Pasta

Penne Pasta with Smoked Salmon

Smoked salmon is delicious on its own, but it’s heavenly when combined with penne and tomato cream sauce! This pasta doesn’t contain huge amounts of butter or heavy cream so it’s surprisingly light. It also has English peas, lemon zest and fresh dill to balance the flavors. Dinner Party and […]

 

Rigatoni with Onions, Bacon and Peas

Whenever I’m in a mood for a light, cream based pasta, I whip up this rigatoni dish. You get the salty, savory flavors from uncured bacon and grated parmesan cheese and sweetness from onions and fresh peas. I first made this for a friend when I visited her in east […]

 

Satisfying Creamy and Cheesy Baked Pasta

Baked pasta is such an easy dish to make and one of my favorite baked pasta that I make at home often is made with creamy white sauce with cheese on top. I always serve my baked pasta in individual gratin dishes and I have a darling set that I […]

 

Spicy, Garlicky, Creamy Seafood Pasta

Whenever I find gorgeous large King crab legs, there’s a dish I have to make and that’s pasta with crab, shrimp and calamari with spicy tomato sauce. I originally made this for Christmas eve, and it was so good I made it again. What’s best about this dish is it […]

 

Guiltless Zucchini Noodles with Hearty Meat Sauce

I fell in love with Zucchini noodles couple of years ago when my mother introduced me to it. She cooked a dish of her delicious tomatoes sauce and instead of regular pasta, she made zucchini noodles. Curly zucchini strings mixed with rich tomato sauce was not only delicious, it was […]