Eclectic Recipes

pasta Recipes

Red Pepper Pesto Pasta

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

This is an easy vegetarian pasta dish made with jarred roasted red peppers. You can use the real thing and roast your own peppers, but I opted for a shortcut here, especially since I found a great deal on imported roasted red peppers. I created this mainly for my son. He is a pasta fanatic, [...]

Vodka Cream Pasta with Italian Sausage

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

This is my version of Rachel Ray’s, “You won’t be single for long vodka cream pasta.” In my version, I added Italian sausage, because my man, or any man I would have interest in, couldn’t be won over with a solely vegetarian dish. The first dinner I made for my husband wasn’t this vodka cream [...]

Italian Sausage and Pepper Pasta

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

This is a quick and easy weeknight meal for Italian sausage and pepper pasta. I used red and green bell peppers in this dish, but I also make this dish with Cubanelle peppers. Cubanelle peppers have a wonderful sweet taste. They are a little pricier, but well worth it. Make sure that you use Italian [...]

Sun-dried Tomato and Spinach Pasta

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

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This is one of those busy weekday recipes that I again came up with on the fly. I had first decided we didn’t have a thing to make, but I so did not want to make a grocery run, I looked really hard in the pantry and fridge and came up with this. I love [...]

Spaghetti Squash Pasta

Friday, June 5th, 2009

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This was my first attempt at spaghetti squash. It came out really delicious. The fresh ingredients are definitely the key. I did not even do any research into the spaghetti squash, except for how to cook it, before diving into this recipe, and I was pleasantly surprised at how good it came out. Initially I [...]

Spinach Chicken Cheesy Pasta

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

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This is one of my recipes I came up with on the fly. When the day has been hectic, chasing my toddler around and running errands, I will quickly defrost some chicken breasts under running water, and make it up as I go along. Sometimes these recipes aren’t the greatest because I am missing an [...]

Spaghetti Bolognese

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

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I have tried many many recipes over the years until I perfected this spaghetti recipe. The secret I have found to really good sauce is the quality of the tomatoes that you use. Always use the best quality Italian tomatoes, or your sauce will suffer. San Marzano are the very best. I can not always [...]

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