by Alice Ciccu | May 16, 2025 | Recipes
I’ll admit, my original inspiration for this recipe came from the back of a Barilla pasta box, but having made it frequently over the years, I’ve made a couple of slight modifications and love to serve this for dinner parties. It’s easy to mix up and...
by Alice Ciccu | May 16, 2025 | Recipes
I know there are a lot of vegetables here, but don’t skip any of them. The combination of textures and flavors is key to a flavorful dish that will not disappoint. Don’t use cooking wine either, the one lesson I learned from my dad was never to cook with...
by Alice Ciccu | Mar 27, 2025 | Recipes
I think orecchiette are an under-appreciated pasta shape. Everyone has their favorite, but I don’t think these are at the top of the list for many people. That’s a shame. It’s a wonderful shape, if you can find the right sauce or recipe, and this one...
by Alice Ciccu | Nov 15, 2024 | Recipes
We used our homemade marinara sauce, see link below. You can use store-bought sauce, but most of them are usually too sweet and too thick. If the sauce is fairly thick, you can add some pasta water to thin it down some. Since we eat a lot of pasta, I almost always...
by Alice Ciccu | Nov 14, 2024 | Recipes
I titled this “pasta” carbonara as it can be served with several different kinds of pasta. While I used spaghetti, it’s also good with linguini or penne, rigatoni, mostaccioli or other short pasta shapes. It should be a shape that is more robust and...
