Pasta Recipe Please

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ifonlyitwaseasier wrote: »

use the side of the blade and squash the garlic and then chop til you can't chop no more.

Done, that was fairly easy :rotfl:
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ifonlyitwaseasier wrote: »

cheat and have some squeezy garlic (i know nto very old style) so normally just squeeze a little in.

I'll remember than next time I go shopping

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unixgirluk wrote: »

Try it, honestly its easy. Just make sure you have everything before you start.

Thx, that's what put me off a little, I didn't have all thos ingredients.

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unixgirluk wrote: »

Your other choice is pasta bake, using a low fat soup as the sauce. Pre-cook the pasta, drain, add the soup, stir, pour into an oven proof dish, sprinkle top with breadcrumbs or even a little cheese and put in oven at 200C for about 20 mins. Best soups for the sauce:- mushroom, chicken, tomato or whatever your favourite is.

Easy, simplistic, that's me :rotfl:

ifonlyitwaseasier

my oh also likes olive oil, garlic and salt and pepper, fry lightly for a couple of mins and tip over apsta, just a quick snack, i normally add some onion and maybe bacon to it but he's keen just as it is.

tcclalel

My kids favourite meal is cheesy hammy pasta.
Cook pasta, stir in some soft cheese spread and chopped ham.
I am so glad they like simple things!
We occasionally change this and have cheesy sausage pasta:D

dutchy

How about the simplist pasta dish of all?
Cook pasta, drain, mix with pesto from a jar and serve sprinkled with cheese. I also add a knob of butter and a bit of squeezy garlic, but that's optional. Fast, easy and delicious!

Dutchy

chivas

Super simple tuna recipe:

Cook pasta according to instructions - reserve a bit of the cooking water when you drain it (about 1/2 a cup)
In a pan gently fry a clove of garlic with a tsp of dried oregano (most dried herbs would work here btw), add the cooking water *, a tin of canned sweetcorn and flake in a tin of tuna. Add the whole lot to the drained pasta, season with salt and pepper and serve.

* If you have it, add half a stock cube here - it gives a great flavour!

RustyFlange

how many of these pasta dishes can be frozen once cooked?

Stephen_Leak

dutchy wrote: »

How about the simplist pasta dish of all?
Cook pasta, drain, mix with pesto from a jar and serve sprinkled with cheese. I also add a knob of butter and a bit of squeezy garlic, but that's optional. Fast, easy and delicious!

Dutchy

Actually, they do come even simpler than this. Boil some pasta, season with ground black pepper, toss with some grated cheese. As above, but minus the pesto, butter and garlic! Less is more.

Stephen_Leak

ifonlyitwaseasier wrote: »

how about tomato pasta?

cook the pasta as per the instructions, heat a tin of choppe dtomatos and add some italian herbs, about a tsp or two, and a crushed garlic clove.

tastes lovely and very healthy.

Mine just adds a chopped onion per person ...

ITALIAN TOMATO SAUCE

Enough for pasta for 2

INGREDIENTS

2 cloves of garlic
2 onions
2 tablespoons of olive oil
400g tin of plum tomatoes*
2 teaspoons of basil, oregano or mixed herbs
Salt and ground pepper to taste

METHOD

Peel the garlic and chop it into tiny pieces. Peel the onions and chop them into tiny pieces.

Put the oil into a frying pan on a medium heat. Add the garlic and onion. Fry the garlic and onion for about 2 minutes. Stir frequently to stop it sticking.

Open the tin of tomatoes. Put the juice into the pan. Chop the tomatoes while they are still in the can (it’s easier than chasing them around the pan).

Put the chopped tomatoes into the pan. Add the herbs. Continue to cook, stirring as the mixture boils. Season with the salt and pepper. Continue to cook, stirring as the mixture boils, until the sauce has reduced.

ADDITIONS & ALTERNATIVES

Add ¼ of a teaspoon of chilli powder to make it into an Arrabbiata sauce, which is usually served with penne pasta.

TIPS

Always "take the pasta to the sauce". Put the cooked pasta in the pan with the sauce and stir together until thoroughly coated.

* Plum tomatoes can be used either whole or chopped. It is difficult to stick chopped tomatoes back together again if you need to use them whole.

And here's a neat way to chop an onion ...

Peel it. Cut the top off and throw it away. Cut it in half from top to bottom. Place the halves cut face down. Hold it by the bottom end. Make parallel cuts down through it, but only as far as the bottom end you are holding. Then make parallel cuts across through it, but only as far as the bottom end you are holding. Throw the bottom end away.