This past week at our libraries annual book sale I came across a copy of Food & Wine Quick From Scratch Pasta Cookbook for 50¢. I couldn't pass that up! A very pretty cookbook, splashed with full-page color photos, the recipes are amazing (I am a huge fan of Food & Wine recipes, even though… Continue reading One Pot Pasta and Cheese
Tag: Dinner
Penne with Creamy Pumpkin Sauce
I came across the basis for this recipe for penne with creamy pumpkin sauce on a cooking website, but it called for an entire stick of butter. ½ cup of butter? Wow, talk about fatty! So I decide to play with the recipe and see if I could adapt it. I took the butter out,… Continue reading Penne with Creamy Pumpkin Sauce
Mushroom Stroganoff Pasta
A quick dinner for a busy night. Easy and tasty! Mushroom Stroganoff Pasta Ingredients: 13.25 ounce package multigrain corkscrew pasta shapes ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil 1 medium onion, peeled and diced 8 ounces mushrooms, thinly sliced 3 Tbsp all-purpose flour 1 tsp dried thyme, crumbled ½ tsp ground black pepper 2 cups lower… Continue reading Mushroom Stroganoff Pasta
Skillet Brown Rice and Carrots
This was a fun recipe to come up with - a fried rice that wasn't "fried" like normal. Very satisfying as well! Skillet Brown Rice and Carrots Ingredients: 1½ cups Jasmine brown rice 1 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil 2½ cups boiling water 1 Tbsp canola or vegetable oil 1 onion, peeled and diced 1… Continue reading Skillet Brown Rice and Carrots