First good news of the day: FoodPornDaily featured my vanilla custard ice cream cake  on the homepage today! Go check it out. :)

Now on to today’s post. My mom lent me her can of white truffle oil last week (you can tell I’m a foodie when I got overly excited about this), and I couldn’t wait to use it. I didn’t have time to run to the market, so I whipped up this rigatoni pasta with a truffle oil cream sauce and ingredients already in the fridge–zucchini, tomatoes and goat cheese.

I normally would have chosen farfalle or penne, but since I was using what I already had, rigatoni it was. The pasta turned out absolutely delicious–but really, how can any recipe with truffle oil as an ingredient taste bad?

Happy Friday!

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Italian food is one of my many weaknesses. All of the pasta, bread, cheese….carbs—there’s really not much to complain about.

My mom and I made this Ellie Krieger recipe for zucchini ribbon pasta—a healthier alternative to fettuccine alfredo or pasta with marinara sauce. We made a few alterations to the recipe, and the pasta turned out absolutely delicious with an abundance of flavor. I ate this dish for dinner and even packed it for lunch the very next day.

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This is one of my all-time favorite breads, mainly because it’s extremely easy to make and on top of that, it’s ridiculously delicious. I baked two loaves earlier this week, both of which vanished within a couple of days. I had some leftover zucchini and wanted to slice it up, brush it with olive oil and sprinkle garlic salt and pepper on top.

However, as soon as I brought the zucchini out of the fridge, my dad protested. Apparently he didn’t get to try enough of the bread. Being the wonderful daughter I am [ :) ], I decided to bake two more loaves. Upon further reflection, I decided that my dad’s idea was the superior one for using up the zucchini.

Zucchini that is fresh and has lots of moisture makes for perfectly moist and tender bread with a slightly crisped and browned exterior. This delectable and sweet bread makes for a great breakfast or dessert.

As the wise Jim Davis once said, “Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie.”

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