Pasta

Not being able to eat pasta with this new diet has kinda been killing me. Just kinda. I had to turn my creative thinking cap on. Like on super power mode. I came up with zucchini noodles. Yes, zucchini noodles! These are so easy to make and actually replace a traditional pasta pretty darn well. [...]

Given this blog, my personal chef business and all I’ve learned and done with food over the past few years, it’s still hard for me to believe I haven’t always been a “cook.” In fact, when Dustin and I first started dating, he did most of the cooking and I would help him.  Full disclosure: [...]

Have you ever made homemade pasta? It is actually quite a rewarding — and surprisingly easy — thing to do.  Homemade pasta is so fresh, so succulent, so yummy. I admit: I do tend to put my pasta maker away in the cabinet and forget about it. For quite a while.  I’m sorry. However, once [...]

Part Two of Dustin’s birthday meal extravaganza: Meat Lasagna. And, when I say “Lasagna,” I mean Dustin’s style of lasagna — with plenty of Italian sausage, ground beef and, of course, cheese. Not that I’m complaining. This particular lasagna recipe has actually been passed down over several generations in Dustin’s family, starting first with his [...]

Yay!  Pan-Seared Scallops are finally here!  For those of you who now think I’m crazy for randomly saying Pan-Seared Scallops are finally here — as if they were missing — see this post for the whole story). Believe it or not, but I had actually never made pan-seared scallops before.  I searched around for different [...]

I was looking for a new recipe and happened to stumble upon For the Love of Cooking and Pam’s Turkey Italian Sausage and Mushroom Stuffed Manicotti. As I’ve mentioned before, I love me some Italian food so I’m always happy for great new recipes to add to my collection. Really, can you go wrong with [...]

I am definitely a girl who likes her lemons. Whether it’s in my lemonade, squeezed over some grilled fish, in a salad dressing or even in my glass of ice water, I will love it. You probably could have guessed that, though, from my recent post on Halibut Picatta with Asparagus.  Dustin, however, isn’t usually [...]