Three simple words: tomato, mozzarella, basil. My three favorite ingredients for summer. Can you feel it? It may be just a “tinge” early but I had to go there. We are counting down the days. This will be making a weekly appearance during the ...
Zucchini Noodle Salad with Tomatoes, Goat Cheese, Corn and Avocado Sauce
How beautiful are these Spring days?! Those when it’s not raining…:) I’m appreciating our “Nashville” Springtime after being in Minneapolis for a couple of days for a photography workshop. We actually got lucky with some unusually warm days, but I ...
Top 5 Pasta Recipes for Spring
This weather! Absolutely beautiful…sunny but not hot, and the days are getting longer which is so welcome. Does your energy level just spike making you want to tackle things you’ve been avoiding all winter? A friend asked me offhand earlier this ...
Pasta Salad with Tuna, Apple, and Dried Cranberries
Please welcome back Mary Clarke, aka "Cookie", my mother and the most extraordinarily talented cook I know. This is her second time as a guest blogger! She is a former gourmet cooking teacher, has built a successful catering business here in ...
Florentine Pasta Salad with Red Grapes and Cashews
Today's post is by my first guest blogger! Please welcome Mary Clarke, aka "Cookie", my mother and the most extraordinarily talented cook I know. She is a former gourmet cooking teacher, has built a successful catering business here in ...
Lemony Shrimp & Scallop Pasta with Basil
It’s true that lemons make most anything taste better. Yea? Really? Doubting me? Just try it. A squeeze into your homemade salad dressing, a squeeze over any piece of freshly grilled or baked fish, or even just a squeeze into some plain ‘ole water…it ...
Arugula, Spinach, and Mozzarella Pasta Salad
May. It’s almost over…and I’ve only done one other post! Sorry! Have you missed the recipes? OK, I’ll assume yes. I read in a friend’s blog recently that May is the busiest month of the year, even over December! And yes…I totally ...
Pasta with Tomatoes, Feta, and Herbs
California. Wow. Sonoma. Wine Country. Perfect. We just celebrated my parents’ 50th wedding anniversary (congrats Mom and Dad!) out there this past weekend and once again were reminded how absolutely gorgeous and varied the landscape can be in our ...
Shrimp, Avocado, & Spinach Pasta with Mango Vinaigrette
MANGO-LEESSSHHH-CIOUS! Now this is the way to kick off a New Year! John, the boys, and I typically travel south the week after Christmas and spend some time in Naples, FL with my parents. It’s a glorious week when the office is closed, and sun ...
Creamy Oriental Pasta Salad
I’m a California girl. I was born in Los Angeles with a head full of blond hair. (And yes, I’m still a natural blond). Most people can’t believe it because we moved to Nashville when I was in 2nd grade, which was a few years ago to say the ...
