The cherry tomato plant in our garden would be 10 feet tall if we had stakes that high. What is it about the small tomato plants that makes them grow like crazy? We grew those small yellow pear shaped tomatoes one year and it was absolutely out of control as well. Grew up and over… Continue reading Roasted Cherry Tomato Pasta
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Lemon Arugula Pasta
This is a really delicious vegetarian pasta dish we made a few weeks ago (and have on the menu for later this week) with good-for-you greens. A friend actually made this dish for us and brought it over when we had our son. I always wanted to make it again but had forgotten about it until… Continue reading Lemon Arugula Pasta
Easy and Impressive Baked Ziti
I've made this recipe three times in the last couple months so I had to share it! The first time was for family at Christmas, then I made two pans for families who recently had babies. Each time it was a big hit! Baked Ziti @ Food Network I simplified it by using a jar… Continue reading Easy and Impressive Baked Ziti
Sun-Dried Tomato Cream Sauce
Last weekend I whipped up a batch of sun-dried tomato cream sauce in my Vitamix. I had a carton of heavy cream in the fridge plus I'd been wanting to use the Vitamix for something other than a smoothie for a change. When I saw the recipe for sun-dried tomato cream sauce in the Vitamix… Continue reading Sun-Dried Tomato Cream Sauce
Spinach Baked Ziti
As I mentioned on Sunday, I spent last Saturday cooking up some meals to freeze in advance before our Baby Boy arrives. First I made two homemade frozen pizzas. And then I also made two pans of spinach-baked ziti. A big thank you to Ginnette who commented last Friday that I needed to check out the… Continue reading Spinach Baked Ziti
Noodle-y Lettuce Wraps
So if you read my meal plan for this week you know that I made lettuce wraps for dinner on Sunday night. I actually found the recipe through the Whole Foods "app" on Benzo's new iPhone. Neither one of us has had smartphones before so we've been checking out all the new apps. The Whole… Continue reading Noodle-y Lettuce Wraps
Rigatoni Peperona-ta-ta
Good evening. It's getting a bit late but I wanted to share tonight's dinner. I made Rigatoni Peperonata from the August issue of Real Simple. It. Was. So. Good. It was very easy to pull together. It does require chopping three bell peppers but that went a lot faster than I expected. And make sure… Continue reading Rigatoni Peperona-ta-ta
Artichoke & Sun-Dried Tomato Pasta
Last Saturday Benzo and I vowed to come straight home after church group and cook dinner instead of going out. We're trying to be good for the next few weeks about not eating out much, since the past few weeks have been an eating-out extravaganza. My original meal plan was to make pizza on Saturday… Continue reading Artichoke & Sun-Dried Tomato Pasta
Green Food and Baileys Buttercream
Happy day after St. Patrick's Day! Did everyone have fun last night? A little tooo much fun maybe? 😉 Benzo and I had a quiet evening at home with lots of yummy food. And most of it green! We started off with an appetizer of artichoke brushetta and crackers. MIL gave us this jar of… Continue reading Green Food and Baileys Buttercream
Heart Pasta and Homemade Breadsticks
For Valentine's Day MIL gave us a bag full goodies. Two of those goodies were heart shaped pasta and Dave's Gourmet heirloom tomato sauce. We decided to have them for dinner last night. I also made homemade garlic breadsticks and vegan parmesan cheese. The breadsticks recipe I used was Quick and Easy Garlic Breadsticks from Hillbilly Housewife. … Continue reading Heart Pasta and Homemade Breadsticks