Category Archives: Pasta

One Pot Vegetarian Bolognese Pasta

This was  a great recipe.  I adapted from the original in that I used 1lb of tofu and elbow pasta instead of egg noodles.  I really liked it, and the kids were ok with it, they each ate different  parts of it.   The best part was that it really did only take one pot.

I will definitely make this again, and again and again!

One-Pot Creamy BologneseImage from Canadian Living

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 onion, thinly sliced
  • 1 cup  sliced white mushrooms
  • 1 lb extra firm tofu
  • 1 can  diced tomatoes, drained
  • 1 cup  red wine
  • 4 cups  vegetable stock
  • 350 g elbow pasta
  • 4 oz  cream cheese
  • 1/2 cup grated  Parmesan cheese
  • 1/4 cup  each chopped fresh parsley

Preparation:

In a Dutch oven, heat oil over medium-high heat; cook onion and mushrooms, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 5 minutes.
Add tofu, crumble using hands; cook, breaking up with back of wooden spoon, about 1 minutes.
Stir in tomatoes and wine; cook until slightly reduced, about 5 minutes.
Stir in broth; bring to boil. Stir in pasta; cook, stirring occasionally, until pasta is al dente, about 8 minutes.
Stir in cream cheese until melted, about 1 minute. Stir in Parmesan cheese, basil and parsley

http://www.canadianliving.com/food/dinner_club/one_pot_creamy_bolognese.php


Meal plan Sep 16-25, 2011

Back to school has kicked my a$$. It’s been BUSY. Lacking a concrete meal plan has not helped. Then yesterday I got the latest issue of Everyday Food from who else but Martha. So I am dedicating the next week and a bit to this issue. I have to say I am pretty excited to try these recipes. I already made the curried cauliflower and it was ok. Sort of bland, but if you don’t like a strong curry, then this may be the dish for you. The kids hated it.

You will notice that I haven’t been including lunches during the summer. But guess who’s baaaack, well sort of next week I will add the lunch menu that I have been working hard on all summer (hah who’s kidding who, pbj anyone?)  At least I don’t have to brown bag them!

All these recipes are from the latest issue of Everday Food, and likely not on the website, so I am not including any links here.  But if I ever to putting together another post about them there you will have them.  I am so pleased with this 10 day plan, that I may repeat it, in which case I will include the links.

 

Thursday
Dinner:  Curried cauliflower and chickpea casserole (sort of bland, so how is that the kids hated it?!)

Friday:
Turkey stuffing casserole  (this was truly awesome, the kids hated it!)

Satuurday:
Pineapple beef red curry  (quartering the curry paste made this bland and the kids hated it anyways!)

Sunday:
Chicken barley soup  (cooked the barley separately to avoid it sucking up all the broth, and it still happened, but I liked this one, the kids hated it!)

Monday:
Three cheese macaroni  (I doubled the pasta but left the sauce as is, and there was MORE than enough sauce, two kids liked it, one hated it!)

Tuesday:
Slow cooker pea soup

Wednesday:
Braised chicken with squash

Thursday:
Maple Brussels sprouts, sweet potatoes, broccoli, couscous

Friday:
Green turkey curry with eggplant

Saturday
lunch:  White bean chili with bacon scallion cornbread
Dinner:  We are going out to “smoke-fest 2011″
Sunday
lunch:  Chicken enchilada casserole
Dinner:  take out chinease at the great grand parents!


Mediterranean Pasta Salad

This is a simple and quick recipe for the summer.  I kind of winged this and I think you can add what you have on hand such as onion, chickpeas, etc and enjoy.

Mediterranean Pasta Salad

1lb pasta your choice of cut, I used ditali
1 tbsp olive oil (more for pasta)
1 pint of grape tomatoes
2 cloves garlic
2 cups cucumber diced
1/2 cup feta cheese cubed
1 can sliced black olives
1/2 cup chopped parsley

1.   Cook Pasta according to package instructions
2.  Drain and then toss with olive oil (about a tbsp)
3.  Cook tomatoes and garlic for a few minutes to soften them (3-5min)
4.  Combine all ingredients and serve!


Double mozza baked meatballs


Come in out of the cold and enjoy some comfort food.  These little nuggets of goodness pack a little surprise…

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Ravioli Lasagna with Sausage and Mushrooms

This is the recipe on the cover of the February issue of Chatelaine, and it looks awesome, and it pretty much tasted as good as it looks.   I bought a 1kg package of spinach and cheese ravioli, but only needed 700g for this recipe, so I took out 300g and used it for lunch.  I boiled it according the package instructions, and it turned out ok.  But when the same ravioli was prepared according to this recipe it was really really good.  I’m not sure if it was baking in the 35%cream, but the pasta had a really nice texture, and even the filling seemed creamier.  The other bonus of cooking ravioli like this was that it didn’t get all mangled and broken while boiling.  I used button mushrooms instead of cremini (that’s what I had), and I chopped the onion and the mushrooms in the food processor to make sure there was little evidence of them in the sauce, so the kids had no clue what was lurking there.  I also used chicken sausage instead of Italian and my homemade canned tomatoes.

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