If you haven’t checked out our Picnic Pasta Salad Recipe Contest yet, now’s the time!  Entering is easy and you can win a great prize!  Take a look at some of the competitors’ recipes (plus some gorgeous photos of the recipes!) after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »

Last night, I was in desperate need of a quick, easy, and affordable dinner to make, so I grabbed my (never before used) Rachael Ray’s Express Lane Meals cookbook and started skimming.  The second I saw the Toasted Garlic and Sweet Pea Pasta, I knew that it was the one! Read the rest of this entry »

Mac and cheese is one of those indulgent and simple meals that I love to make!  Who can resist creamy, cheesy pasta that’s ready in 15 minutes?  Not me!  But sometimes I get a little bit bored of just pasta and cheese.  Here are a few ways (348, to be exact!) to jazz up this traditional dinner. Read the rest of this entry »

Lately, I have been craving pasta, and lots of it; the cold weather is making me want to stuff my face with carbs and hibernate for the winter!  I have been switching back and forth between two recipes: spaghetti with pasta sauce, and fusilli with pesto and olives.  After about 2 weeks of this, I got bored, so I went looking for more flavorful pasta dinners.  When I found this baked ziti recipe, I knew it was a winner! Read the rest of this entry »