December 7, 2015
Creamy Manchego Rose Sauce over Angel Hair Pasta I love pasta. Not just a little, but, really, really, really love pasta. I could eat it everyday. With meat, without meat, tomato sauce, cream sauce or both sauce (rose)! Creamy Manchego Rose Sauce over Angel Hair Pasta which combines both tomato and cream to make this gorgeous rose sauce is one of my favorites. Whenever I ask my daughter what she would like for dinner, she almost always says “Ooh, Mom, can...
April 14, 2015
My friend Rania recently showed me how she makes Makdous, which is eggplant cured in olive oil and that is the inspiration for my newest pasta recipe, Penne Pasta with Makdous, Tomato and Feta . Making Makdous is a pretty tedious process and I will make a post on that later. I will quickly tell you how it is made. We started by preparing the eggplant. This is just removing the stems. We then boiled the eggplant briefly. Next, we salted...
April 12, 2015
I owe the creation of my Shrimp and Mushroom Angel Hair Pasta Alfredo Recipe to my daughter, Stella. We were talking the other day and she said she was really wanting some creamy pasta with shrimp. I was going with my sister to Birmingham for her doctor’s appointment so I thought I would go by Restaurant Depot and pick up some shrimp. Unfortunately, the only wild caught shrimp they had out was a 5 pound bag of frozen shrimp that...
August 12, 2014
Last night was a Meat-less Monday at our house. Guess what? It was so delicious, we didn’t even miss the meat. Don’t get me wrong, I love meat and don’t ever see myself becoming a vegetarian, but sometimes veggies are the way to go. I have made homemade pasta before and have been wanting to make some wide noodles. I think wide noodles go really well with a creamy vegetable sauce. Of course you have to throw in...
November 27, 2013
It wasn’t too long ago when I made my Chicken Spinach Alfredo with Spaghetti recipe and it was so delicious. My cousin, Donna had been saying she wanted to watch the next time I made homemade pasta, so I decided to go ahead and make a fresh pasta. I made the sauce just a little different this time so you could use either sauce recipe. Or you could also use one of my other meat sauce recipes as...
April 8, 2013
Pasta Salad with Asparagus or Kuşkonmaz ile Makarna SalatasıOne of my favorite spring and summer time dishes is Pasta Salad with Asparagus or Kuşkonmaz ile Makarna Salatası. You can start with the basics and improvise with what you have on hand at home. This version is made with a creamy dressing however a vinaigrette based dressing is just as delicious. You could use a vinaigrette based dressing and add salami and mozzarella for an Italian inspired pasta salad. Grilled or...
March 11, 2013
One of my favorite comfort foods is Pasta with Meatballs. I made these recently and used two pounds of meat because we were having guest over. When I started to clean up, I was going to put what I thought was “some” meatballs into a container in the fridge. There was one lonely meatball. I guess nobody wanted to take the last meatball :-). They were really delicious. Try my recipe, I think you will like it. Pasta with...
January 29, 2013
After a long day at work, what could be more satisfying than an ooey, gooey, creamy pasta dish right? When I was pregnant with my daughter, I could not even think about eating meat, so one of my go to dishes then was plain spaghetti noodles with butter and ketchup. I know some of you, the ones who have never had it, are thinking yuck, but believe me it is really quite tasty. Well, my pregnancy induced vegetarianism days...
May 17, 2017
Creamy Feta Herb Spread Before we talk about my Creamy Feta Herb Spread recipe, I need to tell you a story that is funny today but not so much yesterday. I made this yummy spread and decided to take it outside on my back porch for photographs and then snacking. I needed to call my friend Ange, you should remember her from the Decadent Chocolate Cake post. Well, her mom answered the phone so I was talking to her...
March 15, 2017
Electric Pressure Cooker Alfredo Bucatini Regrettably, it has been several months since I posted a recipe here and I am truly sorry. Just because I have not been posting, does not mean I have not been cooking. After purchasing my Farberware 6-Qt Digital Pressure Cooker, I have tried to cook almost anything and everything in it. So, I have plenty of recipes to share with you from all the experimenting. First, let me share my Electric Pressure Cooker Alfredo Bucatini....
July 23, 2016
Eggplant Lasagna When I am in the mood for comfort food, I can’t think of anything more satisfying than Eggplant Lasagna. Cutting into layers of tender pasta, gooey melted cheese, eggplant, tomato sauce, more cheese. . . Ummmm. Making my own mouth water. 🙂 The thing about a good Lasagna is letting it sit for a few minutes after removing it from the oven so it can firm up. Who can ever wait though? When I make Lasagna, we are...
May 3, 2016
Meeting Nancy Fuller, Farmhouse Rules Meeting Nancy Fuller, Farmhouse Rules was the highlight of the Country Living Fair Nashville 2016 for me. I really enjoyed her presentation because she was so down to earth and so vivacious. She had a dazzling smile and was so funny. I will admit I had only seen her show a few times before meeting her but now I am a faithful fan of the show. She demonstrated a pasta dish that was yummy and then she headed...
