If you’re in Naples, Italy with a group of friends out for the night, you might invite them all over to your place and make Midnight Spaghetti, or Spaghetti Aglio E Olio. Spaghetti aglio e olio is just garlic, olive oil and pasta mixed together for a quick meal or snack. This midnight spaghetti recipe,…
Pasta
Pappardelle With Beef Ragout
Slow cooker pappardelle with beef ragout is a great fix it in the morning and eat it in the evening comforting meal. It’s even fancy enough for company! Mary Jo made this beef ragout with pappardelle pasta a couple times last winter, each time was when we were having company. It has simple ingredients but…
Pasta with Roma Tomatoes and Shrimp Sauce
Pasta with roma tomatoes and shrimp sauce is a dish you should seriously think about making. It’s different than a standard pasta with marinara sauce. This dish creates unique flavors from chopped roasted roma tomatoes and shrimp shell broth. Forget about traditional Italian style pasta sauces. This sauce creates incredible taste through simmering of the…
One Pot American Goulash
I needed some total comfort food when Mary Jo got back from France. I’d been eating fried chicken breast and grilled chicken breast and BLTs for nearly two weeks. Just thought I should make One Pot American Goulash, kind of like my Mom used to make. I don’t think my mom used recipes…she just threw…
Cold Mango Pasta Salad
This cold mango pasta salad would be a perfect accompaniment to any meal in the coming summer months. It’s refreshing and citrusy with a nice mango sweetness to it. Here in Florida, they are practically giving mangos away this month, (not really…4 for $5.00). That’s a good deal though. Mango is a perfect addition to a…
Meatless Cottage Cheese Lasagna
Who doesn’t like lasagna? It is perfect comfort food and this meatless cottage cheese lasagna recipe brings out the best of both the cheese and tomatoes. This is pretty much just like my mom used to make many years ago, except this is meatless. Way back when, I don’t know anyone who would buy ricotta…
Shrimp Penne with Vodka Sauce
Tomatoey vodka sauce is one of my favorites and one that I don’t make often enough. This time I made it and threw in some gulf shrimp to make shrimp penne with vodka sauce. Quite a while ago I did a post on Penne with Vodka Sauce. It’s a tasty but time consuming recipe involving oven baking…
Italian Sausage Lasagna Roll Ups
I always enjoy making lasagna…it’s a little involved, but the results are worth the effort. I decided to change it up a bit and make Italian sausage lasagna roll ups after having seen others do it. Same great lasagna flavor packed into easy to serve lasagna noodle rolls. I was making this dish for a…
Pasta with Potatoes and Greens
Nearly ten years ago our daughter, Amy, sent me an email with a main dish recipe that included pasta with potatoes and greens and cheese that she wanted me to make for her birthday dinner. I had never heard of combining pasta and potatoes in a casserole. It sounded weird to me, so I was…
Seared Scallops with Garlicky Pasta
Happy New Year! Seared scallops with garlicky pasta was Mary Jo and my New Year’s Day dinner. Really easy but altogether delicious! And I got to break in my new Lodge carbon steel skillet. Merry Christmas from Mary Jo! And bacon. Scallops are always great with bacon. And the pasta garlic sauce is so easy. This…