Back in college, I ate at the Sbarro in the student center almost once a week. Mac also ate there pretty regularly, and we actually would order the same thing: pepperoni Stromboli. Since we don’t always live near Sbarros, we decided to make our own at home. Our Sbarro Stromboli recipe can feed one or…
I really didn’t eat pasta in college, but my main choice was this creamy Cajun pasta sauce. At West End (the premiere dining hall on campus), you picked a sauce and a pasta from a daily selection. This is not a true “Cajun pasta” recipe, just my recreation of a dish I ate regularly.
I was in a baking mood and whipped up a pan of walnut white chocolate chip cookie bars. This is Betty Crocker’s recipe for chocolate chip cookies. I love making them as cookie bars instead of regular cookies because I don’t have to go through the effort of chilling the dough or shaping the cookies….
Mac first introduced me to baked spaghetti at an Italian restaurant in Falls Church called Anthony’s. Since we don’t live anywhere near there, I whipped up my own version. Baked spaghetti is a delicious remix of the standard baked pasta dishes. The ricotta cheese melts together with the marinara to make a creamy sauce. This baked…
I’m always on the lookout for meal prep tips and tricks. I happened across this recipe pin for an easy fajita filling of chicken with peppers and onions straight from the oven. It works rather well, and I’ve tried modifying it with different seasonings. You just bake chicken with peppers and onions (I…
Say that ten times fast. Mac decided he wanted this cake for his birthday, so I had to create a recipe. Elizabeth’s, a small Italian restaurant on the way home from church, has a cannoli cake listed on the menu but never has it when we go there. I wrote down the description then set…