Ragu Bolognese

One of my favorite shows is The Chew, I have a series recording and watch it every day. They always show delicious looking recipes, but this was my first time actually making something from the show. Mario Batali made this Ragu Bolognese on the Viewer's Choice episode last week. The recipe was super easy to follow and the dish was super yummy!

Photo from ABC

A few notes: I used a can of tomato paste instead of the tube, basil instead of parsley, and ground turkey instead of the meats suggested. We also used rigatoni because we couldn't find the noodles that they used on the show-- you'd probably have to go to a specialty store.

http://beta.abc.go.com/shows/the-chew/recipes/Ragu-Bolognese-Mario-Batali

Ingredients:

ingredients

• 1/4 cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• 2 tablespoons Butter
• 2 medium Onions (finely chopped)
• 4 ribs Celery (finely chopped)
• 2 Carrots (finely chopped)
• 5 Garlic cloves (sliced)
• 1 pound ground Pork
• 1 pound ground Veal
• 4 ounces Pancetta or Slab Bacon (run through the medium holes of the butcher's grinder)
• 1 4.5-ounce tube of Tomato Paste
• 1 cup Whole Milk
• 1 cup Dry White Wine
• 1/2 cup Parsley (leaves picked and chopped)
• Salt
• 1 1/2 pounds Fresh Taglietelle
• 1/2 cup freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano (plus more for garnish)

TV Time!

If that title instinctively made you sing "T-shirt time, t-shirt time" a la Pauly D- we're on the same page! Would you like to play a special edition of "What's On My DVR"? I thought so! I love TV and I'm not ashamed to admit it. Yesterday I read an article where Oprah said she thinks TV has been reduced to mind numbing trash, which is why she created her own network. Granted, I love OWN and their inspirational and thought provoking shows. But sometimes I just want to have my mind numbed! Especially after a 9 hour day at work.

We have 3 dvrs in our house, and they've become segmented. The bonus room has "our" shows, living room "sarah" shows, and bedroom "trash tv". Otherwise we'd encounter real problems on busy tv nights, like Wed or Thurs. That, and I love watching Jersey Shore before bed, so that's pretty much the only thing that's on the trashy dvr.

Now before you judge, I don't watch all of these shows every day they're on. Otherwise I'd never get up from in front of the TV. I generally watch shows a couple days late (except for The Bachelor), and I'll always catch up on Saturday mornings. The beauty of watching on the DVR is that you can cut out 1/3 of the run time by FF through commercials. Yeah, I've got this down to a science.

Our Shows

Glee

The Office

30 Rock

Modern Family

Outsourced

Police Women of ____ (we like them all)

Saturday Night Live

Mad Men

Private Practice

Gray's Anatomy

My Shows

Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (it ended too soon)

The Bachelor

Jersey Shore

Rachel Zoe Project

Anything HGTV

Millionaire Matchmaker

Selling New York

NATE BERKUS!!!!

Do you have any favorite shows right now? Or how about shows that you can't wait to return

(Mad Men and Army Wives- hello?)?!?