Thin strands of pasta are tossed wtih a buttery sauce and tender sea scallops.
This room-temperature pasta is easy to make and satisfying to eat, especially when the weather is hot. A generous amount of basil imbues it with summer-fresh flavor.
Dried apricots and cherries give a wonderful sweet-tart taste to this dressing, while the pine nuts boost the naturally nutty flavor of the wild rice.
This seafood dish is light yet satisfying.
This pesto takes on fresh flavor with the addition of mint to the traditional basil.
Purchased cheese tortellini are accented with a jazzed up Alfredo sauce, tomatoes and artichokes.
The flavorful wood-smoked salmon used here is a hot-smoked salmon, whose texture is completely different from cold-smoked salmon or lox.
Arborio rice is the perfect foil for the woodsy flavor of spring asparagus and oyster mushrooms.
By CCA Member William Wortman Jr.; Cornelious, North Carolina
Using buttermilk instead of oil to bind the pesto makes this dish lighter.