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Spring Penne

By on April 30, 2012 in Entrees Recipe, Recipes

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Spring Penne

Spring Penne

Ingredients

  • penne pasta- 1lb
  • asparagus- 1lb, trimmed and diced into 1-inch pieces
  • mushrooms, sliced- 8 oz.
  • sundried tomatoes- 1 small 7 oz. jar
  • marscapone cheese, 8 oz.
  • pecorino cheese- 8oz. (you can also Parmesan)

Instructions

  1. Boil pasta in salted water until tender
  2. Heat a few tablespoons oil in large sauté pan over medium-high heat (or, if your sundried tomatoes are in oil, use that)
  3. Add diced asparagus,mushrooms and sundried tomatoes and sauté until tender
  4. Add both Marscapone and Pecorino cheese; stir until melted
  5. Drain pasta, reserving 1/2 cup of pasta cooking water, and transfer to a serving bowl (you can dip a glass measuring cup into cooking pasta water before draining to reserve)
  6. Add pasta water back to pasta in serving bowl
  7. Pour cheese and vegetable mixture over pasta
  8. Toss
    9. For a more robust meal, serve with a side of gourmet Italian-Mozzarella Sausage broiled in oven
https://tonispilsbury.com/spring-penne/

 

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Spanish Paella

By on January 3, 2012 in Complete Family Dinner, Entrees Recipe, Gluten Free, Recipes, Reincarnating The Leftover

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Spanish Paella

Spanish Paella

Ingredients

  • Chorizo- 1 lb
  • onion, yellow- 1 medium, diced
  • red bell pepper- 1, diced
  • green bell pepper- 1, diced
  • long grain rice- 2 cups
  • diced tomatoes with green chiles- 1 14oz. can
  • tomato paste- 3 tablespoons
  • chicken broth- 1 quart (32 oz.)
  • cooked chicken, chopped (I use leftover chicken from one of my recipes like Chicken Under A Brick)
  • cooked shrimp, medium- 1 lb, tails removed
  • STAPLES
  • • olive oil- 3 tablespoons
  • • spanish saffron- a pinch

Instructions

  1. Heat a oil in large heated deep skillet or paella pan over medium-high heat.
  2. Add bell peppers and onions along with chorizo to sauté until peppers are tender.
  3. Add rice, diced tomatoes, tomato paste and saffron to sauté for another minute.
  4. Add chicken broth and bring to boil.
  5. Once boiling, lay chicken and shrimp on top then cover the pan (if you’re using a paella pan without a lid, you can use aluminum foil to cover), reduce heat to low.
  6. Simmer until rice has absorbed liquid, approximately 25 minutes.
https://tonispilsbury.com/spanish-paella/

This is the perfect recipe to make with leftover cooked chicken.

 

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