Baked Spaghetti & Meatballs is the Easy Dinner You Need in Your Life! There's just something extra delicious about turning a simple and traditional pasta dish, tossing it into a dish and baking to melty perfection! The super simple steps are: toss cooked pasta into baking dish with some flavor, then add meatballs, sauce and cheese! How to Make Baked Spaghetti & … [Read more...]
Skillet Monterey Chicken with Pasta
Skillet Monterey Chicken is a MUST TRY, quick and easy weeknight dish! This Monterey Chicken dish is perfect for using up leftover chicken, and super easy to prepare. Just a few quick minutes in the skillet and dinner is served! Alright, let's get to the how-to photos! How to Make Skillet Monterey Chicken Set out your ingredients. Add … [Read more...]
Chicken Pesto Pasta
This Chicken Pesto Pasta is the Ultimate Summer Dish! You must try it this week! Chicken Pesto Pasta is simply superb! Chances are, when you put pesto on anything it immediately becomes delicious on a whole new level. But, I'm going to be biased with THIS particular dish, because I can. And because it truly is the ultimate summer meal. It's fresh. You could grab most … [Read more...]
Tortellini Pasta Salad
These addictive little tortellinis...in chilled pasta salad form! What exactly is it about tortellinis that make them so irresistible?! It's probably as simple as - it's cheese plus pasta. But I think it's because they're so cute. And they cook so easily and quickly. And they make for a lovely Tortiellini Pasta Salad - perfect for a summer lunch … [Read more...]
Slow Cooker Spinach-Mushroom Tortellini
I think if I had to decide on one food to eat for the rest of my life, it would be tortellini. AH - I just love it so much...and sometimes I wonder if I have more Italian in my blood that I do. (I have not done one of those DNA kits and pretty sure there's very little Italian in my blood, despite what my pasta-cheese loving taste buds might say!) Good luck not licking … [Read more...]
White Bean Tortellini Soup
I adore tortellini. Because pasta + cheese = you can't go wrong. I adore it so much that I have to make it not that often. Because I just want a bowl of seconds....and thirds... For real. The boys have taken a liking to it as well, so it's an easy (and fast!) and filling dinner for our family! This is just the recipe you need to help you survive the cold, chilly … [Read more...]
Beef and Mushroom Ragu
Our family went goo-goo-gaa-gaa over this delicious beef and mushroom laced Ragu sauce! I'm not sure which is the best part - the fact that everyone loved it. Or the fact that it practically cooked itself in the slow cooker all day. This is an easy "Dump Dinner" - where you're just dropping and dumping ingredients into the slow cooker and letting it take care of the rest. (I … [Read more...]
Slow Cooker Italian Tortellini
Ohhh. My. Word. Friend...I personally don't eat a ton of pasta. I prefer a lower-carb diet in general. But I will devour a bowl of tortellini (on occasion.) This tortellini is especially fabulous, not only for it's depth of flavor, but also because it cooks in the slow cooker. BUT PLEASE NOTE. This isn't the kind of meal you can put into the slow cooker in the … [Read more...]
Cheesy Sausage Tortellini Skillet
Is it inappropriate to just start eating right out of the skillet? Please tell me no. Because I might have done this... I was prepping this amazing tortellini meal and realized I'd forgotten to start the broccoli. This is a skillet dinner and is super quick to prepare, and in my haste and getting it going, it dawned on my that the broccoli wasn't cooking yet. So I … [Read more...]
Pan Roasted Tortellini and Asparagus
Start to finish - all you need is 15 minutes to get this meal on the table! Enjoy! Pan Roasted Tortellini and Asparagus Start to finish - all you need is 15 minutes to get this meal on the table! 1 Tbsp olive oil20 oz. box cheese tortellini2 cups warm water2 cups heavy cream3 oz. mascarpone cheese1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheesePepper to taste1 lb. … [Read more...]