I had to think here because, although I am a linguist, and I spoke French fluently in high school, it has been a long, long time. In fact, I am not so sure about my English at this point.
Now, you ask, why oh why would I give a pasta dish a french moniker? Simple. Classic french ingredients. Chevre, spinach, lavender buds… You can substitute more cream cheese for the chevre but it won ‘t be quite as tangy. If you can find a local dairy that makes homemade chevre then go for itl. That is what I use.
This is my …read more

 
I love alfredo anything! Cheese is probably one of the best things known in the world.  I wanted to do something a little different for this week’s  Presto Pasta Night.  By the way, just to let you know…I get to host Pasta Presto in December..so stay tuned! If you want to join in on the weekly fun check out Presto Pasta .

I don’t know about you, but my grocery budget is getting harder to manage. I try very hard to buy organic, fresh, local… but living so close to Dallas means that even a trip to farmer’s market will often result in overpriced produce from South America.
And prices are going up almost minute by minute!
So often if I see something on clearance I buy it, even if I am unsure about it. At my Tom Thumb (Safeway) store the other day they had their brand of organic sausages on sale for 1.50. It was organic chicken and mushroom sausage …read more