Lynette
04-22-2006, 05:27 PM
As I am sure you all go through this too from time to time, but I am having a block on what to make for dinner recently so I wanted to share a recipe my family loves that I found recently in hopes of inspiring some posts :) I am very bad about sticking to a recipe and measuring things unless it is a complicated recipe which this is not.
Pasta e Fagioli (originally vegan but I put meat and cheese in it <g>)
Garlic (minced or pressed)
Olive oil
2 Zucchini and 2 carrots sliced up and then cut in half (moon shaped) Baby carrots work great too!
Sliced up sausage (kielbasa, Aidell's etc)
1 can of white beans (or white kidney beans)
1 can of diced tomatoes
1 bunch of Spinach washed with no stems (fresh or frozen)
bite sized pasta (rotelli, fusili, bowtie, penne, etc.)
Saute some garlic in olive oil in pan (can't remember what they are called, the size of a frying pan but with sides and lid like a pot, a saute pan?) and add zucc and carrots. Saute for a couple of minutes and throw in the sausage. Saute a couple more minutes and add the beans and tomatoes including the liquid in the can. Add spinach. Turn down heat and cover, let simmer while you are cooking the pasta. When the pasta is done, drain and add to the vegetables and mix. Add parmasean and salt if you want.
What I like about this dish is everyone loves it, even Alaina! You can also be lazy and change around the flavors by getting seasoned canned beans, or tomatoes with basil, or different kinds of sausage so it is not always the same.
Pasta e Fagioli (originally vegan but I put meat and cheese in it <g>)
Garlic (minced or pressed)
Olive oil
2 Zucchini and 2 carrots sliced up and then cut in half (moon shaped) Baby carrots work great too!
Sliced up sausage (kielbasa, Aidell's etc)
1 can of white beans (or white kidney beans)
1 can of diced tomatoes
1 bunch of Spinach washed with no stems (fresh or frozen)
bite sized pasta (rotelli, fusili, bowtie, penne, etc.)
Saute some garlic in olive oil in pan (can't remember what they are called, the size of a frying pan but with sides and lid like a pot, a saute pan?) and add zucc and carrots. Saute for a couple of minutes and throw in the sausage. Saute a couple more minutes and add the beans and tomatoes including the liquid in the can. Add spinach. Turn down heat and cover, let simmer while you are cooking the pasta. When the pasta is done, drain and add to the vegetables and mix. Add parmasean and salt if you want.
What I like about this dish is everyone loves it, even Alaina! You can also be lazy and change around the flavors by getting seasoned canned beans, or tomatoes with basil, or different kinds of sausage so it is not always the same.