Recipes

Easy Week Night Meal

I understand what it’s like to be a busy mom. I am running all day long. When the kids come in from dance or sports they are so hungry! Some nights you just want an easy and nutritious meal with not a lot of steps or ingredients. My Pasta Fagioli recipe will not disappoint. This is best served fresh. It will take you roughly 15 minutes to…

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Ricotta Cheese Ravioli

Once you learn how to make pasta dough by hand, making ravioli or even tortellini is super easy. I hope you read through my post on Pasta Making 101, because it will teach you how to make the dough.  My dough is made without egg, and it holds together perfectly. Practice makes perfect. My son who is 10 has become a pro, but it took a…

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Pizza Fridays

I grew up having pizza on Fridays, as did many of my friends. For some of us, it’s because during lent we cannot eat meat on Friday, so pizza Friday became popular. We would often go to the local pizza place (the same place my husband went as a kid, but we never met until years later!) and get a traditional tomato and cheese pizza, hot and steamy, right out…

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White Bean, Red Onion & Arugula Pizza

My teenage daughter decided she is going to try to become a Vegan for various reasons, so I took her to our local Whole Foods and followed her around and let her pick out what she needs and wants. These days she has been eating chia seeds and making chia seed pudding with a little agave nectar. She eats lots of hummus which she makes by following my…

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