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Whole-Wheat Bow Tie Pasta With Puttanesca Sauce

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 Whole-Wheat Bow Tie Pasta With Puttanesca Sauce
Course Main Dish
Cuisine Italian
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
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Ingredients
Course Main Dish
Cuisine Italian
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Servings
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. In a 4-quart saucepan, bring 3 quarts of water to a boil over high heat.
  2. Add pasta, and cook according to package directions for the shortest recommended time, about 10 minutes. Drain.
  3. Meanwhile, in a large nonstick pan, heat olive oil over medium heat.  Add onion.  Cook and stir for 5 minutes, until onion begins to soften.
  4. Add garlic, cayenne pepper, and anchovy paste.  Cook and stir another 5 minutes.
  5. Add chopped tomatoes, capers, and olives.  Cook and stir until heated through. 6 Divide pasta among four dinner plates (about 1½ cups each).  Spoon sauce over pasta.  Garnish with parsley if desired.
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Turkey Bolognese With Shell Pasta

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 Turkey Bolognese With Shell Pasta
Course Main Dish
Cuisine Italian
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
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Course Main Dish
Cuisine Italian
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Servings
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. Optional step: Bring the wine to a boil in a medium saucepan.  Break up the mushrooms, then stir them into the wine.  Cover, reduce heat, and simmer for 20 minutes.
  2. Finely chop the onion, celery, carrots, and garlic.  Or you can coarsely chop them, place them in a food processor, and pulse until all vegetables are finely chopped.
  3. In a 4-quart saucepan, bring 3 quarts of water to a boil over high heat.
  4. While the water is heating up, warm the olive oil in a large nonstick pan over medium-high heat.  Crumble in the ground turkey.  Sprinkle with anise seed and salt.  Cook for 5–10 minutes to brown, stirring occasionally.
  5. Meanwhile, when the water comes to a boil, add pasta to boiling water.  Cook according to package directions for the shortest recommended time, about 10–12 minutes.
  6. Add vegetables to cooking turkey.  Reduce heat to medium.  Cook and stir 10 minutes until all vegetables are soft, but not browned. And tomato paste, and simmer for an additional 5–10 minutes. (Continue to optional step 7 if including the optional ingredients; otherwise, skip to step 8.)
  7. Optional step: While the pasta and turkey mixture cooks, strain mushrooms, draining unabsorbed wine directly into the turkey mixture.  Place mushrooms on a cutting board and chop finely, or place in food processor and pulse once or twice to more finely chop mushrooms.  Stir mushrooms into turkey mixture.  Simmer for 10–15 minutes to blend flavors. 
  8. Drain pasta.  Add pasta to turkey mixture (the minimum internal temperature of cooked turkey should be 165 °F). Stir to blend well. 9 Divide pasta mixture evenly (about 2 cups each) among four dinner plates.  Top each with 2 tablespoons of shredded parmesan cheese. 
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Pasta Caprese

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 Pasta Caprese
Course Main Dish
Cuisine Italian
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 6 minutes
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Course Main Dish
Cuisine Italian
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 6 minutes
Servings
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. In a 4-quart saucepan, bring 3 quarts of water to a boil over high heat.
  2. Add spaghetti, and cook according to package directions for the shortest recommended time, about 6 minutes.  (Whole-wheat pasta tends to fall apart if overcooked.)
  3. Reserve 1 cup of the cooking water and set aside.  Drain spaghetti.
  4. Add the spaghetti back into the pasta pot.  Toss with olive oil and just enough reserved water to coat well.
  5. Add the tomatoes, basil, mozzarella, and olives.  Toss gently until well mixed.
  6. Divide pasta evenly among four dinner plates (about 2¼ cups each).  Serve immediately. 
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Heavenly Chicken With Angel Hair Pasta

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 Heavenly Chicken With Angel Hair Pasta
Course Main Dish
Cuisine Italian
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
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Ingredients
Course Main Dish
Cuisine Italian
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Servings
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. In a 4-quart saucepan, bring 3 quarts of water to a boil over high heat.
  2. While the water heats, chop onion, mince garlic, and cut broccoli into tiny florets.  Set aside.
  3. In a large nonstick pan, heat olive oil until very hot.  Add the chicken.  Cook and stir until lightly browned on both sides, about 5–8 minutes.  Place chicken on a clean plate, and cover to keep warm.
  4. Coat pan with cooking spray.  Over medium heat, cook and stir the onion for about 3 minutes.  Add the garlic and broccoli.  Cook and stir for 2 more minutes.
  5. Return the chicken to the pan.  Add entire jar of pasta sauce, cayenne pepper, and salt.  Gently mix to blend ingredients.  Cover.  Simmer until chicken and vegetables are warmed through, about 4 minutes.
  6. Drop pasta into boiling water.  Cook according to package directions for the shortest recommended time, about 2 minutes.  Drain.
  7. Divide pasta among four dinner plates (about 1 cup each).  Top each with one-fourth of the chicken and sauce mixture.  Serve immediately.
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Cold Fusilli Pasta With Summer Vegetables

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 Cold Fusilli Pasta With Summer Vegetables
Cuisine American, Italian
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
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Ingredients
Cuisine American, Italian
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Servings
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. In a 4-quart saucepan, bring 3 quarts of water to a boil over high heat.
  2. Add pasta, and cook according to package directions for the shortest recommended time, about 8–9 minutes.  Drain.  Rinse pasta under cold running water to cool, about 3 minutes.
  3. Place all the vegetables and beans in a large salad serving bowl.  Season with basil, salt, and pepper.
  4. Add the cooled pasta.
  5. Combine olive oil and vinegar in a small bowl.  Mix until completely blended.  Pour over vegetables and pasta.  Mix gently until well coated.
  6. Divide into four equal portions.  Top each with 2 tablespoons shredded parmesan cheese.
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Baked Shrimp in Tomato Sauce

Baked Shrimp in Tomato Sauce

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 Baked Shrimp in Tomato Sauce
Course Main Dish
Cuisine Italian
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Ingredients
Course Main Dish
Cuisine Italian
Servings
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. Using a medium-sized skillet, heat 1 tablespoon of oil. Add the onion and cook until wilted, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute.
  2. Add the chopped tomatoes and wine. Stir and season with pepper and/or red pepper flakes.
  3. Add the parsley. Using your fingers, strip the thyme leaves from their stems. Add to sauce.Add the parsley. Using your fingers, strip the thyme leaves from their stems. Add to sauce.
  4. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
  5. Cook the sauce over medium heat until it reduces, or thickens, about 15 minutes.
  6. Using a large skillet, heat the remaining tablespoon of oil. Add the shrimp and cook over medium-high heat for 1 minute per side.
  7. Immediately transfer to a bowl. The shrimp will be pink but not fully cooked. Add the lemon zest and juice and stir to mix.
  8. Spread the tomato sauce in the bottom of a shallow baking dish. Next, layer the shrimp, then the sliced tomato. Top with feta.
  9. Bake 15 minutes or until cheese begins to melt. Serve immediately.
Recipe Notes

http://lizthechef.com/2011/03/24/baked-shrimp-in-tomato-sauce/

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Moo Moo’s Baked Meatballs

Moo Moo’s Baked Meatballs

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 Moo Moo’s Baked Meatballs
Course Main Dish
Cuisine Italian
Servings
meatballs (4 servings)
Ingredients
Sauce:
Course Main Dish
Cuisine Italian
Servings
meatballs (4 servings)
Ingredients
Sauce:
Instructions
  1. Beat the eggs slightly and mix in the rest of the ingredients, except for the flour.
  2. Shape into meatballs, roll each one in the flour and place on a sided sheet pan.
  3. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees while you prepare the sauce.
Sauce:
  1. Mix all ingredients together and spoon over each meatball.
  2. Bake for 35-40 minutes in 400 degree oven. Serve over buttered egg noodles.
Recipe Notes

http://lizthechef.com/2010/08/09/moo-moos-baked-meatballs/

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Meatball Pizza

Meatball Pizza

By
Stephanie Kinturi

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 Meatball Pizza
Cuisine Italian
Servings
people
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Cuisine Italian
Servings
people
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Slice the ciabatta loaf in half horizontally. With your fingers, dig out a trough in the center. Make sure to leave enough bread on the  bottom and edges that your filling will not make the bread soggy
  2. With a pastry brush, evenly coat the ciabatta with olive oil. (This will allow the  bread to brown and get crispy so that the marinara sauce will not make it soggy.) · Bake the bread for 10­15 minutes
  3. While the bread is cooking, sauté the minced garlic in ½ Tbsp olive oil for 2­3  minutes. Add the crushed tomatoes, salt, pepper, and herbs. Stir to combine
  4. Add your frozen meatballs to the sauce. Cover and cook over medium heat until  the meatballs are heated through.
  5. Pour the meatball mixture evenly into the two ciabatta “pizza” crusts. Top each  with 1 cup of the shredded mozzarella. Return to the oven until the cheese is melted and bubbly.
  6. Slice and eat it hot.
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Bruscetta

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 Bruscetta
Cuisine Italian
Cook Time 20 min
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Cuisine Italian
Cook Time 20 min
Servings
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place bagette slices onto a cooking sheet. Brush tops liberally with ¼ cup of olive oil. This will allow the bread to brown.
  2. Bake the bread in the oven for approx 15 minutes or until edges are browned.  Remove from heat.
  3. Meanwhile, combine the tomatoes, garlic, salt, pepper, olive oil and vinegar. Mix  well. Set aside
  4. Top the toasted bread with the tomato mixture, including the liquid. Garnish with  the parmesan cheese.
  5. Return to the oven for an additional 5­7 minutes to allow cheese to melt and  tomatoes to warm. Serve immediately
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Gnocchi With Roasted Cauliflower

Gnocchi With Roasted Cauliflower

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 Gnocchi With Roasted Cauliflower
Course Main Dish
Cuisine Italian
Prep Time 10 min
Cook Time 25 min
Servings
people
Ingredients
Course Main Dish
Cuisine Italian
Prep Time 10 min
Cook Time 25 min
Servings
people
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. Heat oven to 400º F. On a rimmed baking sheet, toss the cauliflower, sage, oil, ½ teaspoon salt, and ¼ teaspoon pepper.
  2. Roast, tossing once, until the cauliflower is golden brown and tender, 25 to 30 minutes.
  3. Fifteen minutes before the cauliflower is finished, cook the gnocchi according to the package directions.
  4. Divide the gnocchi among bowls. Top with the cauliflower and Parmesan.
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