Pasta
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Do you love comfort food? How about a fusion idea on comfort food. I love Asian spice whether it be Indian, Thai or more. When I make a curry paste I always make extra and love to eat i… -
How do you improve on one of the best dishes ever? ADD MORE CHEESE! Before I get into this post, I need to address a major point for my gluten free audience. If you looked at this post,… -
When you want a traditional lasagna but don’t have the time to make it, try this skillet idea. You will love it. I cannot believe how good this recipe was. The pesto ricotta balls… -
Pasta dishes are the perfect vehicle for fusion. Pasta brings texture and serves as a vessel for any flavor you wish to bring. One thing I have learned cooking with gluten free pasta is you h… -
My daughter has been pushing me to try butternut squash. So I owe this recipe to her. My Butternut Squash Kale Risotto was super delicious. It is creamy, buttery and super moist. … -
Do you like brie? I love brie. Did you ever consider adding it to a dish as opposed to eating as an appetizer? My gluten free pasta dish takes advantage of brie cheese. In this GF… -
Using leftovers is so much fun and leads to recipe creativity. I had Tostitos Salsa Con Queso to use up and came up with this Italian Mexican fusion idea. I also had these sausages/hot dogs i… -
As you know, I love fusion recipes. My last post, MEXICAN TURKEY BURGER QUESADILLAS combined American and Mexican cultural food. In this recipe for my Yellow Curry Chicken Pasta, I am combini… -
Not all cream dishes need cream or need to be too rich. There is a very simple hack in this recipe that gives you the alfredo result with only a little dairy from the cheese. For this Smoked … -
My gluten free exploration provides me the opportunity to experiment when I am at the grocery store. I do not do gluten and I do not eat shellfish. So how can I recreate the look, if not the … -
The inspiration for this Homemade Turkey Ragu Sauce was my second attempt at making gluten free pasta. As you will see, the post is about the sauce because the pasta did not turn out so well.… -
The inspiration for this Gluten Free Spinach Eggplant Lasagna as I have been talking about is my desire to recreate gluten recipes I have in the past. My previous version of VEGETABLE L… -
The inspiration for this Gluten Free Pasta in a White Wine Sauce came from watching some FOOD NETWORK show, maybe it was DINERS, DRIVE-IN and DIVES. What I saw them making was clams over… -
The inspiration for this Mexican Chicken Pasta Bake is my love of Mexican food and pure comfort food. This dish is comfort food at its best. The dish starts with a cheese sauce as its b… -
I think a lot of people don’t eat or try vegan recipes because they do not know how to make these recipes or what goes into them. Once you start learning vegan substitutes for their tra… -
I really like making different types of pasta. You can choose to add flavor, color or modify the texture a little bit. A couple of the pastas that I made that picked up on these id… -
I do not know if my regular readers have noticed but in the last 6 months or so, I have been a little less active. I have been super busy at my day job. That is all good but I miss some… -
My Spaghetti Salami e Pepe is the 2nd in a 3 part series using Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese – @theonlyparmesan. The first recipe was a Roman classic Pasta e Pepe. This pasta is a si… -
This Gluten Free Pasta e Pepe is an attempt to do two things. The first attempt is to learn about Roman food. That’s right, I said Roman food, not Italian food. One of my re… -
I have noted in earlier posts that I used to not like PESTO (good English?). Not only do I now like pesto, I add the pine nuts. My 15 Minute Healthy Pesto Pasta is made the traditi… -
Marinara Sauce This post continues the roll of Italian recipes I have been posting this week. All of these recipes were created for a really good friend of my wife and mine. We were act… -
Yellow Curry Pasta This Yellow Curry Pasta recipe is such a tasty dish. This is a perfect recipe for a weeknight meal when you want a 15 minute meal. I am not sure but maybe I am done w… -
Easy Basil Pasta Do you want an easy weeknight meal? Do you have leftover pasta noodles? Grab a bottle of Gourmet Gardens stir-in-pastes. Dinner can be on the table in less t… -
This Chicken Shawarma Pasta post closes out a week of Middle Eastern recipes. I hope you have enjoyed the recipes and learning about dishes that you may not have been familiar with. The… -
Spaghetti Florentine in Gravy sounds kind of fancy. Doesn’t it? I did not know what else to call this dish so I described it best as I could. I think I have mentioned how into pas… -
Hearty, healthy, vegetarian and vegan. These are not the normal words I focus on in my recipes and posts. For emphasis, I used these words to trick you. If I started with sharing … -
I love my Kitchen Aid pasta machine attachment. I always wanted to make my own pasta. Now that I have this attachment, I have been making my own pasta frequently. I have my basic … -
I am really struggling with what to name this pasta dish. Besides it being delicious, it is not a recipe that I have seen executed by other chefs. Said differently, it is not a cooking … -
I just love lasagna. It is a peasant’s meal. Everything is thrown into one pan. Ok, that is not exactly a fair characterization of this dish. This Vegetable Lasagna is… -
Is there anything more comforting than a big bowl of lasagna? Really, it is a bowl of noodles, sauce and either the vegetables or meat one adds. I think so many cultures have dishes tha…
