Pasta
Quick and Easy Spinach Lasagna
Love lasagna? Does your greasy, meaty, high-calorie version need a makeover? This super easy recipe nixes the meat as well as substitutes whole wheat lasagna noodles for traditional white, and uses part-skim cheeses. You also get a dose of healthy spinach in this cheesy one-dish meal. Fill
Penne Pasta with Cream, Pesto and Tomatoes
I've been experimenting with selling herbs at the local farmers market recently and the one that seems to sell the best is basil. I always seem to sell out early. So this last market, I took double what I normally take and guess what..... I didn't sell it all. I did sell more than last time, b
Spotlight! Ramp Pesto
Foodwhirl thinks Manhattan Food Project totally rocks (I think they are as big Alton fans as I am!), and would love to crash at their pad next time we are in NYC... and this recipe is no exception to our drooliness (I'm pretty sure that's not a word). Anyway, Ramp Pesto? How cool! We love pest
Spotlight: Pork Ragu
Over at Talk of Tomatoes, Janelle (she's a contributor here too!) has a tasty looking recipe for Pork Ragu! This looks like a wonderfully simple 'go-to' meal... I am in love with ragu. Shall I marry it? I made this ragu recently for lunch, and my eldest son says to me: “mom, this is the onl
Seafood Sausage Penne Pasta
I found this seafood sausage when I was shopping at one of my favorite stores, Trader Joe's, the other day and decided to combine it with some vegetables and penne pasta. A while back, I went to a restaurant with a friend and had this great penne pasta & sausage dish, and ever since I've bee
Vegetable Pasta Italiano
I just love a meal I can throw together in a few minutes. This is super easy and makes use of prepared organic marinara sauce. I've tried it with all kinds of pasta sauces and you just can't go wrong. I add veggies to it and prefer to leave them chunky, but my sister always "hid" the veggi
Making homemade pasta
Although dried pasta is quite inexpensive and extremely convenient, there is something to be said for knowing exactly what is going into the food that you're consuming. There is also something to be said for de-stressing while enjoying a nice glass of wine and vigorously kneading an elastic ball o
Lasagna
Everyone has their favorite lasagna recipe. This is mine. And while others are probably more authentic to Italy, this is pretty durn authentic to my Sicilian grandmother, my mother, and my New Jersey Italian relatives although I have made some changes over the years. I've tried many recipes,
Spotlight: Basic Tomato Sauce
We are all about the Basics here at Foodwhirl... Part of becoming a great cook is mastering the go-to recipes that you can then change up and give your own spin. Janelle at Talk of Tomatoes has a recipe for basic tomato sauce that looks fresh and inviting! Janelle says: It’s official: I make
Mushroom Tomato Sauce
One of my husband's favorite foods is spaghetti with marinara sauce. For him that always meant popping open a can of Ragu's mushroom tomato sauce. Needless to say, I'm not so into the canned stuff. Here's my homemade version of mushroom tomato sauce. I make a large batch about twice a month
Get the RSS Feed
Email Us
Twitter
Facebook
Flickr Group
Submit a Site