Category Archives: Pasta

Simmered meat sauce

Crock pot cooking is not for the faint of heart. It takes some faith. It forces you to pile tons of ingredients into a cooking vessel and then wait hours to find out if it was worth it. There’s no seasoning as you go, no “This is starting to go poorly so, honey, maybe you […]

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Tofu pesto pasta

I’ve got the trailer on the brain. I wanted to post yesterday but couldn’t think of anything even half witty to tell you. Today = the same. We spent the long weekend working on the trailer and then shopping for things we need for the trailer. Fulfilling? Yes. Great conversation. Eh. We’re still charting our progress on […]

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Skillet pasta puttanesca

After 6 1/2 days of near non-stop activities, I’m hitting the wall H A R D today. I just need to make it through the rest of the work day and a 6 pm engagement session. Then I’m looking forward to plunging straight into a weekend in which we have nothing planned. It’s so needed!    This meal is […]

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Braised Italian Beef

You’ll have to forgive me for being a little absent last week. I was very busy doing things like accepting a promotion at work and celebrating said promotion with a fantastic dinner with Hubster.     In a way it felt like we were celebrating more than just my success at the 9-to-5 job. It felt like we […]

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Peanut noodles

Have you ever launched into a recipe without taking one last moment to review the instructions? I have… on several occasions. I’ll blame it on trying to fit 10 hours worth of activities into about 4. On the weeknight I decided to try Smitten Kitchen’s Peanut Sesame Noodles, I had just jumped off the treadmill […]

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