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Category Archives: Pasta
Fusilli and mushrooms in a pesto sauce and salad. 5/17/23
Note: This will be my last post for a while. I hope to start up again on a regular basis in July. We started off dinner with a large platter of salad for the three of us. I have been … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Italian, Pasta, Salad, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
Tagged pasta, Salad
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Noodles and zoodles with mushroom scampi 5/10/23
I made a mushroom scampi sauce for the first time last week and it was a big hit with John. All you need to do is sauté the mushrooms and a shallot in a tablespoon each of butter and olive … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Italian, Methods, Pasta, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
Tagged mushrooms, pasta
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Penne with mushrooms scampi style over kale 5/3/23
After reading an article that scampi is not just for shrimp I decided to try “scampifying” a pasta mushroom sauce. This consisted of starting with equal amounts of olive oil and butter, a tablespoon of each. Next I sautéed a … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Italian, Kitchen tips, Methods, Pasta, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
Tagged mushrooms, pasta, scampi
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Pesto noodles and zoodles over kale. 4/22/23
In October of last year we got lots of basil from the community garden. I made quite a bit of pesto and froze it in large cubes. I defrosted two of them for our pesto pasta. To add volume to … Continue reading
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Fettuccine with tomato sauce and kale. 4/12/23
When I eat pasta I like to have a big portion. But too much pasta blows my calorie allotment. In tonight’s dinner I solved that in two ways. First I shredded some cabbage to about the same width as the … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Healthy tips, Italian, Kitchen tips, Mediterranean, Methods, Pasta, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
Tagged cabbage, kale, pasta
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Pasta and Brussels sprouts. 4/6/23
I have never put Brussels sprouts in pasta before. I figured that if I regularly make pasta with broccoli and Brussels sprouts are in the same family, why not?! I sliced each sprout in three pieces through the root end. … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Italian, Methods, Pasta, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
Tagged brussels sprouts, pasta
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Mac ‘n cheese with coleslaw. 3/6/23
As I mentioned earlier I am taking a break until the end of March so this will be my last post until then. I may write something occasionally if we have an especially interesting dinner. Monday’s dinner was like a … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Methods, Pasta, Salad, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
Tagged broccoli, macaroni and cheese
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Chickpea stew with ditalini and kale. 2/23/23
With John opening cans and me chopping up vegetables we were ready to make this stew in no time. If you have canned chickpeas, Rotel, ditalini or other small pasta, and vegetable or chicken stock all you need fresh are … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Legumes, Pasta, Recipes, stew, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
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Simply pasta. 2/8/23
Our pasta meal on Wednesday was merely fettuccine and spiralized zucchini (zoodles) with mushrooms, onions, and garlic. The sauce consisted of olive oil and pasta water.
Posted in Easy, Italian, Pasta, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
Tagged mushrooms, pasta
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Fusilli with mushrooms, zucchini, and asparagus. 2/2/23
You could make this pasta dish with any shape you like. I do think it works better with shapes rather than strands. I chopped up all the vegetables ahead of time so the cooking went really quickly. Using a large … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Italian, Methods, Pasta, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
Tagged asparagus, pasta
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