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You Only Need 15 Minutes To Make This!

I used to often order garlic pasta with brown butter at one of my favorite chain restaurants. For a long time, I thought it was the creamiest, most delicious pasta in the world, and I didn’t think it would be possible to find a better recipe (let alone, make it at home!)

However, this creamy avocado pasta recipe proved me wrong! This is much creamier than your typical pasta with brown butter, but I like the difference.

If you want to add a protein to this dish it is nothing to throw a breaded chicken cutlet on top of it, or full a healthier approach a skinless chicken breast, or some steamed clams.

This is a really versatile and tasty dish. The recipe has a prep time of only 15 minutes and it makes three servings.

Recipe and image courtesy of Oh She Glows.

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Quick tip: Sprinkle some freshly ground pepper on top of each serving, for garnish!

A Steaming Hot Bowl Of This Will Lift Your Spirits, Any Day Of The Week

If you’re looking for a great addition to your soup recipe collection, I highly recommend giving this Italian sausage soup, from The Mountain Kitchen, a try as soon as you can! I know I’m going to hold on to this recipe forever – when I find a soup that my picky eater devours, it is definitely a keeper!

I love preparing soups in the fall and winter – there’s something very comforting about them. However, this is a soup that I don’t mind making and eating all year long. It is super easy to make (you won’t even believe it) and leaves room for all kinds of variations.

Just by using different kinds of sausage you can get fresh, new flavors each time you make this. And trust me, you’re going to be making this often! I can’t even tell you how many times this recipe has saved my life already. My only regret is that I didn’t find it sooner!

Recipe and image courtesy of The Mountain Kitchen.

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Quick Tip: Choose your favorite kind of pasta noodles for this soup.

Your Family Will Never Believe What This Lasagna Is Made Of

I started my year promising myself I would try to find leaner and lighter recipes. I’m not going on a diet, no way – but I thought choosing my meals and ingredients with a little more thought I could possibly shed a few pounds that mysteriously appeared around my waist during the holidays. I have no idea how that happened… But I’m pretty sure it had something to do with chocolate. Whatever the case, I’m determined to find my waistline again, without giving up any of my favorite dishes!

We all know how delicious lasagna is – unfortunately we also know that it’s not the leanest possible choice for a dinner. However, there is a way to make it a lot lighter by turning it into a vegetable lasagna. You don’t need to worry about the taste! The moment I had my first bite of this, I thought I might never go back to my old, meaty lasagna recipe again. This is sooo tasty!

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Quick Tip: Use different vegetables each time you make this, to adjust the flavors to your taste!

I have noticed that in our family parties or reunions, kids usually stay away from the huge, rich dishes such as pork chops, roast beef, and grilled fish. They always gravitate towards that one pasta dish that the adults mostly ignore. Spaghetti has established its presence in our family reunion table ever since we were kids; and it seems like it’s going to stay there for the next generations. Spaghetti is a favorite among the kids in the family. My nieces and nephews love it most especially if there are huge meatballs on top of the serving pan. They will always fight for a piece of those! Whenever they come over to my house for sleepover, I make sure that I put those extra large meatballs in there.

Lately, I’ve noticed that while they still love spaghetti, their appetite is not as big as before. Some of them still manage to finish their plates full of the spaghetti, but there’s no fight over meatballs anymore, and the pan isn’t as empty as it was before. I guess it’s true that it doesn’t matter how much you love something; sometimes there is a need for a change or a reinvention. I found this recipe that actually helped bring back those appetites. I just tried it in last month’s reunion and it was a huge hit! I just added a few things to give it a little twist – and voila!

Photo courtesy of Food.com. Recipe courtesy of Taste of Home.

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Quick Tip: Serve with a side of green salad.

For some time now I have been trying to find a recipe that would fit all three of my “rules”. Don’t even ask me where I came up with the rules… I guess it’s all this hassle over the holidays that made me want to simplify my cooking as well as my whole life. Anyway, back to the rules! I wanted a recipe that would be easy to put together and as versatile as possible. You know I don’t want to run to the store every time I am missing one silly ingredient! The other thing was that I wanted the dish to be healthy and light, preferably a little spicy, too. I want to get rid of all the chocolate that somehow got stuck to my waistline during Christmas… And finally, I wanted a budget-friendly recipe – something made with inexpensive or even leftover ingredients.

Ladies and gentlemen, this spicy chicken soup ticked all the boxes! It is so versatile you don’t even need exact amounts for the ingredients. Just adjust according to how much of these things you happen to have in the pantry, or how many people are coming over for dinner!

Recipe and image courtesy of CutterLight.

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Quick Tip: Add some red pepper flakes if you like your food extra spicy!

One of my absolute favorite meals growing up was the simple and humble pasta and tuna dish my mom would make. It was just a mix of pasta, tuna, mayo, salt and pepper and then maybe a squeeze of lime. It was so simple, I think I learned to make it when I was about 10. It was too easy to make and kid proof, really. I think I ate it at least once a week. It was straightforward and fun and honestly, just a really good meal after a swim or tennis match.

The other day, I was browsing Pinterest and came across this recipe. Tuna Noodle Casserole. Hmm, it sounded SO strange to me. I thought it would be gross and weird, but after giving it a try, I realized it resembled my favorite old food of pasta and tuna. It was an easy and fun treat to make that was so reminiscent of the food of my past. I was so excited after trying it that I ran over to my mom’s house and took some to my siblings. They didn’t want to try it because they thought it was weird, but after a bit of prompting, they did and realized it is delicious!

Photo and recipe courtesy of Six Dollar Family.

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Quick Tip: Add some corn in this dish.

I can never get enough of pasta; can you? I can eat it all day, all night, and for the rest of my life. I am not kidding! Pasta is on my list of forever faves. My friends know that the only way to coerce me for an impromptu night out is a promise that they will bring me to our favorite Pasta House at the mall the next day.

I am not Italian, but I grew up in a quasi-Italian household just because we always had pasta on our table. I remember talking about how my family and I used to sit down every Friday night just to plan about what type of pasta dish we’d have for the weekend. Even now that I have my own house, I carried the tradition with me, except that I do experiments once in a while. Pasta is quite a flexible little thing. You will be surprised that it goes well with almost anything!

Photo courtesy of Aimless Musings. Recipe courtesy of The Pioneer Woman.

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Quick Tip: Serve with garlic bread or cheese sticks.