We bought this ridiculously awesome and ridiculously expensive pasta impulsively at Monsieur Marcel (just about the easiest grocery store I can think of to go broke at) just because it made us smile. Between the sombrero shape and the colored stripes, these guys just looked like a fun, party of a meal. Initially we didn't even realize you were...

Scallops are by far one of our favorite proteins. If you're talking raw food, I think it tops Erin's list. We'd wanted to make a nice pasta dish with scallops, and Erin found this adventurous recipe. You know she had me convinced with this recipe when she said it had bourbon in it. Jalapeños and cream sure didn't hurt. We both agreed that the...

This pesto chicken lasagna is probably my favorite lasagna we've made. In fact, this could be one of my favorite all-around dishes we've made in the recent past. I was sure it would be good (the main ingredient is pesto...), but my expectations were definitely exceeded. The texture of the noodles came out great, but the flavor is what blew me...

There was so much right here with this dish, but it just didn't pop. Sotto was the inspiration for this meal, and our trip to the grocery store marks where it started to go wrong. We set out to create a spicy octopus ragu with black kale. There was no black kale. There was no octopus. In a scramble, we switched to regular kale and squid. Neither...

Simple, traditional, and utterly delightful. Spaghetti alla Carbonara is a classic Italian staple, and its such a minimal set of ingredients. Importantly, it takes very little time (especially compared to a homemade pasta sauce). Fry up a little pancetta, cook some pasta al dente (we used some high quality dried tubular pasta from my mom),...

I guess it’s sort of becoming a thing that when Dustin goes away for his business trips to San Antonio I subsist on some sort of pasta and pesto sauce. Given the success of the mint pea and pumpkin seed pestos, I’m always thinking of new and unique pesto flavors to try. This time around I went for sage, and used pistachios and blue cheese,...

Our "dating" anniversary was coming around, and I usually cook up something special for Erin. I'm not the most creative cook out there (like the lady), so I fell back on one of my staples— a creamy pasta. But this time around, I threw in an autumn twist I knew she would love. Pumpkin! Seriously, this girl is wacko insane for pumpkin....

Lately macaroni and cheese fusion meals have been on mind (the buffalo chicken mac 'n'cheese being the most recent). Today's version of this classic American comfort dish takes on the flavors of barbecue sauce and sharp, smoky cheese. The sweet, spicy, and smoky all blend together for the perfect meal after a long day at work or a stressful...

This recipe is a testament to frugality with all of the ingredients because it comes from things we typically have in the pantry or what we had lingering around, leftover from other dishes. Gorgonzola from the buffalo chicken macaroni and cheese and an open half-used can of pumpkin in the fridge from the biscotti (although I pretty much have a...

In keeping with our recent obsession of buffalo wings and blue cheese, here is a fun variation that incorporates those delicious flavors into a macaroni and cheese. As you might expect from anything titled macaroni and cheese, it was delicious— perfect for an evening of watching Monday Night Football after a long day of school. We poached and...