Pasta

Creamy Pasta and Spinach

April 18, 2010

I have recently read a lot about Spaghetti A La Philly on several other food sites. It is basically spaghetti that has been doctored up by using cream cheese. I liked the basic idea because it was a quick and easy recipe, but I thought it needed a little more to it. I thought I [...]

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Skillet Tuna Casserole

April 8, 2010

This is not your typical tuna casserole. In fact, this isn’t really a tuna casserole at all. If anything this is a fancy tuna casserole, if there is such a thing. I don’t like regular tuna casserole. I have stayed away from most of them. However, when I saw a recipe for tuna skillet, I [...]

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Chicken Lasagna

September 7, 2009

I posted about this recipe several months ago when I posted about a lunch I took to my husband’s office. Several of you asked for me to post the recipe and I did not get it done. I am sorry about that. But today, I finally have it for you. The main reason I never [...]

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Whole Wheat Pasta

June 27, 2009

My family is finally getting used to whole wheat pasta. It only took about a year, until the complaining stopped. So either they got used to it or they decided that I was not going to stop serving it. What I have found though is that they like it mixed. I mix it about half [...]

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Emerils Basic Red Sauce

June 25, 2009

I know a lot of people buy store bought spaghetti or red sauce, like Ragu and Prego. In the past I have purchased it some, but I have never been a big fan of it. Now that I am trying to stay away from packaged and processed things, I never buy it. I have a [...]

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Chicken and Bacon Lo Mein

March 3, 2009

I have made a beef and broccoli lo mein for years. We really like it, but I wanted to come up with a chicken version. I thought that a chicken version would be really good. I tweaked the recipe in order to make it work better for chicken. What I came up with is a [...]

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Paula Deen’s Mac and Cheese

January 22, 2009

Life As Mom is having a comfort foods recipe swap. She posted about her favorite Macaroni and Cheese. That got me thinking about my favorite Mac and Cheese, and no it is not come in a blue box by Kraft. In fact my kids are so spoiled with home made food they do not liked [...]

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Easy Pasta Sauce

December 15, 2008

This is an easy pasta sauce that I use all the time. It is quick and really good. My husband likes me to add some ground meat to it to give it some more flavor. I like it without the meat. Either way it is good. It is adapted from a Martha Stewart recipe.

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Quick and Easy Alfredo Sauce

August 30, 2008

This is a great Alfredo Sauce. It is so quick and easy and the texture always turns out right. The cream cheese in this gives it the perfect texture. I also like it because most alfredos call for cream. I don’t usually keep cream on hand but I do usually have cream cheese on hand [...]