I like to try to plan my menus out at least one week at a time, we don’t always stick to them exactly and things come up, but having a plan helps. When I have the menu for the next week planned out on Thursday or Friday, and a list of anything I need but don’t already have on hand, it’s time for a trip to the grocery store.

Sometime on the weekend I like to prepare whatever I can ahead. There are several things you can do. This week for example I know I’m making a couple dishes with ground …read more

I usually try to plan for at least one no-brainer meal every week. The kind of dinner that I can create without thinking too much about ingredients, measurements, and timing. Pasta is a favorite in our household…it lends itself so nicely to both simple and basic as well as more complex concoctions. Somehow though – I rarely find myself compelled to make pasta complicated. when all you really need is…

Fresh Pasta
Tomato Sauce
Parmesan Cheese

So easy to put together…but somehow most ready to serve pasta sauce is missing a few of the flavorful notes freshly made sauce has that you just …read more