Happy Spring everyone! While I’m typically not super into the seasons that bring really hot and humid weather to the mid-atlantic (which can happen in the spring as evidenced by it being 78 on Saturday), this year is a bit different. Later this spring we will be welcoming our new baby boy into our home, …
Category: Pasta
Tips on Cooking GF Pasta + Gluten-Free Italian Pasta Salad
I will admit, there is a bit of a learning curve when it comes to making gluten-free pasta. It’s not like the traditional semolina pasta that you can do anything short of leaving it in the boiling water for 30 minutes and it turns out fine. There’s almost a science to this, which sounds really …
Italian Pasta Salad
We had a “tailgate” themed pot luck for lunch here at work this week that was AMAZING! We’re a big faculty and there was so much food; from dips to main dishes to desserts; like we probably could have fed the whole student body along with the faculty. Most faculty members usually volunteer to bring …
Most Tender Meatballs EVER!
I have been craving meatballs all week. I don’t know why. Maybe someone on Chopped made meatballs on Tuesday. I can’t remember. I just know that it was my weekend to cook so it we were going to have meatballs and spaghetti. I’ve never had a “go-to” recipe for meatballs. I usually just went with …
Angel Hair Pasta Salad
I’ve loved “noodles and dressing” since I was a kid. Don’t get me wrong, I’ll forever love my spaghetti, but there was always something about some pasta with Italian dressing on it that I just really liked. And that was all I ever put on the pasta when I ate it that way, just dressing. …
Quick Chunky Pasta Sauce
So being the good Jewish girl that I am, I do know how to make an awesome homemade pasta sauce. You thought I was gonna say Lo Mein or something, didn’t you? I’m an anomaly to that stereotype, I actually hate most Chinese food. The doughnuts though? Could eat them all day. I’m pretty much …
Spinach Pasta Salad
I love pasta salad. Really, I just love pasta. I could never be gluten-free. It’s just not me. I’m not happy without some sort of pasta on a regular basis. I do admit pasta isn’t always the best food, but I fully believe in everything in moderation and in making things healthier as much as …