Help me Plan Dinner: Pasta Ideas (not tomato sauce)
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I love sardines but no picky kid is going to eat that. You'd be hard pressed with tuna even. That said, I have had success with a tuna pasta casserole.
Also baked mac n cheese is great. My kids also like ravioli, tortellini, and gnocchi to mix up the pasta types. You can make "pesto" from anything green really (spinach, kale, etc) food processed with some olive oil, parmesan, salt, garlic). Or do a pasta fagioli (with beans). Make some pasta, use some beans (navy, cannellini, etc) with some veggie or chicken broth and chopped celery and carrots or diced potato. The starchy potato & beans make a type of sauce. Rachel Roddy has an excellend pasta cookbook called "An A to Z of Pasta" and it's got some good ones. https://www.amazon.com/Z-Pasta-Alfabeto-Everything-Cookbook/dp/0593535391/ref=asc_df_0593535391/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=598290856963&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=18027605076590572851&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9007531&hvtargid=pla-1721740487678&psc=1&mcid=09cc2c988adb3730bd7cc0527a74fb28&gclid=Cj0KCQjw0MexBhD3ARIsAEI3WHIgn1NilzY5CQjt6RGNBvkeDLxfgpMEJ65d91gm1tsMusMAaYX_bUwaAk04EALw_wcB |
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| Gorgonzola cream |
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| I make garlic butter shrimp with pasta quite a bit. |
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| You can use mascarpone as a sauce base. |
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| Sesame noodles. |
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| Grated zucchini sautéed, maybe with pancetta and some wilted spinach. Plus Parmesan. |
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Do you have a recipe you can please share? I want to get more into things like this. |
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My kid is allergic to sesame but we do cold peanut noodles in summer. Sauce is peanut butter cooked a little with soy sauce, Sriracha, and a little honey. I water it down a bit with pasta water. Mix and add grated carrot and cucumber to serve. (This was a college roommate's recipe and I still like it!)
Pasta with lemon ricotta sauce and spring veggies (asparagus, peas etc) was a hit a few years back. Variations on "country style rigatoni" from Carmine's - sauce has parmesan, broken down cannelini beans, broccoli or broccoli rabe, and sausage. Recipe calls for prosciutto as well but we've dropped it and doubled the beans instead. Lo mein style stir fried noodles with cabbage, carrots, and green onions. |
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Cacio e pepe is very quick and easy.
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This. You can also turn that into pasta with lemon by adding lemon juice and cutting back on the pepper. |
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Asian sesame or peanut noodles
Asian noodle salad with a vinaigrette/soy mix pasta salad with a vinaigrette Chicken noodle soup, Ramen or udon soup with chicken broth and vegetables Vietnamese noodles with lime, fish sauce, sugar and mint, basil, peanuts |
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Cacciatore
Lemon caper white wine Garlic butter, parsley, red pepper Amatriciana Fra diavolo Puttanesca |
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| Brown butter and miso with spinach or bitter greens like arugula or kale or Bok Choy. |
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Not the PP. 1/3 cup creamy peanut butterr 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger, or 1/2 teaspoon freshly minced ginger 2 tablespoons low sodium soy sauce 1 teaspoon rice wine vinegar 1/2 teaspoon sesame seeds 2 tablespoons to 1/4 cup hot water 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes, optional Can also add sesame oil for a stronger sesame taste Adjust to uour tastes. |
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I made this cauliflower with saffron and pasta this week! I tossed in a healthy amount of Gorgonzola.
https://www.splendidtable.org/story/2013/03/19/cauliflower-with-saffron-and-pasta |