sweet pea and tuna salad

spinach and artichoke baked pasta

super Sunday lasagna

Last time I made this – and took the picture above – I used my homemade tomato sauce and fresh parsley on top and it was SO much better!

spaghetti with beef mushroom sauce

pasta with broccoli rabe and sausage

I have yet to ever purchase broccoli rabe… maybe I don’t know what I am looking for at the store!?  I make this with broccoli florets and it has good flavor.

classic beef stroganoff

 

My friend Beth, who welcomed me to MOPS in Virginia and then passed on the torch of helping lead the following year, gave me this recipe.  It’s one of my favorites for crockpot cooking on Sundays, so lunch is ready when we get home.  

spaghetti with bolognese sauce

I always use all ground beef in place of the ground pork… pork always seems so fatty and gross.  🙂  Otherwise, this is a yummy way to get a ton of veggies added into a dish that resembles the usual spaghetti and meat sauce. 

easy pasta with italian sausage

Just the thought of this meal brings back incredible memories!  My man proposed October 6, 2001 … a tremendous surprise and a romantic story… and he made this for dinner for us.  We try to fix it every year around that date.

fettuccine with lima beans, peas, and leeks

Okay, I hadn’t tried leeks until I saw this recipe in Real Simple, but it looked good enough and easy enough to try.  I didn’t even know as I bought them that leeks are like really big brothers to the green onion. To my surprise, we all like it a lot!  Thanks, Real Simple, you scored again.  (You’ll notice probably half of my recipes come from that magazine since I’ve subscribed since they started 10 years ago.)  Oh, and I use dried tarragon and it’s seemed to work fine… because how on earth would I use up an entire bunch of tarragon?

Real Simple – rated 8.5

cheese ‘n’ nut stuffed shells

My sweet sister made these shells once when we were both home visiting.  The walnuts are what make them so amazing!