10 fun pasta Recipes

water, classico four cheese pasta sauce, or more if desired, salt, pepper, dried fusilli , corkscrew, or wagon wheel pasta, purchased frozen meatballs, mozzarella cheese, stuffed green or pitted ripe olives, chilled

dry pasta (spaghetti or linguine, broken in half), smooth peanut butter, orange , juice and zest of, soy sauce, garlic clove, pressed, orange, peeled, cut into bite-size pieces, green onions, thinly sliced

tomato, green onions, sliced black olives, feta cheese, cucumber, olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, salt, pepper, twisty noodles

farfalle (bow tie) pasta, canned white tuna in water, drained and flaked - or more to taste, cucumber, cut into bite-size pieces, ranch dressing

irvine spices cajun blackening spice, top round steak, cut into 8 pieces and pounded with a meat mallet, butter, onion, minced, all-purpose flour, hot chicken broth, grated parmesan, olive oil, sun-dried tomatoes packed in oil or if de-hydrated soaked in, warm water, chopped, dried ziti pasta, salt, freshly ground black pepper

radiatore (or any other fun shape) or 2 (16 oz) packages rotelle pasta (or any other fun shape), cubed cooked chicken, chopped fresh parsley, coarsely chopped green onion, torn fresh spinach leaves (i prefer baby spinach), matchstick carrots (i purchase pre-cut in bags at grocery, or you can julienne regular carrots yourself), diced red bell peppers, sesame seeds, extra virgin olive oil, apple cider vinegar, balsamic vinegar, sugar, fresh ground ginger, fresh ground black pepper

pasta (something fun, i like cavatappi, whole wheat might be interesting), cooked winter squash, onion, portabella mushrooms (any kind works ), olive oil, sage, salt and pepper, cheese (your favorite kind. i like parm with this)

stalk (12 to 16 in. long) peeled lemon grass or 3 strips (1/2 by 3 in. each) lemon peel (yellow part only), fresh jalapeno chilies (2 oz. total ), quarter-size) fresh or dried galangal or fresh ginger, fresh or dried kaffir lime leaves (optional), fat-skimmed chicken broth, dried rice noodles (mai fun, rice sticks, or rice vermicelli) or dried angel hair pasta, shrimp, shelled and deveined, lime juice, asian fish sauce (nuoc mam or nam pla), fresh cilantro leaves, sliced green onions, chili oil