Pasta Aglio e Olio with a twist

Garlic is one of my favorite ingredients for just about all food. Being Italian-American, there is never enough garlic. The smell of it is so comforting and gives me immediate flashbacks to childhood. One of my favorite quick dishes from childhood is pasta agile e olio. Simply, pasta with garlic and oil. Garlic is sautéed …

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Pesto: 3 Ways

Cashew Spinach Pesto, Kale Pistachio Pesto, Basil Pesto

Hummus

All year long my fiancé and I think about healthy snacks we can eat throughout the day. We are very careful about snacking with things that are actually nutritious and will be filling enough to last a few hours before we snack again or have our next meal. Therefore, we wind up eating a lot …

Lentil Soup

Lentil soup is usually one of the winter staples that I make. It's easy, you can pretty much leave it to do it's thing once it's on the stove, it's filling, and nutritious. Growing up we pretty much ate lentil soup only out at restaurants because my sister has an allergy to peanuts and legumes, …

Smoked Paprika Shrimp, Chickpeas, Kale, and Potatoes

So last week, I went to Ibiza in Danbury with girls from work and we ordered a whole bunch of tapas. My favorite was one where they had potatoes, chickpeas, and chorizo with smoked paprika. Holy Moly it was delicious! I thought about it for the whole next week. Finally, I decided I had to …