Dill Pasta Salad

I'm a sucker for all things sour cream and dill, so when I came across Taste of Home's dill pickle pasta salad recipe I couldn't help myself! The amount of mayonnaise in the original recipe went beyond even my bounds, but I've made a few other adjustments to make the finished product better fit my tastes. If you're not sure about this or that in my recipe, play around with it as you like!

Satay Pasta Salad

This is a bit of a fusion dish, a beautiful marriage of pasta salad and Indonesian satay sauce. My recipe for the sauce is based on Little Green Dot's recipe, so if you want something more authentic check out the original. I hope you enjoy this as much as my family does!

Easy Penne Pasta Salad

I had completely forgotten about the existence of pasta salads until I spent some time with my sister this past spring and she made one to have on hand for easy work lunches. Needless to say the flame of this old love was rekindled, and the recipe below is the child of that love! (Oh dear...) The keeper recipe I've finally settled on is mostly drawn from Taste of Home and A Southern Soul, but with tweaks to fit my own tastes better. It's not the most exciting dish, but when I'm craving a lot of veggies and needing something that'll fill me up it fits the bill quite nicely! I hope you enjoy it as much as I have this summer!

Fettuccine Alfredo

This is an adaptation of too many recipes to reference here. I used several as guides, but ultimately made some arbitrary changes both for my heart health's sake (for example, using a cup of butter felt excessive even with a full box of fettuccine) and for my own tastes. I so wanted to make this the authentic Italian way, but North America's love for cream (and my love for garlic!) won out. As always, do as you feel led if you give this a try!

Kielbasa Pasta

It's Bright Week, so of course cheesy sausage is what's on the menu! What follows is an adaptation of this recipe, mostly tweaks to fit my tastes and preferences. Smoked paprika is my seasoning of the season I think, so it of course makes an appearance! Enjoy!

Cheater's Handkerchiefs with Sauce

Recently I was trying to figure out a vegan use for some lasagna noodles that have been sitting in my pantry for far too long when I came across some gorgeous recipes for Genoa's mandilli de sea or 'silk handkerchiefs.' I'm not one to be discouraged by having the wrong pasta, not having the equipment to make the right pasta, or having the wrong sauce on hand, so what follows below is a poor adaptation inspired by both the lovely pesto mandilli de sea recipes I read and the necessities of Lent. This hit the spot for my husband and I, so I hope it will do the same for you! (If nothing else it's a great use for leftover lasagna noodles!)

Chickpea Pasta with Tomato Sauce

This lovely recipe is largely based off of this recipe with some tweaks here and there to make it more to my own tastes. (And why not, I'm the one eating it!) It's a hearty, warm, easy recipe that's perfect for the winter months and a nice dose of veggies and legumes regardless of when you make it!

Spaghetti with Parmesan

If you love pasta and you love parmesan, then this is the recipe for you! It's a simple but delicious working-at-home meal that has featured regularly on my menu since returning to North America at the start of the pandemic. (Parmesan was somewhat more precious a commodity in East and Southeast Asia!) You can of course make this fancier - fry some minced garlic in butter, swap out the cheaper parmesan crumbles for freshly imported and/or grated, et cetera - but that versatility is what has made this a staple in my family. I hope you enjoy it as much as we do!