Vegetarian Bolognese

Yeah that is Tyler’s portion, not mine I am swamped with schoolwork now that the end of the semester is in sight (2 days, yikes!)  Tyler planned the meals, did the shopping, and the cooking this week.  It is rare we cook with red wine, but this was worth the extra trip to [...]

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Au Gratin

Tyler bookmarked this recipe in this month’s Cooking Light and I was skeptical, but it won me over!  I don’t usually eat sweet potatoes or squash because they are so….sweet.  However, drench them in swiss cheese and I’m a big fan!  This recipe took some time to pull together, but it was worth [...]

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A taste of the garden

Now that our garden is starting to yield wonderful herbs for us such as basil, parsley, and cilantro, we have been planning our meals around what we can pick in our own backyard!  I had some leftover tomatoes from a meal earlier in the week (store bought, too early for home grown tomatoes!), so I [...]

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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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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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Farmers Market Fresh

I made my first trip of the summer to the local farmers market this weekend and despite the disappointment of no dogs allowed (poor Toby had to wait outside the market) it was a great little trip.  I didn’t find the produce that much cheaper than what I could get at the grocery store, but [...]

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More Risotto

Ever since I learned to make risotto at Cooking Club last week I had been hankering for more, but this time made with mushrooms.  Mmmm mushrooms, I am so sad I did not learn to love you until my 20s.  Tyler and I ate some bread and goat cheese and drank some wine as we [...]

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