This summer pasta salad will surely brighten your day. It features avocado pesto, grilled corn, cherry tomatoes, fresh basil, and feta cheese. Yum! Pasta salads are great because they combine two meal staples into one fantastic dish and this summer pasta salad is proof. It fulfills the pasta craving while maintaining a light, bright, fresh…
Curry Mac and Cheese
This flavor-packed Curry Mac and Cheese features everything you love about traditional mac with a better spice kick! I began cooking for my family during my summer break as a freshman in college. Even though I had virtually no experience, I watched the Food Network religiously and felt confident I could whip up anything. I’ll…
Warm Spinach Orzo Salad with Tomatoes & Mozzarella
If you’re ready for a multi-colored, healthy meal with minimal cooking time, this spinach orzo salad gives you a filling and nutritious option. This one only requires you to boil the pasta, all the other steps are basically chopping, assembling, and drizzling. Besides being oh so colorful, as well as delicious, this is actually a…
Penne Bake With Vodka Sauce
Hey guys, I know it’s been forever so I thought I would give you a quick life update! We found out in June that I am pregnant (which lead to several months of food aversions to everything I normally love; I’m looking at you zucchini). And I am due in just 9 weeks with a…
Creamy Carbonara with Prosciutto & Fresh Parmesan (one pot)
How is everyone’s week going? We were hit with a pretty big snowstorm here, in SLC, and I am loving it! Along with its beauty the fresh powder also has an added bonus of providing me with some gorgeous lighting in the late afternoon. So I wanted to play around with it and thought what…
Authentic Italian “Spaghetti” with Marinara Sauce
Remember my post on how to make authentic Italian marinara sauce a few days ago? And remember how I also said I was going to share how Italians traditionally eat this sauce with their pasta?Well, today’s the day! And I am so excited because this is life changing (I mean culinary wise). See, I went…
Spinach & Orzo Pasta Salad
Happy Friday! The weekend is finally here and in just a few days Stephen and I are headed to Italy (I’ve never been, so basically I’m crazy excited) I plan on eating a TON of pasta there (because, duh, ITALY!) and so I’ve decided to start my carbo-loading early with this spinach and orzo pasta salad!…
Spiralized Zucchini Pasta with Garlic Peas and Polenta
Happy Friday! I am so excited for this Memorial Day weekend and can’t wait to hang out with my family and spend sometime in the sun! And with all of the craziness of getting ready to move I think Stephen and I could use a few days of down time. So I am going to…
Fettucine Grilled Cheese
So, remember that insane pasta recipe from last week?Well, I decided to take it to the next level and re-purposed the leftovers into this crazy delicious grilled cheese sandwich. Because, let’s be honest, weeknight meals are all about taking what you have on hand and making something incredible! Before I get into all of the…
One-Pot Fettuccine (Or Fettucine On Crack)
If you noticed, I didn’t post as I usually do on Thursday. Whelp. Let’s just say I’ve had quite the week. I hate to start off a Friday post with a rant….but let me just get this out of my system and we can move on. Cool? So basically, my hard drive crashed. And I…
