Pasta

Lightened Up Spaghetti with White Wine Clam Sauce

May 8, 2012

We enjoyed this lightened up spaghetti with white wine clam sauce for dinner last night. It’s adapted a from this Weight Watchers recipe, that seemed to need a little tweaking, based on the reviews. I’m a huge fan of linguini and clam sauce. It’s quick and easy, coming together in minutes, with minimal ingredients that [...]

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Gluten Free Pasta Alla Puttanesca

April 24, 2012

We enjoyed this delicious pasta alla puttanesca for dinner the other night, using brown rice spaghetti to make it gluten free for Mac. I find myself using gluten-free pasta more and more often these days. I think it tastes fine and life is much easier in the kitchen, when everyone is able to enjoy the [...]

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Skinny Pasta with Broccoli & Chicken

February 29, 2012

Pasta, and chicken in a simple olive oil, garlic and broccoli sauce. This is one of my favorite quick and easy pasta recipes. I’ve been making it for years, ever since a work friend shared it with me over lunch one day decades ago. I used to make it with penne or rigatoni, but now [...]

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Skinny Pasta with Italian Sausage, Peppers, Onions & Mushrooms

February 26, 2012

Skinny Pasta with Sausage Peppers Onions and Mushrooms

Fusilli pasta tossed with Italian sausage and peppers, onions and mushrooms in marinara sauce. Quick, easy and delicious! When I want to get dinner on the table in 30 minutes or less, I often turn to recipes like this quick and easy pasta dish. The sauce comes together in about the time it takes to boil [...]

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Skinny Artichoke & Spinach Baked Pasta

February 20, 2012

Skinny Artichoke and Spinach Baked Pasta

What do you get when you combine the typical healthy spinach and artichoke dip ingredients with pasta? A creamy and delicious artichoke and spinach baked pasta dish, of course. Chunks of artichokes and bits of spinach tossed with pasta, nonfat Greek yogurt, lowfat cream cheese, grated Parmesan, shredded lowfat mozzarella, topped with a little more [...]

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Light and Healthy Creamy One-Pot Pasta

January 24, 2012

This Pampered Chef recipe for Creamy One-Pot Pasta has been on my radar for months. I finally made a half batch for dinner last weekend and am so glad I did. It’s definitely a keeper – quick, easy, healthy and delicious – perfect for a busy weeknight or weekend dinner. What’s not to love? ”This [...]

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Simple & Delicious Healthy Satay Chicken Pasta Salad

October 14, 2011

Are you looking for a simple and delicious healthy pasta salad recipe? This Satay Chicken Pasta Salad is one of best healthy pasta salad recipes I’ve ever come across. It’s a delicious and colorful main-dish salad that gets its distinct flavor from a simple dressing inspired by Thai peanut sauce. What makes this pasta salad [...]

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Shrimp & Pasta Recipes Easy & Delicious

May 26, 2011

If you are looking for quick dinner ideas, here are a few favorite shrimp & pasta recipes, easy and delicious, for you to consider. Shrimp and pasta are two of my favorite “go to” ingredients for quick easy dinner recipes. With a box of pasta in the pantry and bag of defrosted frozen shrimp, a [...]

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Easy Skinny Baked Ziti

March 9, 2011

For some reason “baked ziti” popped into my head today as I was peering into the fridge this afternoon. I haven’t eaten baked ziti in years but as I was contemplating what to make for dinner, I saw staring back at me a container of cooked pasta (fusilli – not ziti – but close enough), [...]

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Pumpkin Pasta with Sausage

November 16, 2010

I tried this recipe for pumpkin pasta with sausage last night. When you are short for quick easy dinner ideas, pasta is hard to beat. This recipe for sausage pumpkin sauce for pasta from Rachael Ray caught my eye, (probably because I love sausage) as I was searching the internet for dinner inspiration. As usual, I [...]

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Mediterranean Chicken & Pasta – 8 Points+

November 8, 2010

I made this Mediterranean Chicken for dinner Saturday night and think it’s a real keeper. Both Rod and I really enjoyed it, which doesn’t happen all the time. It was perfect served with a simple green salad. I found it as I was flipping through Southern Living: Our Readers Top-Rated Recipes (a cookbook I hadn’t [...]

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Italian Sausage & Pasta Recipe

August 6, 2008

Do you enjoy preparing tasty italian sausage & pasta recipes? I hope you try this one. It’s one of my favorite Italian sausage and pasta recipes for ziti with sausage and vegetables, adapted from the cookbook, Jacques Pepin’s Kitchen: Cooking With Claudine, that was also a fun television show on PBS years ago, back in [...]