Tonight for dinner, I prepared an heirloom tomato, lemon, and arugula pasta. When I have an arugula salad, I dress it with nothing more than olive oil and fresh squeezed lemon, along with a bit of kosher salt and fresh ground pepper. Because I was adding arugula to my pasta tonight, I decided to add…
Category: Pasta
24 Hour Marinated Garlic Spaghetti
Tonight’s recipe came to me via a comedy of errors. Last night, my lovely daughter, Kylie wanted to cook dinner for Dennis and me. She made a wonderful meal! Kylie asked me if I could show her how to mince garlic. I came over to the cutting board to take over where she had started…
Truffle Salt and Black Pepper Linguini
This had to be one of the fastest meals I’ve ever prepared. Not only was it fast, but it was elegant enough to serve to my friends. I love truffle salt, and I love truffle butter. I’ve bought truffle butter to slather under the skin on my Thanksgiving turkey many times and this never disappoints….
Fusilli Pizza Pasta
Everyone in my family loves pizza, but not everyone loves pasta … my daughter, Kylie, has never been a lover of pasta. Dennis and I love it, however, and could eat it a couple times per week. I decided for dinner tonight I would combine pizza and pasta and make this all in the skillet…
Food for the Super Bowl … And Beyond
As everyone knows, yesterday was the Super Bowl. I, personally, loved the half-time show and thought Lady Gaga did a fabulous job. It brought me back to when I saw her in concert six years ago. She was quite the entertainer and still is. Yesterday’s menu consisted of many things … chicken sausages cooked in white…
Bucatini in a Mushroom Parmesan Cream Sauce
I made a dinner tonight that I am so proud of – I really love the way this dish came out. My daughter, Kylie, is not a big fan of pasta and is definitely not a fan of mushrooms. She had to work tonight, so thought it would be the perfect time to experiment in making a mushroom…
Christmastime Mac & Cheese
The reason I decided to name this homemade Mac and Cheese “Christmastime Mac and Cheese” is because once I added a couple of jars of sun-dried tomatoes and fresh thyme, the red and green from the tomatoes and thyme really showed through and it looked pretty enough to serve for a get together near the…
Parmesan, Rosemary, and Garlic Vermicelli
Friends of ours, Kent and Jen – the “Jents” host a fabulous party every November. It is the most fun time! They are absolutely wonderful hosts. You should have seen their wedding, it goes down as my favorite wedding ever. Jen did a wonderful job planning her big day and it showed. We all had such…
Slow Roasted Roma Tomato Rigatoni
Slow roasting tomatoes really brings out the flavor of the tomato. I was home yesterday afternoon and wasn’t heading anywhere, so thought I’d take the time to slowly roast roma tomatoes to serve over rigatoni. I roasted them for 2 hours at a temperature of 275 degrees. I cut 9 roma tomatoes in 8 sections ……
Spaghetti with Lemon and Parsley
We haven’t had pasta in a few weeks, so I was craving it. I also wanted to make something that wouldn’t take a great deal of prep and cooking time since Dennis and I had a meeting at our church tonight. Pasta is usually pretty quick to make if you don’t have a lot of…
Sunshine and Savory 