Homemade Mushroom Ravioli with a White Wine Lemon Butter Sauce

There's nothing better than homemade pasta. The expensive "fresh" pasta at specialty grocery stores and the Farmers Market really doesn't stack up. This post is for those of you who have received/bought a pasta maker or pasta maker attachment for your mixer and have never touched it! You know who you are!

I'm not going to lie, making pasta is a labor of love but the moment it touches your lips you'll have no regrets (and you'll never go back). For me it's a relaxing and even meditative event. If you're planning on starting this process an hour or two before your guests arrive then this is not the dish to make for the first time! Practice makes perfect with pasta making and you'll get quicker each time you try it. So please, have patience and don't give up!

The Trails Cafe - Griffith Park

A Sunday treat! Yesterday we met some friends for a surprisingly delicious breakfast in Griffith Park. What a great way to start a Sunday [or any day].

The Trails Cafe is an adorable spot tucked away at the bottom of Griffith Park. It has a good number of gluten-free options and serves the amazing Stumptown Coffee. Arrive early if you don't like lines and parking is also a challenge so take the first spot you see.

White Bean and Tomato Soup


     Beautiful Soup, so rich and green,
     Waiting in a hot tureen!
     Who for such dainties would not stoop?
     Soup of the evening, beautiful Soup!
             – Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

It's mid January and that means it's SOUP TIME! No matter if it's 20 degrees or 80 degrees, January is always soup time to me. I love making a hearty soup on Sunday afternoon to turn that Monday frown upside-down. My husband and I can normally get 2+ nights out of a good pot of soup.

New Year, New Blog


This blog has been years in the making. I started with Ashley Clayton Photography as my 2011 New Years resolution which gave me a new perspective on life. I not only started a photography blog but a new business. I was now viewing the world through the lens of my camera. To my surprise by the end of the year I was a fully fledged photographer and still managed to keep my full time job in financial communications.
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