I am never buying jarred pesto again…Yep, I have discovered how easy and effortless making pesto is. And, it is a great alternative to the usual tomatoey pasta sauce, or the cheesy alfredo that dons pasta at my house. It is a much healthier option too. Better yet, you can make the pesto in advance. … [Read more…]
I had gotten these beautiful grape tomatoes this week and wanted to use them in a dish where they were gonna be the star of the dish. While I was thinking about this, I saw the recipe for this ‘Pasta Ponza’ on the food network show ‘Giada at Home’. Giada is one of my favorite … [Read more…]
This is my Meatball Saga II. I used a batch of frozen meatballs from my recipe here, to make the classic Spaghetti with meatballs. I had some cherry tomatoes that I got for a really good price at the wholesale market and decided to make a sauce out of it for the spaghetti, than use … [Read more…]
With summer arrives the abundance of cheap veggies, and you cannot resist but buy them, even though you don’t have any idea what to do with them. I had bought a lot of summer veggies and there were a few that remained in the fridge. I would’nt have thought of making ratatouille, if it were not … [Read more…]
On one of my health crazy days, I spotted this big bag of whole wheat spaghetti at Costco for a very good price. I love the Veggie meatballs and falafels I get in Costco, and pair them with spaghetti all the time. They are really good.(DH doesn’t care for the real deal with meatballs..or maybe … [Read more…]