An easy homemade pesto elevates a casual pasta salad recipe to a must-try dish. Pasta salads are ideal for summer days when it's too hot to eat fresh-from-the-oven dishes.
This meatless Monday thing, I'm getting the hang of it. Don doesn't like the idea of meatless Mondays (Boys. They like meat). Even worse for him is that Tuesdays end up being meatless, or at least pescatarian, because we do
My Aunt Marilyn gave me this pasta salad recipe a while back and I had yet to try it until the other night. (If you are new here, I should explain that my Aunt Marilyn has her own label to
Anna Thomas's 1970s book, The Vegetarian Epicure, is iconic; updated in the '90s and rechristened The New Vegetarian Epicure, it focuses on recipes for entertaining. One of her latest dishes is this crusty baked polenta, swirled with mashed butternut squash and smoked Gouda cheese.
Remember the dish I told you about a while ago? A pasta skillet supper graced with sun-dried tomatoes, broccoli, and parmesan cheese? I can easily say it is one of my favorite dinners of all time. And this dish I'm
I love truffles all year round but there is something kind of holiday-ish about them. (I'm pretty sure "holiday-ish" is not a word. At all.) My friends, Nathan and Jennie, used to make these amazing Oreo truffles every Christmas. I...
Ladies. Gents. Children. Toddlers...it's officially the start. The start of the holiday season. Are you one of those prepared holiday/early shopper people? I wish I was one of you. I am not. I'm the antithesis. I'm talking...tree finally goes up
Moist, spicy and delicious gingerbread cupcakes with cinnamon cream cheese frosting are perfect for this holiday season. Nothing conjures up great memories of baking holiday goodies in the kitchen ... Sweet Pea's Kitchen
I have fond memories of making peanut butter balls with my mom and sister every holiday season. The women in my family are all big peanut butter and chocolate fans, so it seems like a natural holiday dessert to splurge
