Meat Sauce Here I present my recipe for Meat Sauce, a simple recipe for a classic rich and delicious sauce, perfect with any pasta shape and tastes even better as leftovers  😊 If I were to make a top 5 list of my go-to recipes, I’m confident this would be number 1. Honestly we have this 2-3 times a month; leftovers are great and more often ...
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Swedish Meatball Beef StroganoffÂ
Swedish Meatball Beef Stroganoff Here I present my recipe for Swedish Meatball Beef Stroganoff.  I wanted Swedish Meatballs but I was too lazy to roll out the meatballs... Swedish Meatball Beef Stroganoff was born!  Read on to learn how to make it! The Inspiration Swedish-ish Meatballs I was craving meatballs.  Swedish meatballs but I was ...
Nacho Cheese Shells
Nacho Cheese Shells Here I present my recipe for Nacho Cheese Shells; a cheesy, gooey pasta side inspired by nacho cheese. Do you ever find yourself sitting, staring into the abyss of your cupboard just craving inspiration? I do. I’m constantly looking for new ideas and things to try, especially since I’m a food blogger. The ...
Bruschetta Pasta
Bruschetta Pasta Here I present my recipe for Bruschetta Pasta, everything awesome about summer on a plate! Its tomato season!!! Â We picked our first tomato of the season last night and I made: Marinated Tomato Salad This is one of the first recipes I ever developed... before I even knew I wanted to write recipes. Â I came up with it when ...
Louisiana Chicken Pasta
Louisiana Chicken Pasta Here I present my recipe for Louisiana Chicken Pasta, read on to learn how you make it! I've been pretty preoccupied with Copycat recipes as of late. Â I attribute it to many factors; Pinterest I read Pinterest the same way I do the morning newspaper and I find a lot of inspiration there. Covid I'm a proud Canadian ...
Zesty Italian Tortellini Salad
Zesty Italian Tortellini Salad Here I present my recipe for Zesty Italian Tortellini Salad, read on to learn how you can make it :) The Inspiration I've been formulating this recipe for a while now. Â I was thinking of all the different ways I could make the vinaigrette; creamy and dreamy of course. Â Then it occurred to me that I've never had a ...
Lightened Up Amish Pasta Salad
Lightened Up Amish Pasta Salad Here I present my recipe for Lightened Up Amish Pasta Salad; Through my years of blogging I've found myself making many 'confessions'.  Well, I have another one.  I don't know why this pasta salad is called Amish... Neither does google... Trust me I checked. What I can say is this pasta salad is ...
Cantonese Beef and Tomato Noodles
Cantonese Beef and Tomato Noodles Again, I have no idea if this is authentic Cantonese food but it’s so yummy, who cares? This dish is also another great pantry dish. I have loved this recipe for a long time but had actually forgotten about it.  I made it for Mike to get a second opinion and he loved it! The verdict? Mike approved! Originally ...
Hearty Chicken & Noodle Casserole
Hearty Chicken & Noodle Casserole I've talked about it so many times but when I look back at my childhood I realize how comical it was. Â Now my parents will probably get angry with me reading this because they're going to say, 'here we go again, making fun of the immigrants'... but I'm not! Â I swear! Have you ever seen My Big Fat Greek ...
Pasta Pesto alla CarlofortinaÂ
Pasta Pesto alla Carlofortina Have you ever heard the saying, "you don't know, what you don't know"?  Well that was me!  I didn't know about Pesto alla Carlofortina, at all!  I'd never heard of it, seen it, tasted it, dreamt of it but there it was! Thank you Pinterest. Now from my very limited research since I don't speak Italian, the ...
Light Summer Pasta with Fresh Herbs and Peas
Light Summer Pasta with Fresh Herbs and Peas Speed and efficiency are my motivating factors these days! I’m back to work full time, Mike is ALWAYS at work and we have two babies in diapers!  This dinner celebrates all things summers and comes together by the time the pasta is cooked. Originally posted on 19 July 2015! This healthy ...
Sicilian Pesto
Sicilian Pesto I stumbled onto something called "Sicilian Pesto" on Pinterest. Â I'd never heard of it before. Â Traditional recipes call for cherry tomatoes and almonds but I took the ingredients I had on hand and this is what I came up with :) This is how you make it; Combine the tomatoes, olive oil, salt and pepper in an oven-safe dish ...