Pumpkin Alfredo with Egg Noodles

A creamy, pumpkin flavored Alfredo sauce mixed in with wide egg noodles is the perfect rainy day, autumn comfort food! Pumpkin recipes are so popular this time of year and this is a good way to use the pumpkins you’ve displayed as fall decorations as you start replacing them with Christmas or Hanukkah decorations. A…

Antipasto Tortellini Pasta Salad

This is a great party side dish! It is tummy filling and easy to prepare ahead. I served it at my husband’s birthday party using the Easy Roasted Red Peppers pictured above, made for the antipasto appetizer, which are very easy to make and taste much better than the jarred store bought kind. My husband and…

Easy Roasted Red Peppers

Have you ever wondered how to make roasted peppers? It is quite simple and not very time consuming. I’ve seen roasted red peppers put in Antipasto Salads and antipasto appetizers at Italian Pizzerias and Italian restaurants on the east coast and if they are freshly prepared, they can really be a delicacy. My mom used…

Easy Roasted Butternut Squash Soup with Rosemary and Ginger

Ah…Autumn has arrived. This tasty, smooth, butternut squash soup embodies the natural buttery taste of fresh butternut squash while being enhanced with fresh rosemary, ginger and garlic. Here in the suburbs of Philly, the leaves have started to turn colors and have begun falling as well as the temps. Mums, pumpkins and cornstalks are adorning…

Oven Roasted Vegetables

Roasted veggies seasoned with olive oil can please nearly anyone. This is a tasty, colorful combination of garden vegetables that go well together-eggplant, asparagus, tomatoes and zucchini roasted to some crispness? Yep, I’ll take some! It even looks good raw. The best part about eating this dish is I don’t have to feel guilty for…

Asparagus and Mushroom Risotto

Risotto is one of my favorite dishes because I like the consistency of the Arborio rice. It is a filling Northern Italian comfort food and a great alternative to pasta. The first time I made it, I was skeptical it would stick to the pan and burn, which it will do if you don’t stir…

Easy Zucchini and Bacon Pasta

This may sound like a strange combination but, the sweetness of the zucchini and grape tomatoes mixed with the greatness that is bacon, is really a great combination. The olive oil adds good flavor as well. The first time I had this recipe (without the tomatoes) I was surprised at how good the zucchini tasted…

Easy Fresh Garden Vegetable Bow Tie Pasta

Every summer we look forward to the fresh tomato and zucchini harvest from our garden. Last year, we planted 12 tomato plants, two zucchini plants, one eggplant, one green pepper and a cucumber plant. This was our first big garden. The only thing that grew well was the tomatoes and zucchini but, we are still…