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The Joy of Pasta
More pasta!
How to create love and magic in the kitchen.
Sometimes success in the kitchen depends on being kind of fearless, you can’t be afraid to make a mess, and you have to be willing to throw out the occasional disaster. You can be creative, and have fun. Like anything else you get better with practice. Don't be afraid, have fun. Just pay attention, and you won't set your hair on fire or scare the dog.
How many people were allowed in the kitchen as children? Were you turned away from the door because your mother was fussing about getting dinner on the table, and you needed to occupy yourself elsewhere?
Don’t worry. That other room in your house shouldn't be scary. Your mom did ok, didn’t she? Or was dinner often bad? And you learned early not to complain? Feed the burned beans to the dog?
OK, that part of your life is over. Can you pour milk on cereal? Can you make a cup of tea? Good, that is not scary is it? You can warm up a can of soup? Excellent!
Let us begin….
This week’s recipe is a simple pasta dish.
- You need a box of spiral shaped pasta
- ½ one large onion
- 1 clove of garlic
- ½ each red, green and yellow bell peppers
- 2 cups chopped broccoli
- 1 cup chopped zucchini
- 1 cup of sliced mushrooms
- 1 chopped tomato
- 1 cups of chicken or vegetable broth
- 3 Tablespoons of olive oil
- Seasoning salt
- Italian herb blend
- Black pepper
Put the olive oil in a skillet. Chop the onion, garlic, and peppers in to small pieces. Chop the mushrooms if you are not using canned. And chop your tomato. Heat the skillet on medium. Add first the bells peppers, broccoli, zucchini and then the onion, and then the garlic.
Tip: if you put the garlic in first it could burn.
Bring a pot of water to boil. Add salt and 1 tablespoon of the olive oil. When it boils, add the pasta. Add the mushrooms to the veggie mix.
Keep an eye on the vegetables; don’t let them get too brown.
Drain the pasta and add it to the skillet. Add the seasoning salt, Italian herbs and pepper to taste. Now add the tomato and the broth. When the broth comes to a simmer do not boil. Continue cooking until the mushrooms are done, turn off the heat, serve and enjoy. You just made Pasta Primavera!