Category Archives: pasta
Guest Post by Emily from Love, Pasta and a Tool Belt
Today I am so excited to have a guest post shared by the lovely Emily from Love, Pasta and a Tool Belt. Emily offered to guest post and I was so happy to have her visit! And it worked out to be perfect timing because my schedule has been a little crazy! Here’s Emily for […]
Tuna Casserole
Aimee and Nate came to visit us in California for the long weekend over President’s Holiday. What a wonderful time we had together. We love being together, and I love having them here. It was short, but we filled it full of activities. We got to play games, visit the beach, they were so happy […]
Pasta a la Marta
Have I mentioned before that I am a host mom to a foreign exchange student from Italy, Marta. Marta is a very nice, really sweet young lady and we are delighted to have her in our home. We had been bugging her to fix us an authentic Italian dinner and finally convinced her to do […]
Pasta al Forno Craig style
Pasta al Forno just means baked pasta (so any pasta, sauce, meat, vegetable combo baked would qualify). Craig style means my very dear husband Craig created this recipe and prepared it for our dinner tonight. He wants to share that any pasta noodle like gemelli, penne, or macaroni would work. You can also use your […]
Eggplant Parmesan
I briefly mentioned that Nate and I are eating vegetarian for the next few days. You can read a little about why we are doing this here. But to sum it up we want to see if it actually makes us feel better. And no, we would never completely cut meats out of our diet […]
Guest Post by Elise’s Pieces – Butter Garlic Noodles
Today I am so excited to introduce you to a girl I’ve know for a while. Elise and I actually went to JR HS together, imagine that. Elise has an awesome blog called Elise’s Pieces where she blogs about everything awesome. I especially love her hilarious Dear Boys post that she does every Tuesday. And […]
Chicken and Spinach Stuffed Shells
I bought some of the ingredients for this recipe (spinach, ricotta, cream cheese, large shells) almost a month ago. However I kept not having time to make it since it requires cooking the chicken, cooking the pasta, and then baking it all together. So, finally this last Sunday I had time to make the meal, […]
Italian Turkey Soup with Orzo
I got this recipe from a cookbook that was all about 2nd meals you can make with the leftovers from the roasted chicken you buy at the store. It was referring to chicken but I had turkey leftovers in the freezer from Christmas, so this was the meat of choice.
Sun-Dried Tomato and Artichoke Chicken Spaghetti
This is not the fabulous recipe that Aimee has promised for the weekend, but I owed you one. Aimee does such a wonderful job keeping up this blog. I am really grateful to her. So I finally come through on my turn. I hope you enjoy this, we did. I got this recipe from my […]
Homemade Red Pepper Beef Ravioli
Red Pepper Beef Ravioli 1 lb beef roast 2 cups chicken broth 1 TBS oregano 1/2 TBS thyme 1 and 1/2 medium sized red peppers (or 1 large) 1 cup Parmesan cheese 1 TBS garlic salt 1 batch fresh noodles Special Equipment Needed: Kitchen Aid meat grinder attachment 1. Put beef, chicken broth, oregano and […]
Creamy Garlic Shrimp Pasta
I’m obviously not very good at sticking to our healthy meal plan. But on Monday when deciding what to make for dinner I actually decided to make something that was healthy! Although pasta is not usually considered healthy, I figure since I wasn’t loading it with butter and was topping it with lots of vegetables […]
Baked Ravioli
So my second job is basically a receptionist position. I’m sitting at a computer for 4 hours, where I have to do basic computer skills such as emails, scanning, data entry, etc. and I’m answering any phone call that comes in, and helping anyone who comes through the front door. But when there isn ‘t […]
Copycat – Chili Cheese Hamburger Helper
Although I will admit that I actually do like boxed hamburger helper, with all the preservatives in it, it really isn’t very good for me. And one day when Nate and I were trying to think of what to make for dinner, he came upon this recipe. So we tried it. The first time we […]
Pasta Salad
Last Thursday we knew we were going to have some burgers for dinner and I wanted to make a side to go with. I thought of various side items that would be good with burgers. Of course you have your typical french fries, maybe coleslaw, potato salad, or corn on the cob, but finally I […]
Turkey Pasta Casserole
8 oz penne pasta or similar shape (we used our homemade pasta, so it weighed a lot more than 8oz)5 TBS butter5 TBS flour1/2 green bell pepper, chopped (I used one whole pepper cause it was smaller)1/2 TBS garlic, minced1 bunch green onions, thinly sliced1 1/2 cups chicken broth2 cups milk1/2 teaspoon salt1/8 teaspoon freshly […]
Spaghetti with Meatballs
For a graduation gift, my parents were kind enough to buy me a pasta maker attachment for our kitchen-aid. We were pretty anxious to try it, so on Sunday we finally did, and the noodles turned out to be delicious. We were a little nervous because our dough was extremely dry and crumbly, but we […]
