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Roasted Vegetable Pasta with Bacon and Parmesan

Once it starts to cool down just a touch, as in highs in the 80′s or so, I find that it is time for roasting vegetables at every possible chance.  I saw this recipe in the October issue of Martha Stewart, and immediately added the ingredients to my grocery list. I changed a few things. [...]

Freezer Meals

With baby countdown at 2 weeks and 1 day I felt it necessary to make some freezer meals for those days (of which I’m sure there will be many) that I don’t have time to cook a real meal.  I searched quite a few websites for recipes that would freeze and reheat well.  I cannot attest [...]

BLT Mac and Cheese

This obsession I have with macaroni and cheese may never end.  It is just too good.  How can you not love it? My most recent mac and cheese adventure was a BLT version with bacon, leeks, tomatoes, colby jack cheese, and a toasted bread crumb topping.  While this did not quite live up to [...]

Croque Monsieur Mac and Cheese

Macaroni and cheese has become one of my favorite things to cook and something that I can count on Ben being happy about having for dinner almost 100% of the time.  I love that there are endless options when it comes to this dish.  You can go plain and simple with traditional elbow macaroni and [...]

Butternut Squash Pasta with Bacon and Sage

Originally I made this pasta dish because I had leftover squash from the butternut squash spice cake.  In the future I will buy a butternut squash with it’s sole purpose being the foundation of this meal.  I was expecting something tasty, and I was not disappointed.  How can one go wrong with a pasta dish [...]

Easy Mac and Cheese with Chicken

There is something to be said for Kraft Mac and Cheese.  That’s right.  I said it.  Come on people.  You know you love it.  It’s the cheesiest and it doesn’t stick to your cookware like real cheese does.  I honestly and truly like, and sometimes I even crave the unnatural orange colored pasta dish in its [...]