4 better olive garden pasta Recipes

garlic cloves, finely chopped, fresh garden tomatoes, medium dice (if you can tsp get garden tomatoes, buy the ripest romas you can find at the grocery.), chopped fresh basil leaf (not dry ), extra virgin olive oil, good quality finely grated parmesan cheese (no canned stuff!) or 4 oz romano cheese (no canned stuff!), fine pasta, cooked (cappellini or angel hair), fresh ground pepper, salt

dried multigrain penne (6 oz), boneless skinless chicken breasts , cut into 1-inch pieces, all-purpose flour, olive oil, chopped shallot, garlic cloves, minced, chicken broth, lemon juice, salt, black pepper, capers, drained, snipped italian parsley (flat-leaf ), freshly grated parmesan cheese (optional)

asparagus , ends discarded, and chopped into 3-inch lengths, green beans, halved, ends removed and discarded (or better yet composted!), frozen peas, almonds, garlic cloves (or more ), loosely packed flat leaf parsley, scallions, green parts only, coarsely chopped, extra virgin olive oil, lemon , juice of, nutmeg, extra firm tofu (water packed, drained and pressed), chopped basil leaves