Delicious Brown Butter Sauce..Yum!

This recipe is based on a brown butter sauce from Rachel Ray. One night, I was searching for a quick butter sauce to make with pasta. Boy, was I surprised with the result! It is so delicious!

Enjoy:)

Delicious Brown Butter Sauce Ingredients

You need: 

6 tablespoons of butter

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 tablespoon heavy cream

(might want to add 1/2 cup of parmesan cheese to thicken if needed)

Melt butter and add salt. Add garlic until it begins to brown, next add heavy cream. Cook for another few minutes until it thickens up. Add cheese if needed. 

Definitely try this one! So yummy:)

Italian Style Tomato Sauce, the easy way!

One of the staples of most things that I make is tomato sauce, in one form or another. Because of this, I have a short cut way to make really good sauce! If you are looking for the kind of sauce that takes hours to make and has real onions and garlic, keep looking! The recipe below has the homemade taste without all of the fuss. Enjoy:)

Tomato Sauce Ingredients

You need: 

1 can of crushed tomatoes. (Tuttorosso is the best)

1 teaspoon garlic powder

1 1/2 teaspoon italian seasoning

1 tablespoon basil (dried)

1 1/4 tablespoons sugar

Dash of salt and pepper

Combine these ingredients in a sauce pan and cook for 20-30 minutes on a low boil. Make sure to keep in on a low boil, otherwise the sauce thickens up and starts to burn. 

The thing I really love about this recipe is that you can make it to your own taste. If you want a hotter sauce, add more garlic powder. If you don't like it as sweet as I do, add less sugar. Do a lot of tasting along the way! Enjoy:)

Who Doesn't Love a Good Meatball?

When I first moved out on my own, my Mom taught me how to make some of the basic Italian dishes that I grew up with, meatballs were one of them. We spent a day figuring out the measurements to all of the dishes I loved, even though my Mom could make them just from memory. Thanks, Mom:) 

Enjoy!:)


You need:
1 package of beef chop meat
1 egg
1/2 cup of bread crumbs
1/4 teaspoon garlic
Dash of salt
1/4 cup of parmesan cheese
1 tablespoon tomato sauce

The Process

Combine all ingredients and mix together. I use my hands to mix everything together. I find it works best that way. Shape meatballs into balls, small to medium size is best for nicely cooked meatballs. 

After shaping the meatballs, put them in a pan and bake in the oven at 350 for 15 minutes on each side. I recently got this meatball baker pan which I love! It cooks the meatballs beautifully without a lot of grease. I am a big fan of this pan! If you are using a cookie sheet to bake the meatballs, put a little bit of olive oil in the bottom of the pan to stop them from sticking. Serve with your favorite pasta and sauce. Recipe for homemade sauce coming soon:)