A Pink Sauce Pasta Recipe with Sautéed Cherry Tomatoes
This pink sauce pasta recipe is, at its heart, a tomato cream sauce. It’s also similar to the Knorr Parma Rosa sauce mix, for those of you looking for a full-flavor, homemade knock-off.
Tastes delicious. Looks homemade.
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A Tuna Pesto Pasta Recipe with Arugula Spinach Pesto
This tuna pesto pasta recipe with arugula spinach pesto was inspired by the linguine with tuna, lemon, and rocket (Linguine al Tonno, Limone, e Rughetta) that I first made with Diane Seed in Rome over a decade ago. It’s a quick and simple weeknight pasta …
One Pot Pasta with Ricotta and Lemon
This one pot pasta with ricotta and lemon was inspired by reader requests. Everyone wants quick and easy and delicious meals that they can make on a weeknight when everyone is tired and hungry and no one wants to cook. Heck I want more of …
Fig Bacon Jam Pasta
This fig bacon jam pasta has a rare balance of sweet and salty, creamy and crispy. I know some of you will have no interest in reading a story about how my kiddo dreamed up this recipe. If that applies to you, please feel free …
One Pan Vegetarian Eggplant Lasagna
It’s a common refrain. There are nights when I have neither the time nor the energy to spend hours in the kitchen, chopping and stirring. This vegetarian eggplant lasagna is for those nights. The recipe takes all of the components of a vegetarian lasagna – …
One Pot Gnocchi with Asparagus, Peas, Spinach, and Lemon
It happens. It’s 530pm on a weeknight after work, and I go to start the recipe I had planned for dinner. And the first line of instructions says, “Soak split peas for 1-4 hours.” DOH! Now what can I make that will be done quickly? …
Eggplant Casserole with Penne, Tomato Sauce, Fresh Mozzarella, and Basil.
As with many things in the kitchen (and in life), this eggplant casserole is the result of an accident. Unexpected factors coming together in the right place at the right time.
The Difference Between Ragu and Bolognese: a Sausage Ragù
This sausage ragù makes me happy. Although it takes a bit of time, you can cook it while alternating stirring the pot and sipping a glass of the wine you opened to make the sauce. But wait, you say, what’s the difference between ragu and …
Washington Redskins Football. Mt. McKinley Denali. TikTok Uuni feta pasta
What’s in a name? With TikTok Uuni feta pasta, pretty much everything. If you know me, you know that I am not trendy. I’m not up on popular culture. I had no idea about any of the food trends of 2020 other than sourdough. I …
The Wonders of Winter Pesto
This winter pesto with kale is a reasonable substitute when summer is long gone, but snow makes you ache for summer produce. Berries and peaches, fresh corn, and basil for pesto alla genovese. But pestos can be made with a variety of greens, like kale …
Braised Meatballs in a Hearty Marinara Sauce
You could turn these braised meatballs into a quick meal by using a store-bought marinara sauce, but would you really want to? The weeknight alternative is to make this hearty marinara sauce ahead of time. It freezes well, or you could can it, if you …
Cavatappi Alfredo and Peas
One of the joys, perhaps, of work-from-home and remote school is the ability to make a warm lunch. Everyone needs a warm lunch once in a while. I started adding peas to boxed macaroni and cheese when kiddo was younger, and she loved it. It …
Cavatappi Mac and Cheese
This is a case of the “I didn’t know what I was missing” until I tried Edouardo Jordan’s recipe for macaroni and cheese. Before this, I had made my cavatappi mac and cheese like a lasagna, following the “bake until bubbly” methodology. It always resulted …