Sesame Chicken Pasta Salad

Tyler made this recipe last Saturday as a bit of a Valentine’s surprise.  I had to work that day and informed him that I did not want to have to do dishes at the end of the day, so while a nice elaborate romantic dinner would be great, I’d rather we just get pizza!  Instead [...]

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Fabulous Stir-Fry

Oh my goodness friends I can’t believe it’s been 3 weeks since I posted!  School has kept me insanely busy and we are doing easy easy meals for dinner these days, and often Tyler is the one doing the cooking.  I often resort to PBJ when I’m really busy with homework.  This recipe was Tyler’s [...]

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Red Pepper Pesto

Ok sorry for the less than amazing photo but 1) sunlight is fading fast in the evenings and 2) this stuff was so good I almost didn’t even stop to photograph it at all, I was all “get in my belly!”  Oh man this pesto is good!  It’s good on pasta, it’s good on sandwiches, [...]

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Sesame Noodles

I was flipping through my Best of Cooking Light cookbook over the weekend and ran across this recipe and decided to give it a try.  We had half a batch of potstickers in the freezer that I wanted to cook up with another asian inspired dish.  I altered the Cooking Light recipe a bit based [...]

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Ravioli with…walnuts?

Another quick and easy Real Simple recipe tonight! I am loving all these easy recipes I’ve tried this week, so glad I flipped through my old magazines for inspiration! This was definitely a fast meal, as ravioli usually is. Tyler and I both really liked it, although I think I would prefer [...]

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More mushroom risotto

I was craving mushrooms again and found this recipe on Cooking Light’s website and decided to give it a try. Very glad Tyler was around to assist me. He chopped everything while I stir, stir, stirred the risotto. This risotto actually tastes very rich and creamy. I used 3 kinds of [...]

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Gnocchi with Spinach and Sausage

This is another recipe that was recommended to me in my SOS post a couple of weeks ago. Thanks to Holly for recommending it! We’ve only had gnocchi once before and that was at a restaurant.  The texture definitely takes some getting used to. It’s essentially a small dumpling made out of [...]

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Summer Garden Pasta

Thanks so much to everyone who answered my cry for help with simple summer recipe suggestions. I’m proud to say that we’ve only eaten at Chick-fil-a once in the last 3 weeks I’ve been cooking more and that makes both Tyler and I very happy. This pasta recipe was [...]

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A quick dish

Despite being extremely preoccupied with the latest addition to our family, I did manage to get food on the table a couple of nights this week!  I haven’t had much time to read through the latest issue of Cooking Light, but this recipe did catch my eye and I put it on our weekly menu.  [...]

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Pine Nut Pasta

Oh sweet mercy this pasta was so so so good!  The toasted pine nuts truly made the dish, they are small but packed with so much flavor!  Kind of high in WW points, but worth it!  Tastes great reheated for lunch the next day too!

Spinach-Feta Pasta with Pine Nuts (adapted from recipezaar)
Ingredients:
8 oz pasta (I [...]

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