This was kind of one of those  – just wing it pasta recipes.  I find pasta is great when you don’t have much time to mess around in the kitchen.  I made this Friday night after a long day baking cupcakes for my friends wedding – and it was a delicious and fast dish!  Note – you can use all Pancetta or all Bacon for this recipe – I just used both because I had a little of each in my fridge.  Oriccehiete means ‘little ears’ in italian because the pasta is shaped this way.  I found a package at a gourmet grocers in the city – but if you…

It’s been a crazy week! We were awoken in the wee hours this morning by my oldest two boys telling us that it was flooding from our roof into our basement…not a fun thing to wake too.  So I spent the day dealing with insurance, plumbers, flood repair guys, no water.  It’s been a long day!  Although with much news lately of dear friends going through serious health issues and the many other numerous problems throughout the world – we are still able to count our blessings – as many things in life could be much worse!  So I’m putting it into perspective and enjoying the fact that I have…