This cozy tomato and garlic confit pasta is one of my favorite ways to celebrate sweet summer tomatoes. It requires very little prep time – you add all the ingredients into a baking dish and let the oven do all…
30-Minute Lemon Pasta with Shrimp
This lemon pasta is light and bright and it’s creamy without the cream! It’s loaded with lemon juice, lemon zest, Parmesan cheese and a generous ladle of starchy pasta water. The shrimp is lightly marinated with salt, white pepper and…
Cavatappi Primavera With Asparagus & Peas
This simple pasta primavera welcomes spring’s bounty – fresh asparagus and peas. The sauce is light with a touch of richness from the mascarpone and the crispy prosciutto adds a nutty savory surprise in every bite. The key to this…
Brown Butter Sweet Potato Gnocchi with Sausage and Kale
I’ve made this three times in the past week because there’s just something comforting about the earthy flavors of the sweet potatoes and kale as the weather gets colder in New York. This pasta has pillowy sweet potato gnocchi made…
30-Minute Miso Bacon Mushroom Carbonara
This light and creamy carbonara is filled with earthy mushrooms, salty bacon and miso which adds another layer of umami to this pasta dish. It’s my autumn spin to the traditional and beloved Carbonara. It requires minimal prep time and…
Simple Bolognese
Bolognese sounds daunting but when you actually make it, you quickly realize how simple the recipe is to make at home. Time and patience are probably the most important ingredients to achieving an authentic bolognese. Although I never grew up…
5-Ingredient Foolproof Carbonara
Sometimes the simplest recipes can be the most difficult to prepare because the limited number of ingredients leaves no room for error. Every time I post a Carbonara recipe on social media, one of the most frequently asked questions is…
5-Ingredient Easy Cherry Tomato Pasta
This is a quick and easy way to make tomato sauce from scratch using sweet ripe cherry tomatoes. You only need 5 ingredients for the cherry tomato sauce which bursts with sweetness. The best part is it only takes 15…
Creamy Roasted Red Pepper Pasta
If you’re getting tired of tomato-based pasta sauces, try this creamy cozy bowl of roasted red pepper pasta. It’s a simple 7-ingredient pasta sauce that has hints of sweet roasted red peppers. If you’re vegan, replace the cream with vegetable…
Garlic Noodles
Sourdough bread or Cioppino usually comes to mind when you think of the iconic dishes from San Francisco. For me, it’s the cozy bowl of buttery garlic noodles that are served alongside the roasted Dungeness crab at Thanh Long. I…
Pasta alla No Vodka
Yes, this isn’t your traditional pasta alla vodka but you can get away without the vodka if you bump up the tomato flavor with tomato paste. Just make sure to caramelize the tomato paste with the aromatics in the pan…
Roasted Tomato & Garlic Tagliatelle
The magic of this dish happens in a baking dish filled with gently roasted cherry tomatoes and garlic. While the tomatoes and garlic are roasting, cook the tagliatelle. Then just add the roasted tomato and garlic to the pasta with…
