pasta

Spring Vegetable Gnocchi

by heidi April 16, 2013

Before I talk about today’s recipe, I want to send my heartfelt thoughts to those that were affected by the bombing yesterday at the Boston Marathon finish line. Thankfully my friend, and many of yours, Dara of Cookin’ Canuck and her family—in Boston to cheer on her husband Steve who ...

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by heidi February 21, 2013

We all have our favorite recipes. And we all have vices. This recipe combines the best (best?) of both of them in my little world. I’ve been sitting on this recipe ever since I started blogging. It’s one of those recipes I make it at least once a month, a ...

Meyer Lemon Fettuccine and 10 Favorite Lemon Recipes

by heidi February 7, 2013

The sunny skies of California made me want to do it. Before I moved to the big lights and bigger stars land of L.A., I was a Utah girl, born and bred. So when the opportunity to leave my home state appeared, sure, I had a couple of romantic thoughts ...

Chicken Nicoise Pasta Salad

by heidi January 8, 2013

The New Years resolutions have rung themselves in. And some of them, for some of you, are already on their way out. This year I’m not making New Years resolutions. Instead, I’m setting goals that aren’t beginning-of-the-year-dependent, the kind that once the shiny sparkle of the New Year has faded ...

Friday Faves and Pumpkin Manicotti

by heidi October 12, 2012

This week heralded a week of pumpkins featuring both a savory and a sweet recipe option. As it should! Eating local and in season gives a bump in stimulating the local farming economy and its also just being plain healthy. Keeping it simple and unprocessed as often as we can. So ...

Pasta with Marinated Tomatoes plus 55 Fresh and Tasty Tomato Recipes

by heidi August 21, 2012

Short and sweet. Just like these little tomatoes. Today I’m not going to wax on about my love of this juicy little fruit, or debate about whether the tomato belongs in the fruit or veggie category or the virtues of heirloom versus good old standard beefsteaks. Because I have 55 ...

7 Great Zucchini Pastas Plus Zucchini and Chicken Sausage Penne Pasta Recipe

by heidi August 7, 2012

We all know the drill, the harvest mantra: “What am I going to do with all this zucchini?” Well, here’s what you do with it. You cook with it, you bake with it, you think about tanning it for the newest trend in vegan alternative leather. Hey, we may have ...