Pasta has a bad rep when it comes to healthy eating. It is ridiculed for having too many carbs and calories, and that is mostly right if you're eating tons of it and covering it in a super creamy and cheesy sauce. But that doesn't mean it can't be part of a healthy lifestyle. In fact, it's a great ...
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Healthy Fall Comfort Food: Pasta
24 Carrot Life images clockwise from top left: Cottage Cheese Baked Macaroni and Cheese, Lightened Up Summer Vegetable Lasagna, Crispy Prosciutto, Fresh Pea, and Mozzarella Whole Wheat Pasta, Weeknight "Baked" Ricotta Pasta, and Skinny Spaghetti and Meatballs from Pinch of Yum. I'm gonna talk ...
Turkey Bolognese Sauce {Recipe Redux}
This month's Recipe Redux theme is all about the alcohol... in the kitchen that is. And I don't mean drinking while you cook, although I won't judge if that's your thing. What we really mean here, though, is putting alcohol into your food. Immediately I thought of adding rum to banana bread, ...
Skinny Vodka Pasta Sauce
In college, my group of friends and I often chose cheap Italian BYOB restaurants as our dinner option before important parties or other events. It was not my favorite thing to do, but it was a pretty regular occurrence nonetheless. I came to love (and trust) the Penne a la Vodka as a cheap and ...
Sweet Potato Gnocchi with Coconut Oil Shiitake Mushrooms
I'm sure after the carb party many of us had on Thanksgiving, gnocchi is the last thing we are thinking about, but it's what I'm having for dinner this weekend so I figured I would share this recipe with all of you as well! If nothing else you can put it on the plan for next week when you are all ...
