Category: pasta

  • Johnny Marzetti – Updated

    One of my mom’s favorite meals was Johnny Marzetti. When I was Googling the history of the name of Johnny Marzetti, I noticed a lot of the recipes bake it. The difference with my recipe is that I don’t. My recipe is more of an American goulash. It was named after a restaurant in Columbus…

  • Jump ahead to the recipe The boys do not like when Hubby makes pasta dishes because he doesn’t always drain the pasta. He’ll rather use a slotted spoon to get out the pasta. Needless to say, it becomes very mushy. So whenever we have pasta dishes, I’m the only one who cooks, or if he…

  • Sundried Tomato Garlic Noodles – A pantry meal (Vegetarian)

    My aunt came into town and helped me rearrange my pantry. Once I knew what was in my pantry, it was easy to decide what to make for dinner. I had some Pasta Roni’s Butter and Garlic noodles, sundried tomatoes, black olives, chickpeas, and canned chicken in the pantry. What could I make for dinner?…

  • Cheesy Orzo Pasta (Simple Side Dish)

    The Imaginative One turned 13 last month.  A tradition in our house is for me to cook one of the birthday boy’s favorite meals for their birthday.  We had the Imaginative One’s dinner the day after his birthday because we had planned to be out on his birthday.

  • Crockpot Lasagna

    Soon after I was married in 1999, my mom gave me a recipe for lasagna that involved no boiling the noodles.  I’ve made it that way for the past almost 17 years. I can’t believe I haven’t shared the recipe for my lasagna before.  It takes a while to prepare it, but it’s worth the…

  • I tried to come up with a witty blog entry about this salad.  Even though I thought and thought, I couldn’t come up with anything.  So I’ll just be straightforward.  This recipe is delicious and easy to put together.  You can adapt it by changing up the veggies in the salad. Pesto Orzo Pasta Salad…

  • I went to my stats summary page to find the recipes that get the most clicks.  This is the top post of 2012.Baked Spaghetti Here’s the 2nd to 5th top posts of 2012: Charleston Cheese Dip Green beans, potatoes, and ham Bacon Cheeseburger Soup Peanut Butter Blossoms Redone