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It’s been Italian sale month at many stores, so I am going to give you some recipes based on things that you are probably very stocked on now!
- Pizzagna
Using dried pasta, red bell peppers, baby portabellos, mozzarella
(I used the block on mozzarella but the shredded would work just fine)
- Fresh Fettuccine with Roasted Chicken and Broccoli Rabe
Using pasta and broccoli rabe/rappini
(**this recipe calls for fresh pasta but I think dried would work just as well, she also uses a rotisserie chicken, I had chopped cooked chicken in the freezer)
- Little Thimbles Sciue Sciue
Using pasta, plum tomatoes, mozzarella
- Simple Bolognese
Using ground chuck and can tomatoes
- Cottage Pie Baked Potatoes
Using ground chuck
I got this recipe from Paula Deen’s Quick and Easy Meals. It was a special issue magazine in 2008.
1 lb. ground chuck
1 cup sliced fresh mushrooms
2 carrots, thinly sliced
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 (14 oz.) can beef broth
1 (.88 oz.) package brown gravy mix
2 TBS Worcestershire sauce
1 TBS minced fresh parsley
4 large baking potatoes, baked
1/4 cup sour cream
1/4 cup butter
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. ground black pepper
Garnish: chopped fresh parsley
1. In a large skillet, combine ground chuck, mushrooms, carrots, and onion. Cook, over medium-high heat, until beef is browned and crumbles; drain well. Stir in broth, gravy mix, Worcestershire, and parsley. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat; reduce heat, and simmer 15 minutes.
2. Cut off top one-third of potatoes; scoop out potato pulp into a large bowl, leaving shells intact. Add sour cream, butter, salt, and pepper to potato pulp, stirring to combine. Spoon mixture evenly into potato shells. Top each evenly with beef mixture. Garnish with chopped fresh parsley, if desired. Serve immediately.
- Noodle-And-Spinach Casserole
Using ground chuck or sirloin, spaghetti sauce, frozen spinach, monterey jack cheese, pasta
- Fettuccine-Vegetable Toss
Using pasta, spinach, jar alfredo sauce
After I made this my three year old has been asking for the noodles with green and orange stuff in them.
Brocolli & Pasta Ideas
Pasta, Cheese, and Trees My Mama’s Way
Pork Loin Chops
Using pork loin chops, bell peppers, tomatoes:
This recipe doesn’t have a name. It is one my mom made while we were growing up, and is one of my favorite comfort foods.
Brown 4-6 chops in small amount of oil (2 TBS). Remove.
Add 1 can chicken broth (now this is the Campbell’s size chicken broth, that was the only kind there was when I was a kid, it is smaller than the Swanson’s broth) 1 can water and 2-3 chicken boullion cubes. Simmer, covered, about 15 minutes.
Add 1 1/4 cups rice. Put chops on top of rice. Top each with bell pepper ring, onion slice, and tomato slice.
Cook on low until all liquid is absorbed.
All of the above recipes have been taste tested by my family the following are recipes I want to try.
Friendship Casserole
Using ground chuck or sirloin, spaghetti sauce, noodles, mozzarella
Orecchiette w/ Turkey Sausage and Broccoli Rabe
Using broccoli rabe/rappini, pasta, Italian sausage
Marinated Steak w/ Caramelized Onions
Using sirloin steaks
