Tag: pasta

  • Angel Hair with Shrimp Puttanesca

    This is one of those “let’s see what we have in the refrigerator” meals that I just love. Capers, anchovies, and olives, all in one sauce? Yes, please. I like to add shrimp, and we happened to have some in the freezer. The recipe below is quick and easy, and one that I return to […]

  • Warm Chicken and Pasta Salad

    Tonight Lisa made this recipe, the first from a new cookbook we recently spotted in the Bargain Books section: Fitness Food. This cookbook presents recipes that have been “specially developed for active people”; to us it just looks like a nice collection of well-balanced, healthy recipes. I’m sure we’ll be making more from this book […]

  • Whole Wheat Linguine with Tuna Wine Sauce

    Lisa needs to start carbo-loading for the marathon so we wanted to try a new pasta dish, and this one was quick, easy, and didn’t require us to go out and buy anything special — everything was already in the fridge or on the shelf. I’m normally not a fan of “creamy” sauces, but this […]

  • Linguine with Tuna, Arugula, and Hot Pepper

    This was a quick-to-make recipe from the San Francisco Chronicle — only modification was that we only used half the oil that the original called for. If you’re a fan of arugula, try this one out! The recipe below is scaled to serve two. Linguine with Tuna, Arugula, and Hot Pepper——————————————-1/2 lb linguine1/8 c extra […]