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Easy, Quick, and Delicious Penne Carbonara!

January 11, 2021 by Grace Leave a Comment

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Penne Carbonara with salad, santa claus, tabasco bottle, greenery, and a lit candle in the background

Are you craving an incredibly delicious pasta dish, that is super easy to make? Look no further than Penne Carbonara!

Carbonara is a dish that originates from the Eternal City of Rome. This version is inspired by the authentic Roman dish, but I have made a few tweaks and the results are mighty fine. ๐Ÿ™‚

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Roseanna’s AMAZING Rigatoni With Sausage

November 27, 2020 by Grace 2 Comments

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Rigatoni With Sausage

Lamb Fries Brought Us To Roseanna’s

It was the Lamb Fries which brought us to Roseanna’s Italian Food Restaurant in Krebs, Oklahoma. Do you know what Lamb Fries are? We thought we knew what they were. My husband loves lamb, and he loves fries, so undoubtedly he would love Lamb fries!

Well, turns out they were good, but they weren’t what we thought. Lamb fries are lamb testicles. They are often served breaded and fried, which is how we enjoyed them at Roseanna’s. ๐Ÿ™‚

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Simple 10 Minute Tomato Sauce!

October 12, 2020 by Grace Leave a Comment

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Linguine with simple tomato sauce close up on a fork

How about trying out a Simple 10 Minute Tomato Sauce? YES PLEASE!

Uses for 10 Minute Tomato Sauce!

10 minutes (and a few good quality ingredients!) is all you need to create this delectable Tomato Sauce! Here I feature the sauce as mixed with pasta, but it is so useful in the kitchen! Here are some ideas to put this Simple 10 Minute Tomato Sauce to use:

  • Serve with eggs (think Shakshuka!!
  • Cream of tomato soup!
  • Pizza sauce!
  • Topping for chicken parmesan!
  • Dip for breadsticks!
  • Use in any other recipe calling for tomato sauce!

So there are just a few ideas, but let’s start with pasta and enjoy a delicious and easy Pasta With Simple 10 Minute Tomato Sauce, as you see above!!

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Quick and Easy Spaghetti Aglio Olio e Peperoncino

August 15, 2020 by Grace Leave a Comment

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Spaghetti Aglio Olio e Peperoncino

What is Spaghetti Aglio Olio e Peperoncino?

Spaghetti Aglio Olio e Peperoncino simply means Spaghetti with garlic (aglio), oil (olio), and chili peppers (peperoncino). This is a classic dish from Italy, and super delicious and easy to make!

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Simple and Delicious Cacio e Pepe

July 19, 2020 by Grace Leave a Comment

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Cacio e pepe

Cacio e Pepe = Heaven on a plate. WOW.

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Easy And Perfect Spicy Pasta Puttanesca

July 13, 2020 by Grace Leave a Comment

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Spicy Pasta Puttanesca

I loooove pasta. Hopefully you love pasta too. ๐Ÿ™‚ I’m not averse to using ready made pasta sauces. In fact, I use them quite often. However, when you have an easy recipe at your disposal to help you create a dish worthy of a fine Italian restaurant, then there’s no reason not to make your own sauce! I’m stepping out boldly to say, that this is one of those recipes. ๐Ÿ™‚

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Pantry Mushroom Risotto

May 31, 2020 by Grace Leave a Comment

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Mushroom risotto

The Pantry Challenge

I had heard about The Pantry Challenge a few months ago from a friend on Instagram. The Pantry Challenge is a time where you focus on using up what you have before buying any more food. The benefits are you will save time by not having to go out shopping, save money by not overbuying food, and be a better steward of the resources that you have! Every one of those benefits are definitely worth it!

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Linguine With Pink Shrimp Sauce

October 6, 2019 by Grace Leave a Comment

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Linguine With Pink Shrimp Sauce

I Found The BEST Shrimp Pasta Recipe!

Linguine with shrimp is seriously one of the most delicious seafood pasta dishes. Fortunately I found the BEST shrimp pasta recipe. Honestly I don’t have the words to adequately describe how delicious this dish is. I initially found this recipe in a newspaper clipping a few years ago and have held onto it.

For me, this dinner is a HUGE treat. It’s luxurious, it’s scrumptious, it’s incredible. Got the idea? ๐Ÿ™‚

The recipe comes from chef Giuliano Hazan’s “Giuliano Hazan’s Thirty Minute Pasta: 100 Quick and Easy Recipes” cookbook, which tells you that you can create this pretty quickly. It is everything you could want in a shrimp pasta dish! Every mouthful is full of shrimpy, garlicky, and creamy delight!

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Pasta!!!! 1,000 Foods to Eat Project Food #24

August 6, 2019 by Grace Leave a Comment

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I am on a quest to experience and enjoy the 1,000 Foods to Eat in the book 1,000 Foods to Eat Before You Die by Mimi Sheraton. She says that the foods she lists in her book are the tastes that every food lover should experience or dream about.

Some of the foods are easy, and some of the food are hard. So.. this one is particularly easy…who hasn’t tried pasta?!?!?! My second question is who doesn’t love pasta?!?!? Pasta is food #24 on my quest to try each and every one of the foods listed in this awesome book.

What is Pasta?

Dictionary.com defines pasta as: “any of various flour-and-egg food preparations of Italian origin, made of thin, unleavened dough and produced in a variety of forms, usually served with a sauce and sometimes stuffed.”

Pasta has two broad categories that it is divided into: fresh and dried. The shapes and varieties of pasta seem to be endless…but actually in my research I found there are approximately 350 different types of pasta, and many many more names for them! For example, what one person calls farfalle, another may call bowtie.

The history of pasta goes back centuries, and although I am not sure how true the legend of Marco Polo bringing the first pasta over from China is, I love the story.

Incredibly Versatile – There is a Pasta for Everyone!

With 350 types of pasta, and seemingly endless varieties of sauces and ingredients, there is definitely a pasta dish for everyone!

Although I do like tomato sauce based pasta dishes, my tasted tend to lean toward pasta dishes that are not tomato based.

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I have a few go to pasta dish recipes that I’d love to share, and they are:

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Pizza – Margherita Pizza – (1,000 Foods to Eat Project)

March 27, 2019 by Grace Leave a Comment

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Margherita Pizza

Pizza! Who doesn’t love pizza?!? Pizza is one of the most beloved foods in the world. It is also one of the 1,000 foods to eat listed in the book 1,000 Foods To Eat Before You Die, by Mimi Sheraton.

The pizza recipe I would like to share with you is for Pizza Margherita.

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Hi Iโ€™m Grace! I'm married and a mom to my fur baby, Toby, and food and travel are two of my greatest passions! Since our bank account does not allow us to travel or eat out as much as we'd like, I decided I would cook delicious meals that could give us a taste of all the places we'd like to go. My goal is to get you in the kitchen, and inspire you to cook and taste delightful meals that will transport you too. Letโ€™s throw some actual travel in from time to time, all with an emphasis on keeping your wallet full and happy as well. Letโ€™s get cooking and letโ€™s start exploring!! I'm excited to be on this journey with you!!

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