summer is for…fun pastas! When I say this pasta is fun, I mean it’s got the trifecta of late august goodies: roasted sweet corn, fresh tomatoes, and homemade pesto. It’s literally everything you could possibly want in a pasta dish. As far as the ingredients go, they’re refreshingly simple. I recommend going to your local …
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say zucchini fettuccine ten times fast… Or just make this delicious pasta recipe now and thank me later. You’ve heard of pesto and tomato sauce, but have you heard of zucchini sauce? One of late summer’s most desirable veggies is here to get emulsified into a heavenly, creamy sauce that works so well with thick, …
A penne for your thoughts One thing I love even more than pasta is adding fresh, green veggies to it. This penne dish is not only made better by adding asparagus, but also a fluffy, lemony ricotta pea sauce. It’s such a great, light pasta dish that you’ll end up wanting to enjoy every evening …
if you think soup season is behind us, think again… While a warm bowl of soup is definitely a key comfort during the frigid fall and winter months, rising temps don’t mean you should forget about your favorite brothy dishes. Take this spring minestrone soup, for example. It’s packed with the freshest of seasonal produce, …
This dish was influenced by a newish cooking book I got called Cooking With Scraps. It’s a great book that gives you ideas and recipes for the parts of food you wouldn’t normally see and use in a recipe. Think beet peels, carrot greens, lemon rinds, etc. That’s where the leek greens come in. I’m …
When it comes to classic Italian foods like pizza and pasta, I’ll use pesto over tomato-based sauces any day. It’s just so much flavorful, nuttier, saucier, and way less acidic. And while you can find some really great store-bought pestos, none of them hold a candle to a fresh, homemade batch. Classic pesto is super …
This hearty lamb ragù with pappardelle is the ultimate Italian comfort food. The sauce packs immense flavor while the ricotta adds a fluffy finish. Topping the dish with fresh spring herbs seals the deal. Ragù for you? It’s a term you have probably seen on many an Italian restaurant menu, but what exactly is ragù. …
This pasta is warming, comforting, and the perfect comfort food for a cold night. This pasta includes hearty butternut squash and kale for a nourishing meal that won’t make you feel bad about eating all the carbs. For a zesty twist, roasted pecans and Panko are mixed with some lemon zest and olive oil that …
Hello, all! I apologize for the long hiatus…a lot has happened in the last couple of months! My last post was a late-summer dish teeming with fresh corn, and now it’s early November. Each year it still astounds me how quickly the seasons change. Anyway, since you last heard from me, I spent a couple …
Watercress is one of those awesome spring greens that is super versatile and fun to throw into a bunch of different meals. Enter: this super fresh, tasty watercress pesto. And while you may be thinking watercress would be a more suitable addition to a salad, I went a different direction and added it to pasta. …