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OK, I’ve already revealed way too much about my TV-viewing habits<\/a>, but……I also have to confess my love of HBO’s “The Sopranos”. I am counting down the days until the new season starts (April!). So, when I saw The Sopranos Family Cookbook<\/a>, I had to get it. It’s actually (considering that all of the recipes were “written” by imaginary characters) a pretty good cookbook. I had a viewing party for the premiere show a couple of seasons ago and used quite a few of the recipes. I recommend the ones, in particular, for Biscotti Regina (Almond-Sesame cookies) and Arancini (rice balls).<\/p>\n And then, of course, there’s Carmela Soprano’s Baked Ziti. Mmmmm…… I added a tiny bit of sugar, cayenne pepper, oregano, balsamic vinegar and sauteed onion and garlic to the original sauce recipe. For the meats, I used mild Italian sausage, beef stew meat (I just can’t make myself do veal) and 2 (1\/2 lb. each) country style pork ribs. I also added one more large can of diced tomatoes, because I wanted to have a little more sauce left over to make another dish, and because I wanted it to be just a TINY bit chunky. I pureed the whole tomatoes in the blender before I added them.<\/p>\n It’s so delicious, it’s a dish you can’t refuse…..capisce?<\/p>\n OK, I’ve already revealed way too much about my TV-viewing habits, but……I also have to confess my love of HBO’s “The Sopranos”. I am counting down the days until the new season starts (April!). So, when I saw The Sopranos Family Cookbook, I had to get it. It’s actually (considering that all of the recipes … Continue reading “Sopranos Dinner: Carmela’s Baked Ziti with Little Meatballs and Uncle Junior’s Sunday Gravy”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entrees"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=89"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=89"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=89"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=89"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nI’m too lazy (and afraid of copyright attorneys) to type the whole recipe in for you, but you basically make a batch of Uncle Junior’s Sunday Gravy with meatballs (recipe is in the book, but also available on HBO’s website here<\/a>), boil a pound of ziti, pour a little sauce over the pasta, put it in a casserole dish, add a little ricotta, mozzarella and parmesan, then a little more sauce and parmesan, then bake it for about an hour.<\/p>\n![\"uncooked%20meatballs.jpg\"](\"http:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/uncooked%20meatballs.jpg\")
\nUncooked meatballs.<\/p>\n![\"cooked%20meatballs.jpg\"](\"http:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/cooked%20meatballs.jpg\")
\nBrowned meatballs (they finish cooking in the sauce).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"