Go against the grain by serving this summer salad at your next get together.

This easy baked skillet pasta recipe features the flavors of pork sausage and fennel in a red wine ragu.  It’s cheesy, meaty and delicious and can be on your table in under an hour.

Need a quick dinner? Make a big bowl of pasta filled with fresh vegetables, flavored with basil pesto and sautéed shrimp.

Hot sausage and succulent shrimp marry well smothered in a spicy Parmesan cream sauce atop of bed of rigatoni.

Creamy pillows of pasta that hint of mashed potatoes, earthy mushrooms and salty pancetta, swirled in a light and creamy sauce. Doesn’t that sound delicious? Want the recipe?

Combine two Italian dinner favorites into one with this cheesy chicken Parmesan lasagna.  

If you have 30 minutes, you can whip up a restaurant-worthy dinner of creamy fettuccine alfredo with hearty mushrooms and juicy chicken. And everything is better with bacon.

Keep it cool this summer with this Greek avocado pasta salad featuring summer’s best vegetables. 

Enjoy a rainbow of vegetables in this easy-to-make summer pasta salad.

Paired with fresh baby spinach and crunchy almonds, cherries lend intense flavor to Israeli couscous.

Delicious chilled sesame noodles with a sweet and spicy peanut sauce comes together easily for a weeknight dinner with plenty for leftovers.

Make good use of leftover Thanksgiving turkey with this easy, saucy turkey mushroom stroganoff. 

Creamy artichoke ravioli with wilted fresh spinach and caramelized mushrooms is tossed with tender grilled chicken.

What I love about this particular pasta recipe is the addition of pine nuts, chili flakes and toasted breadcrumbs to give this dish a nutty, crunchy texture with a little heat.

The salty bacon paired with tender spears of asparagus and fresh chargrilled chicken mixed in a creamy Alfredo sauce is completely restaurant worthy.

Roasted squash, zucchini, red peppers and mushrooms tossed with orzo and fresh lemon juice. It’s a perfect side for any meat or seafood cooked on the grill. 

The shrimp are sweet and the spaghetti is tangy. What’s not to love.

This copycat recipe was created after a night out with friends to watch dueling piano players singing our favorite tunes.

I had the short rib rigatoni for dinner and it was delicious. I decided to create my own version.