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🟡Carbonara con Carciofi🟡
Not traditional, but certainly Roman— took advantage of artichoke (carciofi) season and swapped out the guanciale🔥
🤌🏼RECIPE🤌🏼
1. In a pan, sauté 4 prepped and sliced artichokes cubed in EVOO until tender. Then, air fry at 375 for 12 min

2. In a bowl, whisk together 2 yolks and 1/4 egg white per person with 1/2 cup pecorino romano and 1/3 cup parmigiano reggiano, then add coursely ground black pepper
**👨🏻‍🍳 Note: use high-quality, organic eggs**

3. Cook 200g rigatoni pp and save a cup of pasta water

4. Toast some black pepper in the pan, mix in some pasta water, then add in your pasta

5. Turn off heat, pour in egg mixture and begin to stir immediately, adding more pasta water and/or pecorino as needed

6. Plate, finish with more pecorino, coarse black pepper, and crispy artichokes!

🔥Buon Appetito!🔥

🇮🇹 Spaghetti Caprese 🇮🇹
~ tomato basil, bufala mozzarella, 15yo balsamic ~
🟩RECIPE🟩
1. In a baking tray, cover Roma tomatoes, basil & garlic cloves in EVOO, salt and balsamic vinegar. Roast at 400 for 45 min
2. Once cooled, blend it all up. I used an immersion blender
3. Transfer to a sauté pan and put over medium heat, add in fresh mozzarella and stir til its nice and cheesy
4. Add your Al dente pasta and let it cook in the sauce for a bit, I used the spinach 🔥🔥
5. Finish with a little caprese on top if you’re trying to impress. If not, just smother it in more sauce
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🍤🔥Cappellini agli Scampi🔥🍤
Angel hair and shrimp is a match made in heaven, simple as that. 💯
🤩RECIPE🤩 (For 2-3)
1. Peel ~20 shrimp and boil shells for 2 hrs with 4 cups water and some shallots to make broth
2. In a pan, sauté 2 cloves garlic and 1+1/2 shallots in EVOO with some red chili until fragrant
3. Add in your shrimp and cook until pink, then splash in some Prosecco
4. To a blender, add 1/4 cup EVOO, the other half of the shallot, 1/2 cup broth, 2 roasted Roma tomatoes, 4-5 cooked shrimp, and a dash of cream (optional) to make crema di scampi
5. Add pasta cooked in the seafood broth to the pan and toss with shrimp
6. Add in your crema di scampi, broth as needed, and fresh parsley, toss. Finish with chili flakes 🦐✨🦐✨🦐

🍪🟢🥞Thin Mint Cookies & Cream Pancakes 🥞🟢🍪
Will there ever be a clear winner for the best cookie?? 🤔 🍪 🤷🏻‍♂️
All I know is people sleep on the Lemonades 🍋 🔥 Let me know your favorite below!! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
📝RECIPE📝
Dry ingredients:
- 1 cup oat flour
- 2 tbsp cocoa powder
- 1 scoop chocolate protein powder — (s/o vegan chocolate)
- 1 tsp baking powder
Wet Ingredients:
- 1 cup almond milk
- 1 tbsp peppermint extract
- 1 tsp pure vanilla
- 1/2 mashed banana (optional)
Chocolate Topping:
- 1 tbsp coconut yogurt
- 1 tbsp cocoa powder
- 1 tbsp melted dark chocolate
- dash of mint extract

1. Mix all of your dry ingredients together, then add your wet ingredients and stir until just incorporated
2. Add in 2 crushed up thin mints and I added in a handful of chocolate cereal, stir into batter.
3. Pour onto skillet and flip once bubbles appear
4. Finish with chocolate sauce topping, thin mints, Catalina Crunch, and green m&ms cuz it looks nice ✅✅✅