Category Archives: Pasta

Walnut-Breadcrumb Pasta with a Poached Egg

I am really starting to think that Cooking Light is my favorite food magazine. It seems crazy, because with a name like ‘Cooking Light’, you would anticipate lots of  processed food short-cuts, margarine, and splenda. Not so much. I am always surprised by their use of whole foods, focus on what is in season, no [...]

Spaghetti alla Puttanesca

Continuing the pasta clean out of my pantry, I sought out a quick and easy pasta dish for a hectic weekday night. Several friends had suggested puttanesca previously as being a quick and easy week night meal and I’d tried variations but none as tasty as this. AND I had most of the ingredients in [...]

Shrimp Pasta in a Foil Package

OK, I confess. I didn’t actually cook this in a foil package. I just could bring myself to use THAT MUCH foil for a meal. I put it in a stoneware container with a lid and that seemed to work just fine. Actually, it worked perfectly. Such a simple, fresh meal to put together with [...]

Linguine with Baby Heirloom Tomatoes and Anchovy Breadcrumbs

I’m guessing that most of you recoil when the word anchovy is in the title of a meal. Am I right? Sadly, anchovies have an undeserved bad reputation. Caesar dressing - delicious because of anchovies. They also happen to be a very inexpensive, sustainable and safe source of seafood. Not many fish these days can claim both [...]

Zucchini, Cherry Tomato and Fresh Ricotta Pasta

Cooking Light has hit the nail on the head with their budget cooking section lately. This month’s issue had ‘feed 4 for less than $10′, and this recipe totaled in at $6.48. Pretty awesome! If you haven’t tried making your own ricotta before, this is the perfect recipe to try it out on. I mean, [...]

Spaghetti Cacio e Pepe

Hello everyone! I’m back! Thanks for being patient with me while I took some time off from the blog world – you will get something good out of this wait, I promise! (*cough* free pattern Friday, anyone?) On to this recipe – it’s really just Spaghetti with Cheese and Pepper but it sounds fancier in [...]

Pasta with Asparagus, Pancetta, and Pine Nuts

I am a big fan of simple pastas. They are filling, quick and usually fairly inexpensive. Sometimes they are even remotely healthy! I saw this one in a recent issue of Cooking Light and thought it sounded right up my alley. I was right! The only changes I made were that I toasted the pine [...]