pasta

Creamy & Healthy Caprese Pasta

by Mara @ What's For Dinner? on May 7, 2013

in Italian, simple recipe, vegetables, vegetarian

I’m a woman obsessed. No, seriously. It’s very rare when I make the same thing multiple times within a week, let alone within a few days. I’ve eaten this recipe four times in five days. I happened upon this healthy alfredo sauce recipe over at Pinch of Yum and since I have a thing for [...]

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White Lasagne with Asparagus & Lemon

by Mara @ What's For Dinner? on April 22, 2013

in Italian, vegetables, vegetarian

Ok, so it’s been raining here. Normally this time of year is one of warmer weather, buds on the trees, green grass, and the occasional rain shower. Not this year though. Oh no, Mother Nature is ticked off about something and it rained for four days straight and we got around 6″ of rain during [...]

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Jalapeño Popper Pasta

by Mara @ What's For Dinner? on February 24, 2013

in simple recipe

Food story time: In the relatively early days of Adam and my relationship, we ordered a lot of take out. I would cook for us occasionally, but in those days, staying up super-late eating delivery Italian food was so much better. Sometimes we’d get a pizza, and sometimes I’d order an Italian beef sandwich (with [...]

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Lean Cuisine #CulinaryChic

by Mara @ What's For Dinner? on January 24, 2013

in Italian

We all know that I can be a bit of a food snob in that I truly enjoy great meals. I relish the opportunity to visit great restaurants, sometimes spend far too much money on a meal out or ingredients for a meal in, and generally avoid convenience foods. However, with this whole watching what [...]

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Creamy Spinach-Artichoke Baked Pasta

by Mara @ What's For Dinner? on January 13, 2013

in Italian, simple recipe, vegetarian

I really don’t know when I had my first taste of spinach-artichoke dip. Does anyone really know? It’s been the go-to appetizer for restaurants for years, the typical hot appetizer for a party, and the perfect PMS food for us cheese lovers out there. The original recipes for spinach artichoke dip contain ingredients like mayonnaise, [...]

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