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Pastina with Cream and Sugar
Pastina, a word Italians use to describe any tine pasta shape, typically refers more specifically to star-shaped pasta here in the U.S. There are a few main styles of preparing pastina, which I talk about in my other 2 pastina recipes on this site, Pastina with Egg and Cheese, and Pastina Soup. The third way...
Pastina Soup
This simple Pastina Soup comes together in no time and is often referred to as "Italian Penicillin." It's the ultimate comfort food Italian parents and grandparents have been making for their kids for decades. Where to buy Pastina Many grocery store in the Tri-State area sell Pastina AKA Stelline because of all the Italians that...
Pink Sauce Pasta (Italian Pink Sauce)
Pasta with Italian Pink Sauce is a popular Italian-American pasta dish consisting of pasta (usually penne) and a simple pink tomato cream sauce. It's often referred to as "Pink Sauce Pasta," or "Penne with Pink Sauce" due to its beautiful orange-pink color. The main reason for its popularity has to be its simplicity. With just...
Rosé Pasta
This simple, 6-ingredient Creamy Rosé Pasta is unlike any other Rosé Pasta Recipe you'll find on google. For starters, it is a one-pot pasta dish. And it's entirely unique in that it calls for cooking spaghetti directly in rosé wine. Though this Rosé Pasta Sauce doesn't call for any tomato, it does have a delicious...
Lemon Arugula Pasta Salad
This delightful Lemon Arugula Pasta Salad is filled with incredible flavors and textures that come together to create a truly delicious and beautiful dish. The finely chopped walnuts and parmesan mesh and mingle so wonderfully with the pasta and arugula, creating the perfect texture throughout. You can enjoy this lemon arugula pasta salad all year...
Creme Fraiche Salmon Pasta
Creme Fraiche Salmon Pasta is a quick, easy, and sophisticated dish you can make in under 30 minutes with only 7 ingredients. It's a type of salmon pasta without cream. Instead of cream, it uses creme fraiche, an ingredient that classically pairs wonderfully with salmon. The creme fraiche along with a with a few other...
Tuna Pasta Salad
It took sitting down and writing this recipe to realize that it's my THIRD pasta salad recipe on the blog... So, I'm an expert right? This Tuna Pasta Salad has all the delicious characteristics an awesome pasta salad should have. It's simple to throw together, incredibly flavorful, and loaded with goodies and texture. How to...
Cascatelli with Tomatoes and Corn
Cascatelli with Tomatoes and Corn is the umami explosion of a pasta salad everyone will love.
Cascatelli with Peas and Ricotta Sauce
Cascatelli is the new pasta shape everyone is talking about! Here's one of many excellent ways to make it.