Fresh Tomato and Chili Pasta

Ingredients:
500g penne pasta
80ml olive oil
8 cloves garlic
1 fresh small hot chili pasta
800g ripe tomatoes
1 cup fresh parsley
40g Parmesan cheese flakes

How to cook:

• Cook pasta, in large sauce pan of boiling water, uncovered, until just tender [al dente], drain.
• Meanwhile, heat oil in large frying pan, add garlic and chili cook stirring about 1 minute or until fragrant.
• Add tomato and parsley, remove from heat.
• Add sauce mixture to pasta and toss gently to combine.

Sprinkle with Parmesan flakes.

Chicken and Asparagus Pasta Salads

To make chicken asparagus and pasta salad, you need to buy chicken griller weighing about 1200g for this recipe.

500g Macaroni or penne pasta
250g Asparagus, trimmed, roughly chopped
450g Cooked Chicken, shredded
250g Button Mushroom, sliced
1/4 cup fresh chives, chopped

You may eat the Salads with Oil and Vinegar, but you also can make home made while grain mustard dressing. The ingredients as listed bellow:

1/4 light sour cream
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1 Tbsp Lemon juice
1 Tbsp Creole Mustard
1/2 Tbsp Honey natural
1/2 Tsp cayenne pepper
1/2 Tsp black pepper course

How to make salad:

1. Cook pasta in large sauce pan pf boiling water. If you doubt, see pasta cooking direction on the package until al dente, rinse under cool water and drain.
2. Meanwhile, boil asparagus until cook or just tender.
3. Make dressing. Combine all ingredients in medium mixing bowl and whisk with wire whip or spatula until well blend. Place pasta and remaining ingredient, toss gently to combine.

Serve on cool pasta bowl. Service for 4.

Baked Pasta with Beef and Mozzarella Cheese

Ingredients

1 (4 ounce) package dry penne pasta
1 teaspoons olive oil
½ lb Ground Beef
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 Tablespoon Fresh Basil, chopped
1/4 cup white wine
8 ounce tomato sauce
8 ounce diced tomatoes, canned
3 ounce tomato paste
1 cups shredded mozzarella cheese


Cooking Method

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain or refer to package cooking instructions.
• Heat oil in a large, deep skillet. Place ground beef and onion in the skillet and cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain excess fat. Pour in wine, and cook for 1 minute, stirring, to deglaze the pan.
• Stir in tomato sauce, diced tomatoes and tomato paste. Simmer for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Toss with cooked pasta, herbs and place in an appropriate baking dish. Sprinkle top with mozzarella.
• Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes, or until cheese is melted. Sprinkle pasta with greeted Parmesan cheese.

Remove from oven and serve immediately.

Penne and Vegetable Carbonara

Ingredients
2 Tbs olive oil
2 each garlic clove, finely chopped
3 each zucchini, thinly sliced
80 gm cherry tomatoes cut into half
6 each green onion, cut into 1 cm length
400 gm penne, cooked
4 each eggs yolk
100 ml heavy cream, dairy
60 gm Parmesan cheese, 30 gm to serve
Salt and pepper to taste

Cooking Method:

• In large sauce pan, cook pasta with little bit of salt and 1 Tbs of cooking oil. Follow the package instruction until al dente. Drop into ice bath, drain and oiled to prevent sticking each other.
• In separate small mixing bowl crack the eggs and use only eggs yolk and season with salt and grinding of black pepper. Add cream into the eggs mixture and stir with fork.
• Sautee vegetables until transparent after that pour the cream and bring to boil. Be careful at this point. Add pasta just the sauce begins to boil together with Parmesan cheese. Continue cooking about 2 minutes or until pasta cook. Remove from heat, put in appropriate pasta bowl. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and serve immediately.

Serving for 4

Pasta with Spicy Tuna, Olive and Tomato Sauce

Pasta dishes is one of my favorite’s food. Beside delicious, cooking pasta is easy and quick. Instead, eat pasta when hot. If you intend to eat pasta in other day, the sauce base can be prepared in advance and can be stored in refrigerator up to 3 days and in the freezer for longer periods. Spicy Pasta with Spicy Tuna, Olive and Tomato Sauce dish of pasta cook in Ala Minute Style. Here is the recipe!

Ingredients
400g dry Penne
2 Tbs Olive oil
2 ea. Garlic cloves, thinly sliced
Pinch of Chili flakes
400 g Ripe Tomatoes, roughly chopped
60 g Black olive, pitted
1 Tbs Thyme, sliced
250 g Tuna, canned
Salt and Pepper to taste

Cooking method
To cook penne, refer to cooking directions shown in package.

In a medium saute pan, heat oil and add garlic, chili flakes, tomatoes, olives and finally add sliced thyme leave and sauté ingredients for about 5 minutes or until boiling. Control the flame to medium hot [don’t over heated] to avoid mixture getting burnt.

Break tuna into small pieces and sprinkle and stir over the mixture. Simmer for 2 minutes and season with salt and pepper. That sauce for the pasta.

Now, after you cook pasta [Penne] according to the cooking direction, you need to drain the pasta and put some olive oil on it. Toss them with ready sauce you just made.

That’s lovely! Now, you can served pasta HOT! If you like, sprinkle 1 Tbs of shredded Parmesan.

Serving for 4

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Creamy Penne Pasta Salad

Ingredient

6 oz Penne Pasta
1 oz Stuffed Black Olives, drained and halves
1 oz Stuffed Green Olives, drained and halves


¼ cup Shredded Mixed Cheese
1 Tbs Bacon Bits
2 oz Mayonnaise
1 Tbs Chopped Green Onions
¼ tsp Ground Black Pepper
Few drop of Lemon Juice

Cooking Method/Preparation:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil.
• Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain and reserve
• In a mixing bowl, combine black olives, green olives, bacon bits, dressing, onion, ground black pepper and pasta; mix well, sprinkle with mixed cheese.
• Cover bowl, refrigerate to chill for one hour, and serve.
  

Creamy Penne Pasta Salad

Ingredients:
6 oz Penne Pasta
1 oz Stuffed Black Olives, drained and halves
1 oz Stuffed Green Olives, drained and halves
¼ cup Shredded Mixed Cheese
1 Tbs Bacon Bits
2 oz Mayonnaise
1 Tbs Chopped Green Onions
¼ tsp Ground Black Pepper
Few drop of Lemon Juice

Cooking Method/Preparation:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain and reserve.
• In a mixing bowl, combine black olives, green olives, Monterey Jack cheese, bacon bits, dressing, onion, ground black pepper and pasta; mix well, sprinkle with mixed cheese.
• Cover bowl, refrigerate to chill for one hour, and serve.