I have lost count of how many times I have made this dish. Sometimes I skip the onions, as I did the other night. Sometimes I use Cheddar cheese and other times Mozzarella. I usually cube the cheese but I had a package of shredded Mozzarella so used that. You could leave out the garlic…
Pasta
Creamy Pasta with Shrimp
I had a few leftover frozen shrimp to use up and decided on pasta with some sort of creamy sauce, like an Alfredo. I usually make an Alfredo sauce using cream cheese but didn’t have any so searched through some cookbooks for something else that sounded good. I stumbled upon from America’s Most Wanted Recipes:…
Homemade Ravioli from the Freezer
When my friend and I made homemade ravioli a few weeks ago, I froze most of mine. Tonight I pulled up some from the freezer and also pulled out some plain tomato sauce I’d frozen late last summer when my Roma tomatoes were going crazy. For the sauce, I sautéed some garlic on olive oil,…
Breaded Fried Shrimp with Spaghetti
This Breaded Fried Shrimp with Spaghetti has broccoli and asparagus and a light sauce. What’s not to love?! This is another fantastic recipe from Lidia’s Italy in America, one of my favorite Italian cookbooks. I am new to cooking shrimp. I’ve said it before–I’m just not a big fish / seafood person. But this recipe…
Upgraded Macaroni and Cheese Recipe
We love our old macaroni and cheese recipe, which is how my mom used to make it–making a white sauce with butter, flour and dry mustard and adding in grated Cheddar. I like it with onion but the girls prefer I leave it out. But I keep playing around with recipes from Lidia’s Italy in…