Making a Favorite Family Recipe Pasta e Fagioli is an Italian soup/stew/pasta meal I remember eating with my extended family at reunions at my grandmother’s house. The version of Pasta e Fagioli that she made was very simple. Since then, I’ve revised my recipe. It was influenced by an Italian […]
Pasta Recipes
“Zoodles” & Fresh Tomato Sauce
What are zoodles? Zucchini noodles, of course! I used a spiralizer to turn my plentiful garden zucchini (what do I do with all this zucchini?) into a “pasta” dish made with zucchini noodles. This recipe is a quick, fresh, healthy, delicious alternative to a traditional pasta made with wheat noodles. […]
Marinara Sauce
This is my go to sauce for pasta. It is a vegetarian, red sauce that I’ve been eating m whole life. Traditionally it would have been made with meatballs or seafood when I was growing up, but today I like the vegetarian version, flavored with garlic and mushrooms. From time […]
Sun Dried Tomato Coconut Pasta
When I was in Italy, I brought home sun dried tomatoes from the Rialto Outdoor Market in Venice. The flavor of the tomatoes is so incredible! I also had some organic whole wheat pasta I brought back. It was an organic, whole wheat mezzi (half) rigatoni from Delverde. […]
Wild Mushrooms & Pumpkin in a Coconut Cream Sauce
This delicious pasta with a wild mushroom cream sauce has great flavor. Serve it over whole wheat pasta for additional nutritional value.
Homemade Pasta
I first made “Homemades” when I was about 13 years old. I didn’t have a pasta machine, so I cut it by hand. When I owned my restaurant, Seychelles Restaurant we made homemade pasta daily, using a large mixer and Italian electric pasta machine. I still make homemade pasta for […]