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Category Archives: Pasta
Penne with sausage. 10/20/25
Jonathan cooked on Monday. We had originally planned on scallops but there were none to be found at Harmon’s. We were promised that they would be available tomorrow. I helped out by chopping the onion, garlic, and mushrooms. Jonathan manned … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Italian, Pasta, Pork, Vacation cuisine, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged pasta, Sausage
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Spaghetti and meatballs. 10/16/25
Tonight was Sarah’s night to cook and she took the shortcut route. With the help of Barilla spaghetti, Rosina’s frozen meatballs, and Rao’s vodka sauce dinner was ready in a flash. I make diners with shortcuts occasionally so I am … Continue reading
Chickpeas with ditalini and vegetables 10/10/25
Making chickpea stew is an easy way to use up leftover vegetables that may be getting limp in the refrigerator. In addition to the chickpeas, Ditalini, and broth I added tomatoes, thyme, and zucchini from the garden and carrots, fennel, … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Legumes, Methods, Pasta, stew, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
Tagged chickpeas, pasta, vegetable
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Penne with spicy Italian sausage and kale. 10/8/25
Tonight was Sarah’s night to cook dinner. Her pasta dinners are always much more exciting than mine as she cooks something delicious without regard to whether it fattening or not. Tonight she made a pasta dish that you might find … Continue reading
Spaghetti and meatballs. 9/29/25
Sarah made a delicious dinner of spaghetti and meatballs. She used some shortcuts like Rao’s vodka sauce and Rosina’s Italian meatballs which made the prep go more quickly. It turned out delicious and it was lovely to have the night … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Easy, Italian, Pasta, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged meatballs, pasta
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Chicken ramen noodle salad – 9/16/25
Sarah made her dinner a couple of days early since she was making a salad and it is very hot here this Tuesday. She found a recipe for a ramen noodle salad which reminded her of the days when I … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Hot weather meals, Pasta, Poultry, Recipes, Salad, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged chicken, ramen, Salad
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Spaghetti with homemade pesto. 9/10/25
Sarah’s community garden friend gave her bunches of basil . Rather than let it spoil I decided to make pesto. I used this recipe from loveandlemons.com. https://www.loveandlemons.com/pesto-recipe/It is simple and the pesto turns out great. I would suggest, however, that … Continue reading
Posted in Italian, Pasta, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
Tagged pasta, pesto
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Lasagna! 8/15/25
Sarah made delicious lasagna for our dinner tonight. Who doesn’t love lasagna!? Luckily we were able to hold ourselves enough in check that we will be able to have a leftovers dinner on Sunday.
Chickpea stew. 8/13/25
This delicious chickpeas, vegetables, and pasta stew can be easily made vegetarian or vegan.
Posted in American, Legumes, Pasta, stew, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
Tagged chickpeas, pasta, Vegetables
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Skillet lasagna. 7/31/25
Tonight was Sarah’s night to cook. With some leftover components from the lasagna she made last week she cobbled together a lasagna bowl. She had tomato beef sauce, pasta, ricotta, and mozzarella in it. With your eyes closed it tasted, … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Chinese, Italian, leftovers, Pasta, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged Lasagna, pasta
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