Or what I really want to call, the I-don't-have-enough-of-any-one-ingredient lasagna. Here's the story, I had a pot of homemade sauce I made a full days ago. Normally we go to town and just have pasta for like 4-5 days in a row. The Little Guy and I stick with varying shapes of whole grain and [...]

I whipped this up the other night for dinner in a bit of desperation. I really haven't grocery shopped since before Thanksgiving and even then I was only buying stuff for the holiday. So my stocks are down. Once the leftovers were gone I really had nothing left to make for dinner. I scoured the [...]

Believe me, I never thought I would put those three things together either. Pumpkin? Sausage? Spinach? But Oh.My.Word! So yummy! I saw Rachel Ray make something similar a while back and I think she used fresh sage and nutmeg. So those are the flavors I stuck with. Of course starting with a base of onion [...]

This idea just popped into my head when I started thinking about what to make for dinner. I gotta be honest, I haven't gone grocery shopping since coming home from the beach. I just haven't been in the mood and I decided to use what I had on hand until my trip to the CSA [...]

Another meal from start to end this week. This time I use some leftover sauce and whip up a baked favorited. Recipes I mention in the video... Baked Rigatoni & Zucchini Homemade Sauce Simply Meatballs "Lighter" Stuffed Shells Oh! I almost forgot. He totally [...]

This was a quick lunch I made yesterday based on Mom's Pasta Fagioli (we pronounce it pasta faz-oo.) Mom never made it as a soup, although I've seen it that way plenty of times. I always thought of it as the quick pasta meal when we didn't have meat or sauce prepared. I love the [...]

I can't believe I pulled it off!! A few weeks ago I saw this awesome post on Noble Pig with a recipe for Pasta Pie and I knew immediately had to make it. Of course I couldn't leave it alone, I HAD to give it my own spin. What can I say? it's a [...]

Have I told you about the toddlers obsession with Chinese food? He LOVES Low Mein and Chicken with Broccoli. He even attempts to eat with those kid chopsticks they hold together with a rubber band. It's totally cute. So for lunch yesterday I thought, why not make a homemade version with what I had on [...]

As I say in the video this is my meatball version of a beef-a-roni classic. My goal was to get the toddler to eat a bit more meat and I succeeded! He loved this. It was the first meal in a long time where he didn't make a face when we sat down. Even [...]

The other day I was chatting over on BlogToLose and the topic of food came up, of course! :) Someone asked about freezing leftovers, specifically meat. I didn't realize some people where scared to freeze leftover cooked meat. I do it all the time! And actually the chat reminded me I had a chunk of [...]

This was a quick idea after having nothing ready for dinner. I was fighting off the urge to order in and I needed to please both the husband and the toddler. Now that's no easy task! :~) Somehow I succeeded! The only thing the husband said was it could have used [...]

I have a confession. It may be a culinary no no to admit but I don't care! :~) One of my favorite school lunches growing up was beef-a-roni. You remember it, right? Overcooked elbow pasta, grade F meat in some kind of tomato base. I don't know when the concept of “comfort” food begins [...]

The toddler and I came home HUNGRY today.  I had no plan, nothing defrosted, and all I wanted to do was EAT.  I still wanted something good, healthy and fast, NOT takeout or fast food. So I perused the pantry and found this… Yup! That’s all you need to make a quick homemade [...]

Not having enough leftover sauce for pasta night, I came up with this idea to make it stretch a bit. Mom taught me well! :~) The husband was happy, he loves anything with pasta and sauce (and he didn’t even complain about the whole wheat pasta). The toddler even picked out a [...]

Click here to see the toddler and I make Simple Beef-A-Roni with Peas in a video post You come home from work, no plans for dinner and your in the mood for comfort food. What do you do? What DO you DO?? This may solve the problem! It only takes a few minutes to prepare (especially [...]