When I was recently asked by Andrea McHugh, Communications Manager Extraordinaire at Discover Newport and feature writer for Newport Life Magazine to share 2 recipes for a busy family back-to-school feature I felt like I was just talking with a friend, sharing my quick go-to recipes on the fly. I really didn’t think anything more about it until Matt went to our mailbox one morning and gave me this month’s copy of Newport Life Magazine. Andrea McHugh wrote a lovely article about our family and shared the go-to dishes I prepare for our family when we are juggling and I just need easy and healthy on the table for our family.

So, I want to tell you that these 2 recipes are the ones that I go to when Matt is steaming away at Hope & Main. Not that he doesn’t like them, he loves that he gets the leftovers after 1 in the morning when he returns from steam evaporating our sea salt. When our boys ask for what’s for dinner and I tell them Broccoli Bowtie Pasta, they laugh and know that their dad who is usually the cook is away at Hope & Main. I have been making the Broccoli Bowtie for years as it easy and checks all the boxes of yumminess for our family.