When I was a kid my parents would take me to Pizza Hut for the pizza and salad bar buffet. It was the best time as it was all you can eat breadsticks and pizza. Before diving knee deep into the pizza I always went to the salad bar for a quick healthy snack. That [...]
Pasta
September 27th, 2009
Macaroni Salad
Posted in Pasta, Recipes 
Tags: cold salad, macaroni salad, quick macaroni salad, simple macaroni salad 
4 Comments »August 27th, 2009
The Blue Box Revisited – Pesto Mac
The results are in for the FoodieFights.com competition. I ended up finishing in fourth place with 133 pts. Thanks to everyone that voted. If you would like to see my entry click here. A couple of months back I did a post on how to spice up boxed mac n cheese. It was a popular [...]
Posted in Clear out the Pantry, Cooking, Pasta Tags: pesto mac, pesto mac n cheese, pesto macaroni and cheese, spiced up mac 6 Comments »July 2nd, 2009
One Pan – Macaroni and Cheese
Over the past week I have been cleaning out my pantry trying to cook everything that I could without going to the grocery store. Needless to say, I was running low on everything. Then I noticed that I had a bag of mozzarella cheese in the fridge and about a 1/2 cup of milk. Sounds [...]
Posted in Cheap Eats, Pasta, Recipes Tags: butter, cheddar, cheese, homemade macaroni and cheese, Hot Sauce, mac and cheese, macaroni and cheese, mozzarella, one pan meal, quick meals, quick recipes, roux 1 Comment »May 21st, 2009
Cheap Eats – Chicken Bake for $1.69 a person
I have been getting a lot of emails from people who want quick and easy recipes that are cheap. So for now on, I am going to devote thursdays to cheap eats. In this economy people want to save money and an easy way to do that is by cooking at home. Cheap food does [...]
Posted in Cheap Eats, Chicken, Pasta, Recipes, Vegetables Tags: affordable meals, Cheap Eats, Chicken, easy, good deals, how to, howto, less than $2 a person, Pasta, quick, quick tips, Recipes, Vegetables, veggies No Comments »May 4th, 2009
Recreating the bread bowl pasta
If you have been watching TV lately, Dominos has been advertising their new Bread Bowl Pasta. It is Carbs on Carbs, so basically it is amazing. So I wanted to make my own version to see how great pasta in a bread bowl could actually be. Spoiler Alert – It was amazing. The bread bowl [...]
Posted in Baking, Bread, Cooking, Italian, Pasta, Pizza, Sauces, Sourdough Tags: bread bowl, bread bowl pasta, carb overload, dominos, Food, Marinara, Pasta, pizza, recipe, Recipes 28 Comments »May 3rd, 2009
Super Quick Marinara Sauce
Every once in a while you need a quick meal and don’t have any jars of marinara lying around. Or, if you are like me you like to make your own, but don’t have time to let it simmer for 2 hours. I made this quick sauce that took only 15 minutes to make.
Posted in Italian, Pasta, Pizza, Recipes, Sauces Tags: basic marinara, Italian, Marinara, quick and easy marinara, Recipes, sauce, whole tomatoes 8 Comments »April 21st, 2009
Chicken Limone with Gnocchi
Update: It was a great time competing in foodie fights. In the end I ended up in 5th place. I want to thank everyone that voted. With your help I ended up receiving the 3rd most popular votes. Thanks again. The time has arrived for my entry into the Foodie Fights Battle. After you check [...]
April 12th, 2009
The Blue Box Revisited – Spicy Mac n Cheese
If you are like me, no matter how much you cook, you always have a box of Mac n Cheese in the pantry. As much as I want to hate the stuff it is good. So, I have worked to spice it up in more than one way. Honestly, it is not much, but it [...]
Posted in Clear out the Pantry, Cooking, Pasta, Recipes, Spicy Tags: Clear out the Pantry, Cooking, jalapeno, mac n cheese, peppers, photos, Recipes, Spicy, tomato 2 Comments »
