It’s been a busy few weeks.  If I’m busy now, then where will I find the time to fit in preparing for the holidays?  Yes, I’m already thinking about Christmas.  (Don’t hate me.)  #plannerextraordinaire This pasta is coated in a light tomato based sauce.  I like a little sauce on my pasta so I’m totally good with that.  My husband, on the other hand, likes A LOT of sauce, so if you’re like him then this meal might not be up your alley (just being honest). Usually my quick pasta dinners are vegetarian, but this quickie is a nice option for when you want …

We’ve had cool temperatures this past week, especially for the middle of August here in Connecticut.  That’s especially good since this week our air conditioner died.  All this cool weather with open windows at night and fans all over the house got me thinking of my favorite time of the year.  Autumn.  I love the weather and the food that we notoriously eat that time of year, like apple pie and all the things you can make with pumpkin.  I even made some pumpkin bread this past weekend (coming soon to a blog near you).  Some might say that means that I’m a …

Living without a refrigerator stinks.  Ours broke down about two weeks ago.  It took about one week to get someone out to look at it and then another week to wait for the replacement part to come in.  My husband and I resorted to eating out for dinner for the time with no fridge.  At first I was annoyed about eating out every night, but then I realized it was quite nice because it meant that I didn’t have to cook!  Now that the fridge is fixed, guess who doesn’t want to cook? I stumbled across this pasta recipe on pinterest.com …