Articles tagged “Pasta Recipes”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

A Comforting Baked Pasta on a Dreary Day By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Dec 1 2010 It's a pretty common thing for Canadians to beat winter by travelling south to warmer climes for their vacation. I don't mind winter at all and I actually like the cold better than too much heat. I prefer a crisp bright winter day to 100F in the summer. I do find the grey wetness of November pretty dreary, however. That's when I start to look at recipes that make you feel better, like braises, stews and casseroles. + READ MORE

Fusilli Pasta with Walnut Pesto, Eggplant, and Butternut Squash By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Nov 7 2010 My attempt at a buckwheat salad with walnut pesto totally flopped. I could have let disappointment overcome me and given in to my urge for lettuce wraps, cold soba noodle salad, and dumplings at Miyos (not that I've ever done that), but instead I held strong and made another dish entirely. Mistakes in the kitchen happen and sometimes their outcome is better than the recipe you started with. + READ MORE

Harvest Cooking at Its Best: From Scratch Sweet Potato Pasta with Parmesan and Garlic By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Oct 24 2010 I'm married to a meat eater, but I don't eat meat except for the occasional piece of fish. But with dishes like these, we both feel satisfied. All you really need to pair this with is a baguette and a small green salad. + READ MORE

A Make Ahead Meal: Homemade Baked Ziti By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Sep 2 2010 Cooking at home is better for you and it's better for the planet. There's less wasteful takeout containers and you can control your ingredients. But the key to becoming a regular at-home cook, is having a few go-to make ahead meals when times get busy because realistically, we don't always have time to cook. This is the perfect recipe to make a few days before, maybe on the weekend when you have more time. I made one for my friend and another for when my dad comes to visit on Friday. + READ MORE

Time Honored Elegance: Chanterelles with Olive Oil and Parmesan Pasta By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Aug 25 2010 When I saw that Caw Caw Creek in my hometown was now harvesting them, I was thrilled. I wanted them to be front and center in this dish. No sauce should overcome a flavor so tasty. With the help of Justin (my husband), we did the homemade fettuccine with olive oil and parmesan that I made last month. Just leave the zucchini out and replace with the mushrooms. You want to use a simple pasta for this so that it doesn't compete with your somewhat pricey, though well worth it, chanterelles. + READ MORE

Straight From the Garden: Homemade Pasta with Zucchini By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Jul 16 2010 This pasta is so delicious when combined with a few veggies from the garden, good quality olive oil, and parmesan cheese. + READ MORE

Pantry Pasta: A Weeknight Specialty By Sara Novak IN Food & Health May 11 2010 Even in a pinch you can control your ingredients and use high quality, low impact foods. It's easy to be a gourmet chef once in a while, what's a little trickier is being prepared for those days that you just don't feel like cooking. + READ MORE

Clean Out Your Pantry Instead of Your Wallet: Super Simple Garlic Pasta with Home Dried Sage By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Apr 12 2010 This pasta is a two step pasta to please a crowd. Dress it with a good cold pressed olive oil and some freshly grated parmesan and you're all set. + READ MORE

An Easy Weekday Meal: Asparagus Pesto Over Fettuccine By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Apr 8 2010 I've been brainstorming interesting ways to put asparagus to use and I found the most flavorful recipe in the cookbook Super Natural Cooking. I can't believe it took me this long to make it. + READ MORE

In Season: Make this Creamy Asparagus Pasta with Pine Nuts By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Mar 26 2010 It's asparagus season and that's a big deal in our house because asparagus is my husband's favorite vegetable. This is a between seasons cream sauce, not winter heavy, but not summer light either. + READ MORE

Something a Bit Different: Linguine with Mushrooms in a Lemon, Cream and Thyme Sauce By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Mar 24 2010 I love lemons. It's one of the very few things that I buy that doesn't grow in Ontario. I never buy pineapple or bananas any more, and I get only the occasional mango or avocado, but lemons are just something that I don't want to live without. + READ MORE

Weekday Vegetarian: 5 Vegetarian Dishes and Lamb Ragu By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Mar 19 2010 If you are going to eat meat once or twice a week, you want to make that meal worth your while. This recipe fits the bill admirably. + READ MORE

Become a Weekday Vegetarian: Pork and Fennel Ragu By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Feb 25 2010 TreeHugger founder Graham Hill has been giving a lot of thought to what he eats and why. At the 2010 TED conference, Graham gave a talk on some of his conclusions about how he wants to eat and the experiment he's begun. Read on to hear what he had to say. + READ MORE

A Throw-Together Dinner: Pasta with Sausage Tomato and Spinach By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Feb 2 2010 I had one of those days in the kitchen where all my best plans went awry. I had in my mind that I wanted to make something light and healthy to make up for a dinner I made the previous night which was quite rich. I had a recipe for a spinach pesto which sounded like just the thing. + READ MORE

A Crock Pot Recipe for a Cold Day: Puttanesca Sauce By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Jan 14 2010 I have a new cookbook called The Canadian Living Slow Cooker Collection which I've been itching to try, so I made the Puttanesca sauce which was absolutely delicious. Not only that, I think it is the easiest pasta sauce I have ever made. Five minutes of prep time and five hours in the crock pot and five minutes for the pasta and I was ladling up this wonderful, garlicky tangy sauce which was perfect with my homemade pasta. + READ MORE

T is For Tomatoes: Umami Roasted Tomatoes By Gregory Schaefer IN Food & Health Dec 4 2009 Somewhere between the soy sauce, vinegar, sugar, and the charred flesh of the tomatoes an intense and deep umami flavor comes through. + READ MORE

Easy, Healthy and Frugal: Chickpea Tomato Pasta Sauce By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Nov 30 2009 I love the combination of chickpeas and tomatoes. Sometimes I do an Indian spiced version as a side dish, and sometimes I do an Italian spiced version as a pasta sauce. I originally got the recipe for the sauce from Marcella Hazan's book The Classic Italian Cook Book, but I've messed around with it for years and now I just do it off the top of my head. + READ MORE

H is for Herbs: Pasta with Italian Parsley and Smoked Sardines By Gregory Schaefer IN Food & Health Oct 27 2009 Don't get squeamish, sardines are delicious and they don't make a dish taste fishy. + READ MORE

Emeril's Spinach Stuffed Cannelloni with a Sundried Tomato Sauce (Video) By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health Sep 25 2009 Emeril shows off his Italian cooking skills with this vegetarian spinach-stuffed cannelloni dish. + READ MORE

Walnut Pesto: A Nuttier Alternative By Sami Grover IN Food & Health Sep 24 2009 Substituting walnuts for pine nuts creates a delicious, flavorful pesto that stands up well to robust flavors. It's good for you too! + READ MORE