Healthy Butternut Mac and Cheese
Ummmmmmm….that’s with my fork up, eyes closed, and savoring every bite of this HEALTHY mac and cheese. Well, healthy-ish Butternut Mac and Cheese. Did you hear me?? I said “HEALTHY-ish” as in a mostly veggie-squashy mac and cheese. I knew it was a home run when the boys ate a big bowl, with no complaints…
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Top 5 Pasta Recipes of 2016
Happy 2017! Have you heard that enough already? It’s always exciting to turn the chapter on a year…actually, sometimes it can’t happen soon enough! I love seeing all the food bloggers I admire, listing their “top 10 recipes” as I sit quietly (usually with sports on in the background) making a list of the recipes…
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BBQ Chicken Pasta – Comfy Food Time!
Don’t be a chicken! Chicken – hot, fried, grilled, skewered, cajun’d, oven baked, or BBQ’d…it’s virtually a national pastime. Here in Music City, you see “hot chicken” on almost every menu, at every price point, from appetizers to the main dish. Even Anthony Bourdain got into the craze, highlighting a Nashville institution, Bolton’s, on his…
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Fall Harvest Seasonal Delicious Pasta Recipe Ideas
Hey friends! Are you feeling like the holidays are slowly creeping up behind you? But how can this be? The leaves are still begging to change colors here in Nashville, and these hot summertime-like days make me wonder if we are just going to skip fall all together. Either way, there are signs of the…
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Nine Layer Delicious Pasta Salad
Yep…you heard it right. Nine Layer Pasta Salad. Nine incredible layers of wonderful textures and flavors. Could it have been less? Sure, but I had a hard time leaving out any of the yummy layers. And like my husband John always says, “Why do when you can overdo?!” Love that about him. This Nine Layer…
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Blue Cheese Pasta Salad
Which side of the “blue cheese” court do you fall on? Blue cheese definitely has its rabid fans and then plenty of people who just stay clear away. I don’t feel like I’ve ever spoken to someone who “kinda liked” blue cheese. Is it the mold cultures or distinct smell that people have a hard…
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Creole Shrimp with Lemon Basil Pasta
I just love summer. And all the flavors summer keeps at the tip of our tongues. I can’t seem to get enough of certain flavors: citrus, basil, rosemary, melons, and of course seafood… (notice I conveniently left off ice cream, Mexican pelatas, M &M’s, and fruity desserts). After an incredible week with my family at…
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Supreme Pizza Pasta Salad
What a week! Lots of celebrating around here between the birthdays of America, my sweet husband John, and my niece Presley, who requested to be quoted as saying “This Supreme Pizza Pasta Salad is amazing!” We are all together down here in Rosemary Beach for our annual summer vacation…such a special time for my entire…
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Tzatziki Pasta Salad
One of my favorite things about Greek food is the Tzatziki sauce. (not so easy to say or spell, is it?) The cool, tangy, “dill”iness of it always feels and tastes so good! Especially in the heat of summer…and boy, are we in it. Whew. Greek and Mediterranean food is happily located near my office…
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Mexican Chef Pasta Salad
Last post Hawaii, this post Mexico! I couldn’t help it…both of these pasta salads bring the fun and festivity to summer cooking. This version of Mexican Chef Pasta Salad is an adaptation from a salad my sister Kathy makes annually on our family beach trip. Confession: we can’t stop eating it. This pasta salad is…
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