Tag Archives: pasta

One-Pot Pasta a la Martha Stewart

It’s summer.  It’s very hot.  I hardly want to cook, but it’s pasta night and I need something simple to make.  I found this Martha Stewart One-Pan Pasta recipe.  Really? One pan? Can this be?  One dish to clean?  I have to try this out. The recipe is very straight-forward.  The only substitution I made was […]

Pasta with Sun-dried Tomatoes

I am the happy owner of Angela Liddon’s vegan cookbook – Oh She Glows Every Day – and she has terrific recipes on her wonderful ohsheglows.com. And I also had the opportunity to watch a YouTube episode – Shop your Freezer First to Save Money ~ The Freezer Treasure Hunt Episode with Mairlyn Smith  and […]

Mediterranean Lentil Pasta Salad with Goat Cheese

Another wonderful salad for a summer’s day.  I love one bowl meals and this salad includes all the components to meet my needs:  Green lentils and goat cheese for protein, pasta for carbs, and lots of colourful vegetables. For those of you who would like to include more vegetarian meals into your diet, 2016 has […]

Pesto Control

I returned home from a two week vacation.  It had rained a lot while I was gone and I knew that my garden beds and grass would be overrun with weeds.  My herb plants looked healthy but overgrown.  My lemon balm was overtaking its corner of the garden bed.  My poor chive plants were unfortunately […]

Farmer’s Pasta — Grown up Comfort Food

When I was growing up, one of my most memorable lunches was macaroni and cheese: elbow pasta with melted Kraft Velveeta cheese mixed in — I hate to admit this but I thought it was the best lunch ever. From here I graduated to Kraft Dinner for those gourmet university days and I also prepared […]