This pasta dish is one of my kids’ favorites. We love garbanzo beans: in hummus, in salads and we really like them in this easiest of pasta dishes. It is probably THE easiest recipe EVER!! Literally four ingredients, but MAN is it tasty! It doesn’t get any easier than this! You can buy them dry… Read More
You might be familiar with today’s recipe, Pasta e Fagioli (pasta and beans), from the Olive Garden. My recipe is NOT a copycat recipe. This classic, Neapolitan dish utilizes inexpensive ingredients to make a delicious, filling meal! This version contains no meat and only white beans. Pasta with Beans {Pasta e Fagioli} This is *THE*… Read More
Keeping with the pasta and ______ theme, today’s recipe is a carb-lover’s dream! Pasta marries potatoes with the added yumminess of bacon. The potatoes release their starch and the result is a creamy dish with no cream at all. If you want to up the creaminess factor, save your parmesan rinds for this dish and… Read More
Pasta and Peas is one of my family’s favorite recipes, and a good one to keep in your back pocket to pull out on short notice. In fact, all the recipes this week share that common thread of “pasta and _____.” Easy, quick and inexpensive these recipes call for ingredients so be sure to keep these pantry staples… Read More
There are certain herbs and spices that are used quite frequently in Italian cooking. I’ll break it down between fresh and dried as it does make a difference. Fresh Herbs Parsley – often used in vegetable dishes or sometime pasta sauce. Rarely used dried. Basil – crowning glory on a pizza Margherita and insalata caprese. It… Read More