Kale, our favorite “headless” wild cabbage, has been hot for a few years now. Everywhere you look there is kale on a menu or some recipe substituting and selling kale as the “it girl” new leafy green. The beautiful ruffled dark green ...
Butternut Squash Pasta Sauce over Gluten Free Tagliolini
It’s hard not to overdue using this sweet succulent fall vegetable. Don’t let its tough exterior fool you! (PS: I buy it already peeled and diced!) We are still at the relative beginning of the cold season, so I am not ashamed to say that I can’t ...
Thanksgiving Turkey Leftover Soup
November. It’s the time of year when food starts to enter into every conversation. We plan to serve the annual traditional dishes, no matter how much everyone likes them :), and we talk about “changing things up” this year with our ...
Lemon Shallot Pasta with Sun Dried Tomatoes
When your girlfriends come over…are you all more “let’s order in salads!” or “pass the spinach dip!” kind of group? May depend on which group of friends are over! :) One thing I do know is that our Girls Night Out Pasta with a Lemon ...
Bacon Cheeseburger Pasta
A good burger. Sometimes that is just what the doctor orders. I don’t care how fancy a “foodie” you may be…nothing beats a good old fashioned All American hamburger. And I mean “beef” burger folks…maybe topped with cheese, maybe not. ...
Butternut Squash & Kale Cannelloni
Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Something exciting happened around here last week! Our Italian Inspired Petite Pumpkin Pasta (Zucchettes), was featured in the NY Times Dining section! The long time influential food critic and writer, ...
Healthy Beef Ragu with Mint
I love this time of year! Especially now since the past few weeks of endless rainy days have finally stopped. The days now warm up just enough and the nights are cooling off….ahhhhh, fall. Some of my favorite elements of the fall season ...
3 Steps to Cooking Perfect Pasta
This is probably one of the most important posts I’ll write. It’s a concept that seems simple and intuitive, “cooking perfect pasta”, but most people don’t get it right and have probably never even thought about it. Does this scenario sound ...
Pepperoni Pizza Halloween Pasta
Boo! We are in the midst of the Halloween Night countdown…just a few more weeks to finish sewing those creative and homemade costumes ladies (hahaha if you are me :)) and to get the house all “spookified”. NOTE: If you are confused as to ...
Light Fettuccine Alfredo
It has to be one of America’s all-time favorite ways to eat pasta: Fettuccine Alfredo. Besides the simple combination of butter with Parmesan, it’s usually kids’ first introduction to enjoying “pasta” for dinner. I know this was true ...
