It’s National Pasta Day and we couldn’t be more excited!  Announcing our FUN collaboration with PlayMonster®, the cool company behind the 2017 Toy of the Year “Yeti in My Spaghetti” game.  To celebrate we created Yeti Pasta – cute little Yeti characters! So, get ready for a fun family night playing games and eating our Turkey Taco Pasta with Yeti Pasta! Limited Quantities Available on Pastashoppe.com; Click image to Shop Let’s set the stage for a fun evening with your kiddos or grandkids. Tips for a Perfect Family Game Night Pick a Date – Choose a good time where all your family mem ..read more

When fall approaches and the new school year begins, families need some easy go-to recipes for weeknight meals.  Something that will appeal to the entire clan.  Well, here you go!  This is our quick and easy Chicken Noodle Casserole.  It might be my new favorite, combining the best flavors of Chicken Noodle Soup and Chicken Pot Pie…but in a dish that even the pickiest eaters can’t stop eating! Combining chicken with noodle anything is just a comfort food at its best. It’s really a one pot dish that you can put together in about 15-20 minutes before baking.  Even make ..read more

A delicious, creamy, easy-to-make weeknight dish, Creamy Broccoli Pasta will become a staple in your weekly menu game plan! If you told me that a pasta dish with broccoli would become a favorite, I would never believe you. I do love green veggies, but broccoli was about near the bottom of my list…but not anymore! Creamy Broccoli Pasta is one of the easiest and most versatile dishes I’ve ever made.  The texture is wonderful and looks more like pesto, and the flavor will fool any of the “anti-broccoli” folks out there, kids included! I loved this idea for a March recipe too…the beautiful ..read more

There is no doubt these Baked Mac and Cheese Bites will become a family favorite! Whether served as little appetizers or as a fun side dish…they will be the star of your next gathering! Mmmmm…macaroni and cheese…something that most of us have been dreaming about since we were kids.  There is nothing more satisfying than a bowl of that creamy cheesy goodness.  And we’ve come a LOONNGG way since the original blue box. Lots of flavors, pasta shapes, and even vegan mac and cheese options!  It’s a new frontier for “macs for everyone”, and these “bites” just give us one more way to e ..read more

Just a few days away from Valentine’s Day!  Do you feel the pressure? Or still full from the Holiday chocolates?  Well, we thought we could give you some fun ideas for a Valentine’s lunch or dinner.  Some of these recipes are healthy, some simple, some are more involved, and some even more complicated….sounds like relationships, huh?!:) Let’s start with some family favorites.  These are basically one-pot meals.  Simple and delish and the entire family will love them! One of my kids’ favorites, a Simple Vodka Cream Sauce with Shrimp.  Light tomato cream sauces al ..read more

It’s that time of year when a warm, cozy, satisfying, hearty meal is so appealing, so look no further than our delicious Lentil Bolognese.  A versatile plant-based, low carb dish for the start of the year, or Veganuary, as the new January is called! I love this dish because of its bulk, its consistency, and its depth of flavor.  You can be satisfied while being healthy without missing any meat at all!  After cooking meal-after-meal of rich holiday family recipes, it feels great to pull out a sharp knife and start chopping some veggies. Lentils are one of my favorite legumes and ..read more

We are so excited to introduce our Good Day Pasta!  Finally, a pasta that that offers lower carbs, higher fiber, and higher protein…a trifecta of goodness!  We figured the best way to answer and explain how this came to be was to do a little Q & A….and if you still have questions, please comment and we’ll get back to you ASAP! Why Create a Low Carb Pasta? We LOVE carbs and have been making pasta for over 25 years (hard to believe!). But as we have aged, and as a lot of us are watching our waistlines, we are curbing our carb intake – all the way around.  Now, we can agree th ..read more

When you crave alfredo sauce but want (or need) to make a healthier choice, this Vegan Cauliflower Alfredo is the perfect go-to alternative.  PS: You’ve just gotten “lucky”! Can you believe how cauliflower has taken over in the past few years?  It started with cauliflower mashed potatoes, then cauliflower rice, and now cauliflower can be found in pizza crust, and sorts of grocery items.  I admit I’m a believer in all things cauliflower.  And our Good Luck Pasta seemed like a fun fit.  So many holes, nooks, and crannies for the sauce to cling on to! When roasted, or m ..read more

It’s the perfect day for this recipe.  A day when Pasta with Spicy Sausage with Tomato Cream Sauce just sounds good.  Comfort food at its best…just plop me by a fire and pass me a big bowl! Snow Day!  Snow Day!  I mean Ice Day! Ice Day!  What is it about Nashville…we always get the ice, and never the thick deep snow?! Oh well!  It’s still a day at home…and one would think after almost a year of “stay at home” coronavirus days/nights/weekends, this day wouldn’t phase us…BUT we are STILL excited– a DIFFERENT reason to stay home!  And a great excuse to cook a r ..read more

Just a few days away from Valentine’s Day!  Do you feel the pressure? Or still full from the Holiday chocolates?  Well, we thought we could give you some fun ideas for a Valentine lunch or dinner.  Some of these recipes are healthy, some simple, some are more involved, and some even more complicated….sounds like relationships, huh?!:) Let’s start with some family favorites.  These are basically one pot meals.  Simple and delish and the entire family will love them! One of my kids’ favorites, a Simple Vodka Cream Sauce with Shrimp.  Light tomato cream sauces alwa ..read more