Creamy Italian Noodles from Taste of Home

Creamy Italian Noodles

Creamy Italian Noodles are egg noodles tossed in butter, half-and-half, grated parmesan cheese, and dry italian salad dressing mix – SO good and really super easy to make and also to customize to your tastes. I’ve made these noodles probably a dozen times since first coming across the recipe in an issue of Taste of [...]

Vegetarian Lasagne from MyDish

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I’m trying to convince my family that we should eat vegetarian once a week. I know it’s good for the planet, and it’s not like we are meat-deprived and would suffer for it. But dang, my family is so resistant to the idea! They are a bunch of carnivores I tell you. Especially my six [...]

Slow Cooker Spaghetti Bolognese

spaghetti bolognese

I have been trying for YEARS to find the perfect spaghetti sauce recipe, one that tastes more like what restaurants serve and less like the bland, watery sauce I usually end up with.  Any time I come across a sauce recipe that looks like it has potential, I like to hang on to it until [...]

Cabernet Marinara Pasta Recipe

I found this Cabernet Marinara Pasta recipe on Taste of Home. It sounds good!

Ingredients

* 1 cup chopped sweet onion * 2 tablespoons olive oil * 3 garlic cloves, crushed * 1/2 cup Cabernet Sauvignon or other dry red wine * 1 can (28 ounces) crushed tomatoes * 3 plum tomatoes, chopped * [...]

Chef Scott Makes Sundried Tomato and Basil Pasta

Here’s another video from Chef Scott Liebfried, who creates recipes for Bumble Bee Foods. Remember, I’m a Bumble Bee Foods Bee Squad member, so while I don’t get compensated per post, what I do post for Bumble Bee is part of a general campaign that does include compensation periodically. Just wanted to get that out [...]

Stamp-of-Approval Spaghetti Sauce

Long-time readers know I am not going to rest until I find the perfect spaghetti sauce to make at home!  I’ve been trying for years, and I keep collecting recipes hoping each time that I’ve found “the one”.  This recipe I found on Taste of Home looks like a contender! Author Melissa Taylor Higley from [...]

Goulash

My family loves Schwan’s goulash, so I went looking for a recipe so I could make it myself. I found this recipe here – http://www.buzzle.com/articles/goulash-hamburger.html

Goulash with Ground Beef and Elbow Macaroni

INGREDIENTS:

* 1 tablespoon olive oil

* 1 lb. ground beef

* 1 clove garlic, crushed

* 1 onion, minced

* 1 box [...]

BBQ Shrimp and Pasta Salad from Kraft Foods

BBQ Shrimp and Pasta Salad

INGREDIENTS:

2 cups penne pasta, uncooked 1 each red, yellow and green bell pepper, chopped 1/4 cup KRAFT Mayo with Olive Oil Reduced Fat Mayonnaise 1 cup KRAFT 2% Milk Shredded Italian* Three Cheese Blend 1/4 cup KRAFT Light Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressing 1 lb. uncooked deveined peeled large shrimp [...]

Dave Lieberman’s Simple Marinara Sauce

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March is National Nutrition Month, and thanks to Del Monte, I have a great recipe to share with you for Simple Marinara Sauce. It’s my absolute favorite comfort food, a bowl of perfectly cooked thin spaghetti noodles topped with a delicious, fresh-tasting tomato sauce and a sprinkle of [...]

Rethinking the way I cook my Italian Sausage Spaghetti Sauce

While browsing blogs over the weekend, I came across this recipe post – http://lifeasmom.com/2009/03/urs-pasta.html

She makes a huge pot of tomato sauce, lets it simmer, and then adds UNCOOKED italian sausage links and lets those simmer in the sauce for two hours. I’ve always browned ground italian sausage and then added the tomato products to [...]