Here are a few of my favorites Broccoli Pasta 1 LB broccoli, tops, peeled stems 1 LB pasta-Penne works best Boil water, salt, add pasta with broccoli on top. Cook 11 minutes. Drain.
Add a little butter. Meanwhile, heat 3tsp olive oil in a skillet with 1 or 2 cloves of garlic, sliced or crushed, until the garlic is browned. Remove garlic.
Combine the pasta, oil & 1/2 cup Parmesan or romano cheese. Serve with red pepper flakes if desired. Conchiglie al Forno w Radicchio & Mushrooms 6 ounces shiitake mushrooms (18 med.) 8 TB butter 1 LB conchiglie rigate shells 2 1/2 cups heavy cream 2 sm.
Heads of radicchio, coarse chopped 1/2 cup fresh grated parmesan 1/2 cup shredded Bel Paese cheese 1/2 cup crumbled gorgonzola salt to taste 6 leaves fresh sage, optional. Preheat oven to 450. Sauté mushrooms in 6 TB butter until softened.
Cook pasta for 5 minutes, drain and run cold water on it, then drain again. Combine the cream, the mushrooms, the cheeses, add pasta and toss. Butter a baking dish.
Transfer pasta to it. Dot with remaining butter. Bake for 30-35 minutes, until the pasta is bubbly and brown on top.
Let stand 5 minutes before serving. Chop the radicchio by hand. A grater or processor ruins it.
You can substitute portobello mushrooms, or use 1/2 button mushrooms. I added 2 shallots to the mushrooms while I was sautéing them. Basil Pesto--Moosewood Cookbook 3 cups fresh basil, stemmed, firmly packed 2 large cloves of garlic 1/2 cups pine nuts (pignoli) 3/4 cup fresh parsley, tightly packed 3/4 cups grated parmesan or Romano 1/2 cup olive oil 1/4 cup butter Salt to taste Combine in a food processor until smooth.
Serve over hot pasta. Also... A TB in yogurt or cottage cheese makes a dip. A few TB in soup seasons well.
A TB in oil & vinegar makes a good salad dressing. Sources: Family recipe files, and the Pesto recipe from the Moosewood Cookbook NancyE's Recommendations The New Moosewood Cookbook (Mollie Katzen's Classic Cooking) Amazon List Price: $19.95 Used from: $11.50 Average Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 (based on 60 reviews) That pasta and mushroom recipe--I also often substitute the cheeses for less fancy and pricy ones.It's still tasty, just not as fancy.
Here's two, if you can get hold of the ingredients in your part of the world. First one (available everywhere): roast a good selection of interesting vegetables chopped into bite-size pieces - peppers of all shades, eggplant, red onions, parsnips if you're addicted, etc. - avoid plain ones like potatoes. They should be roasted in olive oil and garlic at very high temperature and for each person you'll need the equivalent of two or three generous serving-spoon sizes.
Do this in a large flat pasta dish that you can sent to table if you like. Then make a cheesy cheese sauce, quite thick, and boil enough pasta - shells are best - to give you roughly the same volume as you have of cooked vegetables. Stir the pasta into the vegetable mix; add the cheese sauce; give it all a good stir - the sauce should thoroughly cover the rest - and put it into a medium-high oven until it's browned.
Serve with good crunchy bread. Second one - absolutely delicious, but you need access to escalopes of veal and to Stone's Green Ginger Wine.(This is thick, quite sweet, and your garden variety ginger ale will definitely not do). Flatten the escalopes and then fry them, both sides, very quickly in a mixture of butter and olive oil.
Set aside to keep warm. Then de-glaze the pan with 2-3 tablespoons of ginger wine per person, add heavy cream and a squeeze of lemon juice.(Don't let it boil). Have some milk blended with cornstarch handy in case you want to thicken the sauce.
Then set a pan of fresh tagliatelle to boil, while you slide the escalopes back into the sauce and check seasoning, thickness, etc. Tell everyone to sit at table - this is horrible if it's not served fresh - and then serve by placing the pasta on the plate (oval ones are better if you're serving individually - then the escalope, and pour over the sauce.It's delicious, but veal is almost unobtainable here and I haven't found any other meat that substitutes. Happy eating!.
Of your favorite spaghetti sauce 8-16 oz mozzarella cheese Mix the uncooked pasta, sauce, and a jar-full of water in a 9x13" pan. Bake covered for 30 min at 425 degrees. Top with cheese and bake uncovered for another 10 minutes.
When zucchinis are in season, I'll chop up one and cook that in with the pasta. If you're a mushroom fan, I like to slice up some of those and toss them on top with the cheese too..
This is a simple one that I made up. I can't really cook well and do not really enjoy it! But, I made up this recipe and everyone that has had it loves it.
All you need is bow tie pasta (or your pasta of choice), olive oil, low fat kielbasa-I like turkey kielbasa Healthy Choice, green peppers, portabella mushrooms-sliced, an onion-I like Spanish. I first prep the food which entails chopping up the desired amt of mushrooms, peppers, onion and kielbasa. It depends on how many people that you are going to have, but when 3 of us are eating, I usually chop about 3/4 of kielbasa, 1/3 of an onion and all of the green pepper and 1/2 container of mushrooms.
Even if mushrooms are sliced, I like them chopped up small. Then I add olive oil to pan and turn on medium heat and add the veggies and you just saute until cooked but not soggy-they will get soggy if they stay in too long. Put them to the side and then saute kielbalsa until it starts to look a little charred on edges.
Add them to the bowl of veggies. Meanwhile, cook the bowtie pasta-desired amt based on people and when it is cooked al dente-usually 7 min, but it will say so on pkg, add the veggies to pasta after draining pasta and toss. You don't even need marinara because the olive oil adds moisture and a nice flavor.
Sometimes I sprinkle with a little basil. I hope that you like this. It is easier than directions may sound!
It is so delicious too! .
These are two of my favorites Corned Beef Casserole: 1 can corned beef 1 16 oz. Pkg. Egg noodles 1 can Cream of Celery soup 1 can Cream of Mushroom soup enough milk to make a sauce Cook noodles as usual & add the remaining ingredients Top with crushed potato chips & bake at 350° until bubbly.
Chicken Spaghetti Cook spaghetti as usual for 4 servings Add left over cut up chicken breast OR 1 13 oz. Can of chicken breast meat, liquid added 2 C brocolli, cut in small pieces. Steam until partially tender.1 can Cream of Chicken soup 1 can Cream of Mushroom soup enough milk to make a sauce 1/4 C parmesean cheese Add all together & cook until all is thoroughly done.
I make this in a deep electric skillet. This can be made on top of the stove. Add any seasonings you like to these.
I use Mrs. Dash Original Seasonings in everything. Gives them a little extra kick. These are easy & good.
I make these a lot, & the leftovers are good. Sources: what I make .
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I have an Osrow X2000 Pasta & Dough Machine. Somehow we cannot find the manual/recipes. Can anyone help?
Won't eat veggies...hate spicey sauces...despise pasta...*sigh.
I need some easy recipes, anything that has to do with meat or pasta. Nothing with crazy ingredients, i'm just learning.
I need recipes using fresh basil! Excluding pesto, pizza and pasta because I have plenty of those. Thanks!
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