inspiration for delicious and beautiful living
What would summer be without taking early morning and late evening strolls in beautiful flower gardens? I just cannot imagine this season without the sight and smell of these beautiful blooms! Every year I add more perennials that usually take a good 3 years to expand and fill their spot in the garden. And {Read More}
At a family reunion many years ago, I prepared this baked pasta, beans, and cheese recipe to feed a big crowd. It’s a cheese-laden casserole version of the classic Tuscan soup, “Pasta Fagiole” (lovingly called “Pasta Fazool” in my family). This pasta dish was a huge hit at that reunion in the 90′s and so {Read More}
A slice of the lasagna that I made yesterday . . . I’ve posted this photo a day later because once sliced, it sort of falls all over itself when cut directly out of the oven. It holds it’s shape much better if you wait a day, plus it even tastes better. The recipe is {Read More}
If there is one pasta dish that is truly a labor of love it has to be lasagna! The time and expense of making lasagna sadly prevents me from making this indulgence very often; my family is lucky if I make it once a year. But my husband insisted that I make my lasagna for {Read More}
For Mother’s Day, my daughter and her husband gave me a really sweet Italian surprise! A beautiful jar of outrageously rich and decadent imported “Fragole” Italian strawberries in syrup. When I opened up the box I knew immediately that I would use some of the strawberries for an Italian mascarpone crostini. But first, I was recently {Read More}
