Turkey Soba Noodle Soup Recipe is a great way to use a leftover turkey carcass and meat. Delicious and healthy, the broth is so flavorful. If you celebrated Thanksgiving today, you probably have some leftover turkey (unless you were lucky enough to be invited over to someone else’s house or ate at a restaurant). As…
Healthy Light Pasta and Noodle Recipes
Tuna Marinara Pasta Recipe
Tuna Marinara Pasta is a quick and easy dinner idea that comes together in 30 minutes or less. There are nights when I stare into my refrigerator and just don’t feel like cooking. I know it’s hard to believe, but it’s true. Thankfully, I always stock a few cans of tuna fish and tomatoes in…
Pasta with Caramelized Onions Wax Beans Corn Tomatoes Jalapeno
Pasta with Caramelized Onions Wax Beans Corn Tomatoes Jalapeno highlights summer produce at its peak. This recipe was inspired by fresh produce from my CSA Box one summer. Fresh summer vegetables are bountiful in Connecticut, so I try to enjoy as many as I can, whether they are from a Community Supported Agriculture (“CSA”) or…
Penne with Tuna Plum Tomatoes and Black Olives Recipe
I don’t know about you, but it feels as if summer is flying by. When my kids were young and I had three toddlers under the age of 3, I thought I was busy, but looking back at the days when my little ones were happy just splashing in the little blow-up pool in the…
Cold Kim Chi Cucumber Soba Noodle Salad Recipe
Cold Kim Chi Cucumber Soba Noodle Salad is light and refreshing. Cold Kim Chi Cucumber Soba Noodle Salad With the weather so hot lately, I’ve been craving Asian cold noodles. Two of my favorite cold noodle dishes are Kim Chi Cucumber Soba Noodle Salad and Cold Sesame Noodles. Recently, I made homemade Kim Chi with Napa…
Pasta with Roasted Beets, Beet Greens and Pine Nuts Recipe
Pasta with Roasted Beets, Beet Greens and Pine Nuts is a healthy and delicious way to enjoy fresh beets at the peak of their season. I was out of town this past week at my son’s baseball tournament in Florida. We had a blast between watching all the ball games and riding the roller coasters…
Basil Garlic Scape Pesto and Broccoli with Toasted Garlic Olive Oil
Whole Grain Pasta with Basil Garlic Scape Pesto This week, when I picked up CSA Box #3, I noticed the box was considerably fuller than the first two boxes. It’s always a fun surprise each week to see what’s inside. This week’s CSA box features sugar snap peas, basil, romaine lettuce, napa cabbage, broccoli,…
Easy Homemade Pasta Sauce – Pasta Al Pomodoro
Pasta Al Pomodoro is an easy homemade pasta sauce that is very kid-friendly. Pasta Al Pomodoro Now that my boys are done with school, there will be days when I will be making an extra meal, namely lunch. Although it might be easier just to make a sandwich, pasta with a simple spaghetti sauce takes just a…
Honey Miso Glazed Salmon Soba Noodle Soup
Honey Miso Glazed Salmon Soba Noodle Soup is a light, healthy, delicious one bowl meal. Today was a strange day for me. After several weeks with a house full of family members and all the hustle and bustle, I was at home alone today for the first time in eight years. Eight years ago, I decided…
Chinese Noodle Soup with Egg and Vegetables {Da Lu Mein}
One of the simplest and fondest memories of a quick meal from my childhood was my dad’s Da Lu Mein, or Chinese Noodle Soup with Egg and Vegetables. So simple, yet so comforting. I haven’t made this noodle soup in a while, but it’s been a rough couple of weeks, and I was craving a…
Recipe for Quick and Easy Miso Soup With Soba Noodles {or Mung Bean Noodles}
Miso Soup with Green Tea Soba Noodles, Fresh Shitake Mushrooms and Spinach Today was another frigid winter day and I was craving a hot bowl of noodle soup. With such a harsh winter this year, the thought of a hot bowl of noodle soup was so comforting. I little while ago, I posted a recipe…
Vietnamese Vegetarian Pho Recipe
I was first introduced to Vietnamese Pho, a popular Vietnamese dish, six years ago, when I met a Vietnamese woman, Thuy, at the local Asian grocery store. She had an amazing story of how she came to the United States, having fled the war-torn city of Saigon, Vietnam, as a young girl. She went on…
Korean Cold Soba Noodles
There’s nothing better than cold soba noodles in 90 degree weather! Soba noodles are made from buckwheat flour, a whole grain, naturally high in fiber and protein. Here’s one of my favorite Korean recipes for soba noodles. It’s soba noodles, topped with cold cucumber salad and kimchi. I serve it with a couple of Banchan (I’ll…