homemade pasta

When I was in college and my husband was working in Manhattan as a bar tender, he told me something I never forgot. "Once you make your own pasta, you will always feel cheated when you buy it at the store because it is so simple." I wanted to believe him, but I was very skeptical. Well, we got a pasta maker for Christmas and finally my procrastinating self decided to try it out. We made pasta and ravioli. Both were delicious!

Pasta Flora

It was international night again last month. We decided to go greek! OOpah! The main entre was absolutely terrible, though my friends were kind enough to eat it. But the star of the show was the dessert - Pasta Flora. It's essentially and cherry pie, greek-style. I found the recipe here and I have to say, it was pretty easy and pretty tasty!

Carne Asada

Comfort food to me means a lot of things. There are several things from my time spent in South Carolina that I just love, like boiled peanuts and mac and cheese. But I also embrace chips and queso and bean and cheese burritos. So delicious! My husband loves carne asada. So we made some fantastic yummyness!

Quiche

I fell in love with quiche in college. It was a food that my lacto-ovo-pesco vegetarian friends and I could eat together. Best of all, we could buy it at the local deli pre-made and all we had to do was heat it up. It was fabulous. Fast forward a few years and when my husband asked me if I wanted to make a quiche I instantly said, "Yes!" Of course, I had no idea how. But it wasn't hard and the longest part is letting it cook for an hour. So I felt like I needed to share this with you. It's so yummy!