Pasta

Warm Caramelized Leek Pasta Salad with Bacon and Goat Cheese

September 1, 2017 by Faith 1 Comment

Warm Caramelized Leek Pasta Salad with Bacon and Goat Cheese is an elevated pasta salad that’s worthy of entertaining with.

Pasta is one of those things that usually gets forgotten in my kitchen. I didn’t grow up eating much pasta (it just wasn’t one of my mom’s favorites) and these days I try to keep my carbs down, so it isn’t a dish that’s on my radar very often. But recently I had the idea for a warm pasta salad full of vegetables and refined flavors and I knew I had to put pasta back on the menu!…

Gluten-Free Penne Pasta with Chicken Sausage, Sage, and Apple Cream Sauce

October 17, 2016 by Faith 3 Comments

Gluten-Free Penne Pasta with Chicken Sausage, Sage, and Apple Cream Sauce is the perfect pasta dinner with an autumnal twist! This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #FamilyPastaTime #CollectiveBias Most of us love to travel and while I’m no exception, there does come a point when I start missing the routine of my daily life. One of the things I miss most when I’m traveling is my well-stocked kitchen at home, both in terms of ingredient variety and kitchen tools/appliances at my disposal....

Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad

July 1, 2016 by Faith 4 Comments

Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad is a perfect side dish for a summer picnic or potluck, and it can also be a full meal in itself if you add a big green salad. Being a native Buffalonian means anything related to Buffalo chicken is pure comfort food for me, harkening back to my first experiences with Buffalo wings (which in Buffalo, of course we just call “wings”)....

Macaroni and Cheeseburger Vegetable Soup

October 12, 2015 by Faith 12 Comments

This Macaroni and Cheeseburger Vegetable Soup has all the flavors of a classic burger, but in cold-weather comfort food form. If you’ve been following my blog for a while, you probably know that I enjoy traveling. I love experiencing new cultures or even just new regions of the US, and immersing myself in the foods the locals eat. But I’d be lying if I said I don’t enjoy coming back home and returning to my routine. At heart, I’m a creature of habit, happiest in my home....

Spiced Pumpkin Mac and Cheese with Brown Butter, Sage, and Pecan Topping

November 18, 2014 by Faith 8 Comments

Alright, so you know those mac and cheese recipes that add pumpkin or butternut squash and use less cheese to lighten it up? Yeah, this isn’t one of those recipes....

Easy Chicken Parm Soup

October 25, 2014 by Faith 151 Comments

Thank you to Dreamfields for sponsoring this post. I am happy for the opportunity to share brands that I believe in with my readers, and I hope you enjoy my recipe for Easy Chicken Parm Soup. Something I’ve realized about myself is that I just about always defer to making food from scratch....