One Pot Pasta e Fagioli

Apparently the Olive Garden makes a bomb version of Pasta e Fagioli that everyone is obsessed with.  Every recipe I've come across boasts that this is the best Olive Garden copycat recipe. Now I am definitely not going to hate on the Olive Garden.  I try to maintain a no-judgment attitude towards chain restaurants (I want to get married at the Cheesecake factory). But should we really be striving to re-create the Olive Garden's version of this Italian classic?

Old Bay Cajun Pata with Grilled Shrimp

I walked 10,000 steps today. AND it's a Wednesday which means it's a work day. AND it's only 7:38pm  That means I have roughly 3 more hours of intensive step taking. The sweat is pouring off my brow as I write this blog in between lunges and stair running....

Basil Pesto Pasta Salad

I'm writing this post as a way to have a productive break from packing.  I'm headed up to Lake George tomorrow with my family for a week.  I have a love hate relationship with packing.  I have a hate relationship with unpacking. But with packing you have the excitement and thrill that you are about to embark on a nice, relaxing, work free vacation...

Italian Sausage pasta with tomato cream sauce

This is my go to fast, tasty meal. Like the epitome of go to.  Like the "I make this once a week" kind of go to... 

WIld mushroom and blue cheese pasta

I often think hard about foods that I don't like and I cannot think of anything.  Everybody has something they don't like.  I watched an episode of The Pioneer Woman where she said she hated bananas.  I think that's cool.  I need something to hate...
I live with my brother who, at the age of 28, still has the metabolism and hunger of a high school boy after soccer practice.  To give you an idea, allow me to tell you a very true story.  Just last night, he came home at around 10:30pm after going out for dinner with a friend.