I have been looking for some foodie inspiration lately for summer dishes and so I turned to Food Network Magazine. Look at that ice cream cake on the cover of the July/August 2016 issue! How could I resist? The Inspiration The best part of purchasing the magazine was discovering the 50 Pestos insert that was inside. Summer […]
Forgiveness Friday
Remember my seriously negative experience with Barilla’s Pronto One Pan No Boil No Drain Pasta? I have made two great discoveries. One: if you BOIL it for 10 minutes it comes out perfectly, just as I suspected. Which is good because I did not want to compost all that pasta. Two: the company kind of rocks […]
Barilla’s Pronto One Pan No Boil No Drain Pasta – Penne
I was intrigued when I heard about Barilla’s new Pronto pasta. A pasta that you make in one pan, that does not require boiling or draining? What???? So I said yes to their offer to send me their penne, rotini and macaroni. Here is the photo on Instagram the moment they arrived. Product Testing To a large pan […]
Lazy Crispy Calamari Noodle Dish
Roasted Almond and Sun Dried Tomato Goat Cheese Pesto with Bowtie Pasta
Spicy Sausage Sauce
It has been my foodie dream to learn about sauces. When I found 400 Sauces-Dips Dressings Salsas at a thrift store, I could not wait to start testing out the recipes and truly learn all about sauce-making. Do not go light on the spiciness of this recipe. It is a very simple and basic sauce and will […]
Product Testing: Philips Pasta Maker
Bitchin Kitchen’s Fettuccine Rose with Shrimp
Recipe testing Bitchin’ Kitchen Cookbook: Rock Your Kitchen–And Let the Boys Clean Up the Mess is continuing with gusto and flare in my kitchen! Soups, home fries and now… pasta! I had to make some changes because it is still horribly freezing here on the east coast so I did my best with what I happened to have […]
