Pasta

Looking for the perfect side dish to make for summer picnics and barbeques?  This Southwest Five Bean Pasta Salad is healthy and flavorful, pretty to look at, and easy to make,…

This is a deliciously easy lemon chicken scampi recipe, rich with the tangy flavor of fresh Parmesan cheese and garlic.  Serve over pasta or with rice, and make a little…

Cold/rainy/blustery weather = Nesting and Nesting = Comfort food. Even here in Arizona, we get chilly weather in the winter time, and this extra rich and creamy macaroni and cheese,…

Spring is coming and with it one of my favorite spring vegetables, asparagus.  Though available year-round, asparagus is at it’s most tender and sweet in the springtime.  This recipe for…

An eggless carbonara made with the “it” vegetable, cauliflower. So good my veggie-hating son asked for seconds!

This Seafood Newburg Pasta dish is luxurious and flavorful, chock full of shrimp and crab, yet very easy to make, perfect for New Years Eve or a romantic dinner for…

  My husband loves shrimp scampi, but I don’t make it often because it is such a heavy, rich dish.  I decided to experiment a little bit to make the…

I love the earthy-sweet flavors of fall and try to incorporate these rich flavors into most of my Autumn cooking.  Apples, Pumpkin, and winter squash make great desserts, but did…

Mom is a great cook, but she lives far away, so we do not get to have her cooking often.  Whenever my family gets together with her, we all request…

This is a simple Italian Tomato Sauce With Pork, Sausage, & Turkey Meatballs, good for every day cooking, yet is also great for guests who want a hearty pasta dinner. …

The key to a Super Bowl party is to make foods that are easy to make, easy to eat, and easy to clean up.  These baked ziti “cupcakes” are small…