
After working all night cooking and preparing dinner for others, we came home, showered, and fixed dinner for ourselves. We finally ate around 2 a.m., and let me tell you, we enjoyed every bite!
I wasn’t sure if spinach and pesto would compliment each other, but the flavors matched well when combined with the … [read more]

We were recipients of a free organic rotisserie chicken yesterday, and so we used it to make a cajun chicken pasta this evening for dinner. We usually make our alfredo sauce with feta and goat cheese, but we had some pepper jack cheese in the fridge that needed to be used first so we made … [read more]

When it’s warm outside, Kemal and I enjoy cold salads for lunch and dinner. One of our favorites is a pasta salad with blackened salmon and fresh vegetables. We never make the salad the same. Sometimes we add tomatoes, and olives, and other times we add hard boiled eggs or peas. Whatever we decide to … [read more]

My mom makes a wonderful Italian meal featuring pasta and beans, and it’s called pasta fazool. We kind of changed her recipe just a bit. Normally it’s a meatless dish, but since Kemal and I had some prosciutto in the fridge that needed to be eaten, we decided to add it to the soup to … [read more]

Like many people, when the weather becomes cooler, we enjoy a hot bowl of chili to warm us from the inside out. And it seems like the colder it gets, the more often we make it. There are so many different ways to make chili, and it always interesting for me … [read more]

I’ve been making lasagna for around 30 years now, and if you don’t mind me tootin’ my own horn, I must say that I make an incredibly good lasagna. It’s one of my favorite meals! I don’t really have a recipe for it because I rarely make it the exactly the same way … [read more]

Kemal was in the mood for a salmon Alfredo pasta for his birthday dinner. While we were at the store purchasing the fish, he spotted some small bell peppers that he wanted to have with the pasta, and they ended up being the perfect accompaniment.
I had some buttermilk in the fridge that needed to be … [read more]