Italian Inspired

This butternut squash pasta is a perfect way to use fall squash. Blended in with a simple tomato sauce it is an easy way to change things up. We just got back from a trip to Portland Maine.  If you haven’t been – I highly […]

This creamy tomato meat sauce tastes like meatballs in tomato cream sauce but without all the work. Simple to make yet big on flavor! Every now and then I get a craving for meatballs.  It’s so weird and it happened to me a lot when […]

< These meatballs with tomato cream sauce is not your traditional spaghetti and meatball recipe. The addition of heavy cream changes the game!   I don’t eat meat too often but every now and then I crave a good meatball.  Maybe it’s my body’s way […]

As you know by now if you have read any of my previous posts – we don’t eat a ton of meat.  We may eat meat once on the weekend and sometimes not at all.  I always have been picky about eating meat and before […]

In the summer I love any recipe with tomatoes.  So gear up for more…. But for real I want to incorporate summer tomatoes into EVERYTHING.  My husband was making steak the other night and I was trying to figure out a good side dish to […]

  Hi, I am Karissa.  I am a carboholic.  If you are new to my blog then I am glad we got that out of the way.  For those of you who have been around you are well versed in my love for carbs but […]

I love lasagna!  Actually I love pasta in general, so lasagna is no exception.  I love all the layers of pasta and cheesy goodness.  But it is such process to make (here is a recipe for a traditional version).  So it’s not something I make […]

I think I was an Italian grandma in a past life.  I love all things pasta.  Also I don’t know how to make dinner for two.  I cook too much food always.  On the weekends I love making pasta.  This past weekend was no exception.  […]

Pantry cooking?  I don’t even really know how to do that since I rely on fresh foods entirely.  These times are crazy right now so I am learning to be resourceful.  So usually I don’t create posts like this but we are in weird times […]

Spring is here.  Kind of.  It’s supposed to snow tonight so you never really know in Michigan.  But we have had a few warmer days lately which gets me excited.  I love seeing the food switch over in the grocery store when the season changes. […]