gives a really lovely intense mushroom flavour 🥰❤️ James the tester always a good judge 👍🥰

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Yes. This.

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One of the Grannies in the KZbin video "Pasta Grannies" uses mushroom water as well. I never thought to do so but I will in the future.

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Best recipe channel hands down! Something about watching these videos makes me feel at home! Thank you for everything you post.

[@stevencourtney2509]

Fantastic dish! I followed the recipe completely and it was amazing. It's hearty and it's a nice change of pace to have a weeknight go-to pasta without a red sauce. Super easy, limited ingredients, and comes together really fast. This will be in my regular rotation.

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What I love most about this is how your whole family got to enjoy it with you. Seeing the smile on your face as they taste what you've put your passion into is awesome. I hope to be able to experience the same things someday.

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Been following your channel for a long time! Happy to see you grow and improve on everything. Big ups to you for keeping to genuine, like the old vibe.

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Thanks, really appreciate that.

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About every 2 months we celebrate "International Day" wherein my niece cooks a big meal from a country we choose by pulling out names from a hat. Yesterday was Italian day and we (she mostly) prepared this meal as the entre. It was terrific and we loved it. Thank you so much.

[@hodgeelmwood8677]

If you have an Aldi near you, try their sausage patties and break 'em up to use in this dish. They're very nicely seasoned and delicious! I want to make this dish, I love mushrooms!

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Your family dont lie about the taste! You should be proud of your son and your wife. Be well and may God be with you all!

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Every recipe that I have made from your channel, have been a hit with my family. Thank you.

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Only just discovered your channel and love it. Made the boscaiola today. I reduced rosemary as not wild about it and turned out absolutely lovely. Looking forward to watching more videos and making new dishes. Thank you for sharing!

[@courtneydye6075]

Cozy fall vibes and Sip and Feast comfort food pastas...my favorite. It's true, I've never heard of that pasta, but I love the concept. I'm definitely going to try to find some good mushrooms to use and make this soon. Will you please make a squash dish next, like you guys were saying? I think it's a great idea for the next video! Thanks, Jim. I love the Sip and Feast fam! Thanks for sharing the love and perfect recipes as always.

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Thanks so much, really appreciate that! I do have a video out for a baked butternut squash pasta (it's about 2 years ago).

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Your channel is the best! I grew up in Syracuse and remember good home cooked Italian food. Recipes are easy to follow. I've made about 15 of your recipes and all of them were winners!

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I’ve lost count of how many times your videos have led to delicious dinners, but man oh man this was so good! That rosemary! We found the same dried mushrooms at Costco … I can see getting a lot of use out of those. In general, being based in CT, I really appreciate your videos since I can usually find the exact products. And of course the recipes are consistently delicious and clearly explained. Much appreciated!

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I don't have to taste this to know I'm going to love it - so many of my favorite flavors and ingredients!

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Wow, this looks amazing! I'll be adding this to the menu for me and my son this week. Thanks again for sharing yet another great recipe!

[@derekwebster110]

America’s Test Kitchen has a great trick for cooking mushrooms in a way that they won’t soak up all the fat; you start them in a cold pan with water. The water heats them up until their cell walls break down and they release their water, then you can add fat to the pan to help sear them. Just an FYI. Been fun watching your videos.

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I believe he wanted them to soak up the fat for flavor.

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When James said 'it's so dark out' i felt that in my soul

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The man asks whether we would like him to show us how to boil water. I’m telling you, what a humble guy and phenomenal teacher.

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I don't like mushrooms at all (it's mostly a texture thing), except in pasta. All of your mushroom pasta recipes look so tasty and I can't wait to make one this weekend. Thanks for sharing your delicious recipes!

[@Nogu3]

I am Korean-Australian who currently lives in Japan and its surprising how few people here understand pasta besides 3-4 sauces (shoyu/soy sauce and butter, aglio e olio, bolognese and ebi cream. I lived in a very Italian dominated area, mainly northern Tuscans so boscaiola has always been my favourite food since I was very young.

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Oh definitely trying this recipe out!

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Hope you like it!

[@ricardorgomez]

You know what's great about this meal: customization and simplicity. I made something similar just with some left-overs. Use ground beef instead of sausage. I like my sauce thick so I didn't use any pasta water. Super simple that even a very mediocre cook like myself can make it!

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don't usually comment but I really liked this video as always, never fails to leave me hungry :) would be nice to see some vegetarian or vegan recipes on your channel someday! i'm sure you could make anything delicious

[@gnaastiin2963]

definitely making this. super grateful for the honest feedback from the fam!

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Love that you have your family try your dishes and don’t edit out the less than perfect reviews. It keeps it honest, what so many channels lack nowadays is they just cook the dish never add anything, never critique it. It’s just always perfect. 😂 I am making this tonight. It has everything I love! Thanks for sharing and have a merry Christmas

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You are my hero! Cooking like grandma, without being some Guido. As a fellow Italian American, I really appreciate your channel. I think I would add a little ricotta in there as well.

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Aside from the recipes being excellent, I watch these before bed because of how relaxing they are!

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I love Rigatoni. It's a nice "meaty" pasta. Looks perfect for this dish.

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I love that your fam judges your food. My fam does too and I get pissed off because my wife hates everything! I get offended and need to just learn to be calm like you. You blame it on the place you bought the sausage, lol. You rock!

[@echale3]

I made this for my wife for a special occasion, but I used hot Italian sausage; pecorino romano; pinot grigio; a blend of crimini, shiitake, and oyster mushrooms; and homemade pasta (kind of a cross between orecchiette and cavatelli ); served up with a really nice dry red. I'm not much on measuring things, so I generally just wing it with the relative amounts of each ingredient. We really enjoyed it! The ingredients mesh together nicely, there's no flavor that's too far out in front of the others -- in all, a wonderful dish. You really hit it out of the park on this one!

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I like how you use normal ingredients that don’t cost an arm and a leg. Plus your recipes are so easy to follow! Keep up the good work!

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I’ll. Make this with the grandpa’s sausage at my local Italian grocery. Heavy with fennel, it has such authentic taste.

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Simple, easy and delicious recipes. Thanks you.

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Rosemary and thyme actually are so good!

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Thank you for posting this recipe! Made it last night for my family. They all loved it! I couldn’t believe how fast my boys ate it. They said it was the best they ever had.

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I’ve only recently come across your channel but there are several things that I feel the need to comment on: 1. LOVE the way that you are teaching your son how to taste & appreciate food, identify ingredients & understand what he likes about what he’s eating 2. Your easygoing manner whilst demonstrating the recipes - it’s not condescending, thereby engaging with your viewers (regardless of their culinary proficiency) 3. Your obvious love of the recipes, ingredients, how food should make the eater feel, why you do certain things (e.g. adding a little salt to the veggies whilst frying, to draw out their water, to enhance their flavours) - it’s all so brilliantly engaging I look forward to watching your back catalogue to see what new recipes I can find👍🏼

[@SipandFeast]

Thank you so much and welcome to the channel!

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Love the honest reactions from your family. I will give this one a try. Thanks.

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Just made this tonight. A huge hit and will definitely be added to our “keeper” list! I’ve always loved rosemary and it pairs perfectly with the ground pork. Thank you so much!

[@joeyhardin1288]

This looks great. I love the different mushrooms and not just a red sauce. Looking forward to holiday recipes. God Bless and stay safe.

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Such a great channel. So many recipes I forgot about. Growing up in an Italian family and my uncle had a restaurant once I became an adult I kinda went my own way as a cook and moved away from my roots because it’s what I ate EVERY DAY and I got sick of it. I make more Asian food than I do Italian now and your channel is really inspiring me to go back to my roots.

[@radzo1675]

Looks outstanding Jim. Thanks for the vid as always.

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Made this today for the family. Everyone loved it. Thank you.

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Love this channel & your warm & loving manner with your family. You don’t need to show us how to boils pasta. If people really need it, just insert b-roll

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Oh yes! This is perfect for the fall-winter seasons.

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Awesome recipe and really sweet, heartwarming moment when your family tasted the dish. The love in your eyes when each of them was tasting and describing the dish was palpable and deeply moving. The only thing better than good cooking is good cooking done by good people. Cooking is a love language.

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This looks amazing! I love every single one of these ingredients. Another great video!

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The cooking technique of mise en place, or as you put it, preparing all your ingredients in advance, took my cooking up several steps, and is the one thing I tell friends when they ask me about cooking better.

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Really love following your recipes. I’ve made a few. Thank you for the great recipes and instruction.

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That hits all the right notes for me! I love 💯💯 of everything about this recipe. I have made similar without a recipe, not knowing there was an actual name for it only because I enjoy all these ingredients together!

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The most adorable family on KZbin! Love this channel.

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I’m learning so much! Thanks for your step-by-step approach. 💐

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Always great to watch your videos. Our family loves your recipes.

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Thank you for sharing this recipe!and it looks so delicious 😋!

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Oh wow, this recipe looks amazing and right up my alley. I'll be making it this weekend.

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I appreciate how these recipes are not in a paint by numbers format

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I like the way you go over the ingredients and the quantity of each ingredient.

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You don’t have to boil pasta water anymore. Everything else is perfect. You’re amazing. Thank you so much. ❤

[@SheepdogsHeart]

Made this for dinner tonight and it was really good! I'm becoming a mushroom fan the more I try them, they are turning out to be flavor magnets. And this recipe had plenty of mushrooms and flavor to go around. You keep making videos, I'll keep watching and expanding my cooking universe.

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It was phenomenal!! Great recipe & thank you

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Every time I watch, I am knocked out by the great teaching job you do; there’s NOBODY better! Best regards, Bob Campbell

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Thanks for the heads up. More sausage it is! Love love your cooking style and recipe choices.

[@TheRealChetManley]

We made your cannellini bean soup Sunday and it was awesome. This one is right up my alley; I love mushrooms. Unfortunately I’m the only one at my house that likes them. Good on your son for not being afraid to eat all this wonderful food and for liking mushrooms!

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I’ve made this twice now. Omg so so delicious!! My family loves it, kids always come back for seconds.

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You really are such fun to watch. I love your whole approach to cooking. You are very low stress and I like tthat. Thanks for all you do.

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Looked really nice, a few nice touches with the cream etc Thanks again.

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Keep doing what you love - cooking good food and sharing it with your family ... and the internet! Thanks for making this content and for giving this Mama lots of ideas for easy, tasty home-cooked meals for my family.

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Gonna try this one out today! Thanks for all those awesome recipes

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Hope you enjoy it!

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Yep. I am making this one soon. Cannot wait!

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I love the frank fast feedback! Gonna try this one for sure this week

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Looking forward to making this pasta.Brilliant cooking. Thanks SAF.

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I love and share this channel. Thank you for being clean and also just an easy explanation and really great recipes. God bless you and your family

[@bwbradley1803]

We had this for Thanksgiving Eve, and it was perfect. Thank you!