This cool Southwest Pasta Salad, with chicken, pasta, corn, and black beans, is covered in a creamy avocado dressing, and makes a perfect summer side dish. This pasta salad is like a combination of a pasta salad and a chicken salad with a taco salad thrown in for fun! Whatever name you call it, it…
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Buffalo Chicken Stuffed Shells
Buffalo Chicken Stuffed Shells combine the spicy flavor of buffalo chicken wings and the creamy, cheesy goodness of melted mozzarella, and salty blue cheese all stuffed into cute convenient pasta shells. It is like someone stuffed buffalo wings into the pasta shells but without the bones! Years ago, when I first made these stuffed shells,…
Instant Pot Mac And Cheese
Instant Pot Mac And Cheese is a quick and easy, creamy and cheesy macaroni and cheese that can be on the table in about 15 minutes! It’s perfect when you want everyone’s favorite comfort food fast! Click HERE to save recipe to Pinterest Why Make Macaroni And Cheese In An Instant Pot? I love my Instant…
Chicken Fajita Pasta (One-Pot 30-Minute Meal)
Chicken Fajita Pasta is an easy creamy, cheesy chicken and pasta one-pot meal with Mexican Fajita-spiced chicken, pasta, onions, and bell peppers in a creamy, cheesy sauce that can be on the table in 30 minutes! Are you tired of boring chicken dinners? Are you looking for an easy yet delicious recipe to spice up…
Best Classic Macaroni Salad Recipe
This cool, creamy Classic Macaroni Salad base recipe, can be easily customized with ham and colorful vegetables, for the Best Classic Macaroni Salad ever, and will be the most popular side dish at your summer BBQ or picnic! Best Classic Macaroni Salad Everyone loves Macaroni Salad! It is super popular, probably the most popular pasta salad….
Broccoli Tortellini Alfredo
This Broccoli Tortellini Alfredo is bursting with flavor with its pillowy cheese-stuffed tortellini in a creamy garlic parmesan alfredo sauce with broccoli florets. On a cold winter evening there is nothing better than creamy cheesy pasta, and my favorite type of pasta is tortellini, as you can tell by al my tortellini recipes! Fettuccini is a…
Tortellini Al Forno
This Tortellini Al Forno, a copycat Olive Garden recipe, has pillowy cheese filled tortellini in a rich parmesan cream sauce with crumbled bacon and chives. I loved the Tortellini Al Forno dish at Olive Garden. It was on their small plates menu, which made it an appetizer-sized dish. However, last time I went there it was not…
Easy Chicken Spaghetti
Easy Chicken Spaghetti is creamy and cheesy spaghetti with chicken in a creamy cheese sauce with canned tomatoes and chilies! I have partnered with Skinner® Pasta to bring you this awesome Easy Chicken Spaghetti recipe! While this post is sponsored, all opinions are 100% my own. August 6th is National Friendship Day. I decided to…
Thai Noodle Salad
This Thai Noodle Salad is full of flavor and vegetables, can be served hot or cold, and has just enough of a kick to get your attention at any BBQ, potluck, or picnic. It is getting to be that time of year when I have Spring and Summer outdoor gatherings, such as graduation parties, barbecues,…
Green Chile Chicken Pasta
This Green Chile Chicken Pasta is a rich and creamy, spicy and savory Southwest style pasta dish with green chiles, chicken, and corn that makes a delicious weeknight meal or an impressive gourmet dinner. This Green Chile Chicken Pasta was inspired by a cool restaurant in downtown Austin. My husband, the Gridiron Grub Guru, and…
Pumpkin Curry Mac and Cheese with Thai Chicken
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #FamilyPastaTime #CollectiveBias This unique creamy and comforting Pumpkin Curry Mac and Cheese casserole adds the earthy Fall flavors of pumpkin and curry to a traditional mac and cheese and includes Thai Chicken to turn it into a meal….
Cheesy Tortellini Skillet Lasagna
Cheesy Tortellini Skillet Lasagna is perfect when you want lasagna but don’t have the time to make it from scratch. By using tortellini, this one-pot tortellini lasagna can be ready in 20 minutes! We love love love lasagna, as you probably guessed since I have Easy Lasagna Soup, Taco Lasagna, Jalapeño Popper Lasagna Rolls, and Creamy Cajun…
Bacon Broccoli Tortellini Salad
This Bacon Broccoli Tortellini Salad is one of my favorite pasta salads for an outdoor BBQ, picnic, or tailgating party and has been lightened up by reducing the sugar in the sweet and tangy dressing! I created this recipe as part of a sponsored series with Socialstars and SPLENDA® Brand; all opinions are my own….
Chicken Tetrazzini with Asiago Cream Sauce
This incredibly delicious Chicken Tetrazzini with Asiago Cream Sauce makes an awesome casserole with chicken (or turkey) and linguine (or spaghetti) pasta, which is easy to make and is a real crowd-pleaser. It is a great recipe to use up leftover chicken or turkey after a holiday or any day. Chicken and pasta are two of my…
Easy Lasagna Soup
Easy Lasagna Soup is an easy cheesy and comforting soup that tastes like lasagna in a bowl, and can be on the table in 30 minutes. You are going to be so happy today! Why? Because you are going to love this comforting Easy Lasagna Soup. It does not have to simmer for hours. You do…
Chicken Spinach Spaghetti
Chicken Spinach Spaghetti makes a delicious, quick and easy, well-balanced 30-minute weeknight dinner or an easy yet impressive dinner on date night. What’s for dinner Mom is the age old question asked every night in households across the world. Trying to come up with something new every night that is quick, easy, healthy, and that…
Chipotle Butternut Squash Skillet Mac ‘n Cheese
Chipotle Butternut Squash Skillet Mac ‘n Cheese is a quick and easy, creamy and naturally cheesy one dish fall comfort food that can be made on the stove or on the grill! Ahhhh! Fall is in the air! We had our first day of slightly cooler weather and an entire weekend of football! Mr. Flavor Mosaic was ecstatic that football season has started. He got decked out in his team jersey and hat, and happily assumed his position as armchair quarterback. While we love to go to the football games, most often we are watching them at home with family and friends.
Cheesy Chicken Skillet Pasta
Cheesy Chicken Skillet Pasta is a creamy, cheesy 30-minute skillet dinner with shredded chicken, penne pasta, fresh asparagus, and chopped tomatoes, bell peppers and onions that is perfect for a quick and easy weeknight supper. Can I just say I love skillet dinners! Not just love, but LOVE LOVE LOVE! They are easy, delicious, and…
Slow Cooker Italian Meatballs
This Slow Cooker Italian Meatballs recipe makes a family favorite Italian-American main dish even easier by making it in the slow cooker. This Slow Cooker Italian Meatballs recipe features: A short history on Spaghetti and Meatballs in America; A description of the difference between Spaghetti and Meatballs and meatballs or “polpettes” found in Italy; An easy…
Spicy Cheeseburger Pasta Casserole
Spicy Cheeseburger pasta casserole is a delicious, budget-friendly cheesy skillet dinner that is one of our family’s favorite weekday suppers. I’m excited to share this yummy Spicy Cheeseburger Pasta Casserole with you because it features: An easy yet delicious skillet dinner that the whole family will love. A delicious, hearty dinner that can be on…
Bacon Spaghetti Florentine
Bacon Spaghetti Florentine is a quick and easy pasta dinner made with spaghetti, bacon, spinach, onions, garlic, and Italian cheeses, including mozzarella, parmesan, and asiago, that I can have on the table in 30 minutes. Oh my gosh! What’s not to love? First there is bacon. Need I say more? I could stop right here. But…
Five-Cheese, Fifteen-Minute Stovetop Mac ‘n’ Cheese
Five-Cheese, Fifteen-Minute Stovetop Mac ‘n’ Cheese is the quickest, creamiest, and cheesiest homemade macaroni and cheese that is so tasty, it will entice your family to come “Back Around the Table” for this creamy, cheesy comfort food. I grew up in a large family. It was crazy busy in a family with 5 kids that had to be in 5 different places at once; but on holidays we always made time to get the entire family together around the table and have a delicious memorable meal together.
Pea and Parsley Pesto Pasta
Pea and Parsley Pesto Pasta (say that 3 times fast!) is delicious, quick and easy to make, and budget friendly. It is perfect for a weeknight meal. You likely will have all the ingredients in your pantry or freezer. Last week I was going through Yahoo! Food looking for recipe ideas for dinner, when I came across this recipe and gorgeous photo under the heading “Cook This Tonight.” […]
Copycat Olive Garden Chicken Scampi
Copycat Olive Garden Chicken Scampi is my homemade copycat recipe of Olive Garden’s popular Chicken Scampi dish with sautéed chicken breast, onions, and bell peppers served over pasta with a creamy garlic white sauce. The chicken scampi dish at Olive Garden is my Mother-in-Law’s favorite restaurant dish. If we ask her what she would like…