Pasta Recipes

Zesty Garlic Couscous

Zesty garlic couscous is my new favorite recipe for days I’m short of time. It takes a mere 15 minutes to prepare. Couscous can generally be used as a side with most any main course. I use it as a replacement for rice and in …

Flavorful Pasta Salad

This flavorful recipe is a fresh take on the Greek salad. It’s a perfect, colorful dish to bring to any type of get together. I’ve made this flavorful pasta salad more times than I can count. It’s composed of crisp veggies and a delicious homemade …

Delicious Vegan Lasagna

This delicious vegan lasagna recipe came about during the rainy season in Minneapolis once when I needed a warm food hug. An original lasagna recipe can easily take upwards of five to six hours. But we will finish making this recipe within 90 minutes, more …

Garlic Herbed Spaghetti

This garlic herbed spaghetti recipe is easy and quick with comforting flavors. How quick? It literally takes five minutes after cooking the pasta. Homemade spaghetti with a few simple ingredients is a classic dinner recipe. And this version makes for a perfect, quick weeknight meal …

Vegan Cheese Sauce

My vegan cheese sauce was a huge hit at the Minneapolis vegan restaurant, Fig+Farro. It’s also a favorite among family and friends. You can drizzle it on a nacho platter, dip pretzel bites in it, use it as a dressing, or make it into a …

Italian Red Tomato Sauce

The recipe for this Italian red tomato sauce came my way from an Italian chef living in Cartagena, Colombia who runs a restaurant there called La Rumba. For this reason, it’s a recipe very close to my heart. Not just because an Italian chef taught …

Lemon Pepper Pasta

This Italian inspired recipe started with a simple image I came across one day on the internet. It looked so appealing that it inspired me to try making it. In my first few attempts I either added too much lemon zest, which resulted in too …

Parsley Pesto

This parsley pesto recipe came about during my time at the restaurant Fig+Farro. One day, we discovered all our basil had gone bad. We needed pesto for our Mediterranean Platter, which also contained hummus, harissa, olives, fresh vegetables and toasted pita bread. Out of necessity, I …