Tag Archives: pasta

Linguine with Meatballs. 9/28/24

As often happens I get tired of cooking at the end of the week. So I decide to push the gnocchi dish into next week. The gnocchi is shelf stable and onions, kale, and mushrooms will last a while longer. … Continue reading

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Cavatappi and meatballs. 9/20/24

Cavatappi is hollow, corkscrew shaped pasta. I know I have said that I prefer strands with red spaghetti sauce but John likes shapes so we compromised. It turned out to be really delicious! I took a cup of leftover Rao’s … Continue reading

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Linguine and Meatballs. 9/12/24

I have to admit we took the easy prep for tonight’s dinner. Instead of making my own sauce we picked up a jar of Rao’s tomato and basil sauce. It was quite tasty and was not over-burdened with sugar. I … Continue reading

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Penne with Asparagus. 9/1/24

I love the way that the asparagus mimics the shape of the penne in this super easy pasta dish. While the water gets to boiling I prep onion, garlic, and the asparagus. Once the pasta goes in the water to … Continue reading

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Noodles and Zoodles with Pesto. 8/24/24

Having homemade pesto in the freezer helped to streamline this dish. Here is the way our dinner came together. While the water was coming to a boil John zoodled the zucchini and I sautéed onions and garlic. As the pasta … Continue reading

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Pasta with Sausage and Kale. 8/15/24

This pasta dish was supposed to be orecchiette with sausage and kale. Since I could not find orecchiette for less than $5.19/lb. I decided that $0.99 medium shells would be a fine substitute. Along with my on sale pasta I … Continue reading

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Leftover Lasagna and Salad. 8/5/24

Tonight we finished off Saturday’s lasagna and added a fresh salad. If it were practical we would eat this every week!

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Penne with tomato sauce and sausage. 7/28/24

We got home from our vacation Sunday afternoon. For dinner we needed something simple for which we had all the ingredients on hand. I made a pasta sauce with a large can of crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, minced garlic and … Continue reading

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Cellentani Arrabiata with Sausage. 7/9/24

Two weeks ago I made an arrabiata pasta sauce which I served over spaghetti. I had made enough sauce that I could freeze a container for another dinner. On Fourth of July John cooked up five hot Italian sausages and … Continue reading

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Spaghetti Arrabbiata with Salad. 6/27/24

I love strand pasta. John is more of a “shapes” man. So we always have a pasta debate before making dinner. I think that smooth sauces should get strands and piece-y sauces should get shapes. My argument won the day … Continue reading

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