Creamy Lemon Butter Pasta Sauce is the stuff that dreams are made of. It’s delicious, it’s simple and it is a restaurant style meal right at home. That Pasta fix Sometimes I get frustrated with the lack of Italian…
The best Homemade Mac and Cheese
I think we could all use some good ol’ comfort food a lot more often in our lives. Comfort food for me usually comes in the form of pasta and it’s the same for my kids. The one comfort…
White Wine Butter Sauce Pasta with Blistered Tomatoes
Summer is truly winding down over here but we are still getting plenty of tomatoes from the garden. It’s been our most successful tomato season ever and I’m loving every minute of it using them in recipes from tarts to…
Sausage and Kale Pasta
I’ve been feeling caught between the seasons lately. With summer ending and fall headed this way, I’ve been swamped with work, back-to-school and prepping the garden for fall. While we still have a ton of tomatoes coming in (I really…
Pesto Pasta with Whipped Honey Ricotta
Fresh basil is probably my favorite herb. Although it’s followed very closely by fresh thyme, it ranks at the top of the list year-round. I try to always make sure I have some fresh basil growing either inside or outside…
Tortellini Pasta Salad with sun-dried tomatoes and prosciutto
Every now and then, I make a recipe that feels like a grown-up version of something I ate in my childhood. This Tortellini Pasta Salad with sun-dried tomatoes and prosciutto feels like one of those recipes. It takes pasta salad…
Parmesan and Spinach Orzo Pasta recipe
Every Sunday on my Instagram @rachelquenzer I make a pasta dish. I call it #pastasunday and it’s the one day a week when I let myself fully indulge in carbs and make the kind of meals I wish I could…
Lemon Carbonara Pasta
Carbonara Pasta is one of my favorite pasta dishes. It’s silky, salty and full of unique flavor that you don’t get in a lot of other sauces. Making it at home is so much simpler than most people realize. And…
Fresh & Creamy Homemade Pasta Sauce
I made this recipe by accident. Or maybe it was more of a serendipitous moment? Either way, I’m so glad it happened because this Roasted Red Pepper and Tomato Homemade Pasta Sauce is my new favorite! It’s certainly one of…