I love my slow cooker but I don’t use it as much as I would like to. A slow cooker can be a busy person’s best friend, but my problem is that so many recipes require only 5-6 hours of cooking time. Well, I work full-time, which means with my commute and 8 hour work … Continue reading
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Spinach-Artichoke Pasta with Vegetables
Hey guys! I wanted to pop in before the long holiday weekend and share some of my recent cooking endeavors. Specifically, the endeavors involving those gorgeous tomatoes grown by EMMA Acres that I recently purchased during a trip to Biercamp. The first way I used them was probably my favorite way to eat tomatoes: in … Continue reading
Peanutty Beef Skewers & Grilled Vegetable-Pesto Pasta Salad
August is winding down. Tears. That means we all really need to get some grilling in! Here are two terrific recipes I recently tried. Now, first, you need to acquire some skewers. This is really important. A couple hours before dinner, I soaked a handful of bamboo skewers in water, in preparation for the big … Continue reading
Shrimp Fettuccine with Spinach and Parmesan
Sometimes the best meals really are the simplest! Take this recipe from Cooking Light, for instance. Nine ingredients. And four of those are butter, olive oil, salt, and pepper, which most people already have on hand. Pasta. Butter. Olive Oil. Garlic. Shrimp. Salt. Spinach. Parmesan Cheese. So simple. So delicious. So satisfying. A meal in … Continue reading
Bacon & Broccoli Mac and Cheese
What’s better than homemade mac ‘n’ cheese? Not much, my friends. Not. Much. Pure indulgence. Here’s a version that it would actually be okay to eat frequently. By replacing part of the pasta volume with broccoli, the overall calorie density of the dish is decreased. (Plus you get the added bonus of all that green … Continue reading