Simple Pasta Recipes?

I get in the kitchen alot and throw together some kind of pasta dish and it usually comes out ok, but i shy away from the creamy sauces because i just dont know what the hell im doing lol.





That doesnt mean all im looking for are creamy pasta recipes, id like anything you could throw at me. Well besides SPaghetti, that one i know like that back of my hand lol. Thanks in advance.Simple Pasta Recipes?
I recommend this recipe all the time. It's great hot or cold and you can substitue the sausage with chicken, beef, or seafood. I have also added other veggies.





MEDITERRANEAN PASTA





1 package of Brown %26amp; Serve Sausage


录 tsp. Oregano


2 Onions (minced)


录 tsp. Salt


Minced Garlic (add to taste)


Dash of Pepper


1 tbs. Olive Oil


2 Tomatoes (seeded %26amp; cubed)


2 Zucchini (sliced thin)


Hot Cooked Vermicelli


陆 tsp. Basil Leaves


Grated Parmesan/Romano Cheese





Cook sausage in large skillet until brown. Remove, cut into 1/3鈥檚 and reserve. Add onions, garlic and oil to skillet. Cook until onions are soft. Add zucchini, basil, oregano, salt and pepper. Cook for 5 minutes more. Add tomatoes and sausage; cover and simmer 10 minutes more, stir occasionally. Serve over Vermicelli.Simple Pasta Recipes?
Next time you make spaghetti, make some extra for the next day. Put some olive oil or butter into a fry pan and heat, add some sliced garlic and stir until you can 'smell the garlic' in the oil/butter. Mix in your plain cooked spaghetti and turn up, stir until covered with the garlicky oil/butter ... add a bit of freshly grated parmesan (you may use already grated, but freshly grated tastes better) and enjoy. This is called 'fried spaghetti' and I was taught to make this by an Italian grandmother. YUM.


Now for that 'cream sauce' ... it's really extremely EASY to make a cream sauce ...


Heat a tablespoon of butter or olive oil, add garlic to taste, then add 1/2 cup of white wine ... reduce the wine/butter by half. Slowly add your cream (you may use half and half or milk, but the heavier the 'cream' the faster this cooks and the better it tastes) and let simmer until it's reduced by half ... add your cheese (parmesan, romano, asaigo, gorgonzola, mozarella) and stir ... you may add any meat and any vegetables to this basic cream sauce, but by varying the cheeses you add you can serve just 'pasta in cream sauce' that will ALWAYS be a hit, or add stuff and make a feast. Both these recipies are REALLY EASY and you should at least try them to figure out the 'times' before you serve them at a party but both are 'watch me while I cook' dishes if you want to ';LOOK LIKE A CHEF'; ... or just serve them and get compliments like never before. My husband (a professional chef for 15 years) taught me to make the cream sauce ... he's French/Scotch, but he cooks Italian like a person born in Italy!
Easy as can be. Add tuna, chicken or ham that is already cooked





Olive Garden Alfredo Fettuccine


1 pint heavy cream


1 stick (1/2 cup) butter


2 tablespoons cream cheese


1/2 - 3/4 cup Parmesan cheese


1 teaspoon garlic powder, add in more to suit your taste if you prefer


Salt and pepper, to taste


8 ounces fettuccine, cooked and drained





In a saucepan combine butter, heavy cream, and cream cheese. Simmer this until all is melted, and mixed well. Add the Parmesan cheese and garlic powder. Simmer this for 15 - 20 minutes over low heat.





Toss pasta lightly with sauce, coating well. Leftovers freeze well.
This is my semi-cheating recipe for alfredo.





Boil your pasta of choice. Melt 4 Tbsp butter in large pan. Add an 8 oz. pkg. of baby bella mushrooms, saute for a bit, then add a couple big spoonfuls of minced garlic, and saute until the mushrooms are as done as you like. Add a jar of Classico roasted garlic alfredo sauce. When that's heated, add about 1/3 cup of half and half, and a couple handfuls of grated Parm, asiago, and Romano. You can adjust the half and half and/or cheese to the consistency you want.





Toss with the pasta, add fresh black pepper, more cheeses, and chopped cilantro.
Ok, well I know you said you were not looking for a creamy pasta sauce, but I make this for me and my bf all the time and it always goes over great, and it is sooooo simple!!!





3 chicken breasts cubed


1 Buitoni pesto sauce


2 buitoni alfredo sauce


1 pk Angel hair pasta





Cook the chicken unitl browned and fully cooked


heat all buitoni sauces together


cook pasta


mix all together





mmmmm Pesto chicken pasta


SOOOOOOO GOOD!
pasta primavera- pasta of choice + veggies of choice + 1 can chopped tomatoes. boil pasta, quickly fry veggies in lots of garlic and olive oil, add chopped tomatoes then cooked pasta..toss well..add more oil if needed serve. you could add 1/2 cup cream when adding tomatoes to have a cream sauce instead of garlic %26amp; oil based sauce.





linguine with clam sauce- linguine, 1 can clam sauce, 1 bottle clam juice, 1 dozen clams...cook pasta, in another pot add garlic and oil, clam sauce, clam juice..add fresh clams %26amp; cover 10 minutes....drain pasta top with clam sauce
I love this... it's just my own recipe.





Penne pasta, cooked or grilled chicken breast cut into small cubes. Cook the penne, drain set aside. Saute cooked chicken breast with green and red peppers and onions in olive oil. Once tender add a can of mexican corn and stir. Add to penne and stir in a can of fat free chicken broth (warmed) (how much you need depends on how much pasta you cooked) Serve warm or cold.
I usually do penne, with artichokes, roated red peppers, asparagus and any green vegetables of your choice. Sautee with olive oil, garlic and white wine and it is quick and delicious!!