Simple Food, Fancy Napkins

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Nice and simple. Here, you’ll find great recipes to satisfy your hunger – whether breakfast, lunch, dinner or a snack!

12 Minute Pasta

12 Minute Pasta

For this 12 Minute Pasta, I took inspiration from cacio e pepe – cheese and pepper pasta. Super simple and so delicious. This is a good one if you’ve got a few veggies in your crisper, you’re craving pasta and you don’t feel like putting…

Turkey and Spinach Stuffed Shells

Turkey and Spinach Stuffed Shells

I have learned the hardest part of creating recipes, is to name them. Turkey and spinach stuffed shells is about as good as it is going to get for this one. But for what I lack in a creative name, I certainly make up for…

Post-Vacation Salad

Post-Vacation Salad

There is no other name for this than “Post-Vacation Salad” because I just got back from a week in Nashville and was craving vegetables as soon as I got off the airplane (actually, I was craving them by the third day in Nashville). I mean,…

Scampi for One (or two or three!)

Scampi for One (or two or three!)

For as long as I can remember (so probably only the last 15 years or so), my mom cooked the same thing every Christmas Eve: garlic shrimp (scampi), basmati rice and Cesar salad (I’ll get the recipe posted on here one day). So simple. So…

The Fancy Napkins Power Bowl

The Fancy Napkins Power Bowl

What the heck am I supposed to call something that there are a million recipes for? Just going to go with the super original “The Fancy Napkins Power Bowl” .. although, it is Super Bowl Sunday, I bet if I named it “The Fancy Napkins…

Caramel Apple Overnight Oats

Caramel Apple Overnight Oats

I was introduced to Overnight Oats several years ago by my sister in law and fell in love! I’ve been making this that recipe ever since. Naturally, I decided I should probably have my own recipe and what better way to do overnight oats than…