Pasta

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 […]

For some strange reason, activity has been ramping up in my life, so I’ve been looking for recipes for dishes that are quick and easy to prepare. Soups are notoriously simple, but we’ve sort of had our fill of them over the past few weeks. They are good though. I do love my soup. I’ve […]

Note to self: Make this dish again. Do you know why I originally created this website? If memory serves, it was to document the path I traveled on as I learned about cooking. I don’t want to say that I learned to cook, because I didn’t. I always knew how to cook. Not like a […]

I found a neat looking recipe for some broccoli and mint pesto a few days ago and noticed that the photo used in the recipe was that of the pesto on top of some spaghetti. I found the image appealing, so I thought I’d try to imitate what was going on in it. I’ve never […]

I made an interesting pasta dish the other night. I’m still thinking about what to make of it. I mean, it was good, but it wasn’t like the more traditional pasta dishes I’ve prepared in the past. The sauce wasn’t “sauce,” per se. It was more like softened vegetables in sort of like a broth. […]

I’m writing this post on Christmas Eve. I’m thinking about all the food I need to prepare for tomorrow. It’s going to be incredible. We’ve got some cranberry salmon as the main entree, some tsimmes, roasted balsamic sweet potatoes and cauliflower stuffing as the sides. For good measure, I’m even throwing in an awesome cranberry […]

Every so often, I flip through my cookbooks to see what I can prepare that I normally wouldn’t prepare. I’m sure you’ve done this too. Some recipes are obvious. You say, “Yup, that’s going to be the first one I make.” The photo is clear and the recipe is simple. It’s a no-brainer. Others, however, […]

I’m not sure I’ve ever tried to make any type of Chinese food, which is strange, because I love it. It’s all about the sauce that make this type of food so good. I may even consider picking up a Chinese food cookbook one day because after putting the dish I’ll share with you below […]

I am rockin’ and rollin’ with these tomato and basil recipes. I think we made some good choices this year when it came to planting our garden. Apparently, there’s a lot you can do with cherry tomatoes, basil and zucchini. These seem to be the big three. Between the salads and the pasta dishes I’ve […]