Pasta

Spring is that time of year when a variety of vibrant colors make a comeback, especially at your local grocery store. Many great fruits and vegetables are back in season and you simply can’t resist passing up the chance to purchase a pound or two of fresh asparagus. As we shed our winter layers and […]

The most incredible thing happened last fall. After months of disposing of our vegetable scraps in one of our gardens, we ended up indirectly growing several butternut squashes from the germinating seeds. As you may know, butternut squash is rich in vitamins, minerals, and disease-fighting antioxidants. This squash is low in calories and fiber-rich and […]

My most popular post on this blog is one for a very tasty homestyle Dutch oven mac and cheese recipe. If you haven’t checked that one out yet, you probably should. It’s legit. I wrote that post a very long time ago and it’s been tested thoroughly. People love it. It’s not the healthiest thing […]

I haven’t eaten gnocchi since 1998. I know this because I was at college the last time I tried it. There was an incredible Italian restaurant the next town over that offered some fairly famous gnocchi and I wasn’t allowed to leave the area until I tasted it. I did and I enjoyed it. I […]

If I could eat these lasagna rolls every night for the rest of my life, I probably would. They’re so easy to prepare and they taste great. And they’re filling. There’s just something about Italian food that I love. It doesn’t need to be the neatest thing on the table and people all over the […]

Take a look at the photos for this dish. Doesn’t it look good? I was wondering how I was going to take pictures of what I prepared because I didn’t think the colors of the ingredients were all too distinct. Apparently, they are distinct enough because the dish looks pretty great! It tastes excellent too. […]

There’s nothing tricky about this recipe. It’s super simple and I have to tell you, it feels a bit old world. I’ve always enjoyed pasta dishes that were a little different than the more traditional ones that call for tomato sauce. In this dish, we’ve got walnuts and mushrooms and Parmesan cheese. I love this […]

I have a confession to make. This recipe was supposed to be for some beautiful vegetable cannelloni rolls, but things didn’t turn out as planned. As I was cooking everything up, getting ready to prepare the lasagna to act as rolls, I realized that the noodles were no where near as wide as I’d need […]

This is what we ate for dinner last night. A few days ago, while I was researching some pasta recipes, I stumbled across what they call, “Pasta alla Norma.” That sounded very Italian to me, so I looked into it and discovered that it’s a pasta dish that includes roasted eggplant and a few different […]

This one is all about the sauce. It’s so good. I was actually going to prepare a completely different recipe (wait until next week for that), but as it got later into the night, I decided to take the easy route out. Not that the dish was any less tasty; it was just faster to […]