Spinach Noodles with Potatoes, Green Beans and Pesto

From Miavita

Relax with a quick-to-fix pasta dish typical of the Italian Riviera. Serve with grilled shrimp or fish; fresh figs.

Ingredients

3 or 4 small new potatoes, scrubbed and diced

6oz. green beans, trimmed and cut into short lengths

12oz. spinach fettuccine

1/4 cup prepared basil pesto

1 medium vine-ripened tomato, seeded and diced

Preparation Cook: under 30 minutes

1. Cook potatoes for 2 minutes in a large pot of boiling salted water.

2. Add green beans and fettuccine to the pot. Cook until fettuccine is al dente. Drain and toss with pesto.

3. Serve in shallow bowls with diced tomatoes on top.

Nutritional Analysis

Number of Servings: 4

Easy Roasted Pork

Another Kraft favorite. This one takes longer on the cook time but prep is a breeze.


Prep Time: 20 min
Cook Time: 1 1/2 hours at 350°F
Serves: 12


1 boneless pork roast (3 lb.)

3/4 cup  KRAFT CATALINA Dressing, divided

2 lb. Baking potatoes (about 4), cut into 2-inch chunks

4 Beets (1 lb.), cut into 2-inch chunks

4 Onions (1 lb.), cut into 2-inch chunks

4 Carrots (1 lb.), cut into 2-inch chunks

Place meat in roasting pan sprayed with cooking spray; brush with 1/2 cup dressing. Toss potatoes and beets with 2 Tbsp. of the remaining dressing; spoon around meat. Bake 15 min.

Toss onions and carrots with heat oven to 350°F in remaining dressing. Add to ingredients in roasting pan.

BAKE 1-1/2 hours or until meat is done (160°F), basting occasionally with pan juices. Remove from oven; let stand 10 min. Slice meat. Serve with vegetables.

Shepard's Pie

Growing up one of my favorite dishes was Shepard's Pie. This is a great dish for using up left over mash potatoes or left over meatloaf; but can also be done fresh with a little work. This recipe will focus on the quick fresh method.

Prep time 15min

Cook time 25-35 min

Serves about 4-5

What you need.

1 1/4 lbs of ground beef

1 can Tomato sauce mixed with your choice of seasonings (Italian or garlic herb seem to be best)

or 1 bottle of your favorite tomato based spaghetti sauce

1-24oz cans of green beans

4 servings of potato pearls or other instant mashed potatoes

lots of cheese

9 inch casserole dish

a 9" skillet

1 Tbs of olive oil

preheat oven to 350 degrees

Brown the meat in a frying pan with the oil

add the browned meat, drained green beans and tomato sauce mix to the casserole dish, mix throughly, and level.

mix up the potatoes as directed and spread over the top of the mixture.

cover the potatoes with the cheese

Bake at 350 degrees for 25-35 minutes until the mixture is hot and the cheese is slightly toasted.

Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup

You might think how could making Chicken Noodle Soup from scratch be faster than opening a can and heating it.... Well it's not, But it's so much better for you since you know all of the ingredients and something about homemade always makes it taste better.

Prep Time 10 min
Cook time 15 min

1 can canned Chicken
1 cup copped carrots
1/2 cup chopped celery
1 med onion chopped
1-2 cans chicken broth
2 cups noodles uncooked

or for homemade noodles
1 egg
4-8 tbs flour

In a large pot combine 1 can of chicken broth, all vegetables and cook until the vegetables are tender crisp. Add the canned chicken, break it up if it needs to be. Add another can of chicken broth if it need the flavor or the liquid you can also add in water as needed. Add the noodles and salt and pepper to taste.

For Homemade noodles (your hands will get messy with this one since it is hard to really mix it with a utensil)

In a small bowl combine the egg and 4 tbs of flour. mix in the rest of the flour a little at a time until the dough has a light stickiness feel to it.  spread some flour out on the counter and roll out the dough cut in to 1" X 1/2" strips and add to the hot soup. when they rise to the top of the liquid they are cooked.


We also substitute potatoes for the celery since we rarely have celery in the house.

Italian Bake French Fries

These are incredibly yummy and take no time at all.

Prep time 5 min
Cook time 30 min
Oven 350 Degrees


Italian Dressing premade
your favorite cheese shredded (we use mozzarella and Parmesan)
Potatoes (enough to fill you, remember they are addicting)

Put large amount of Italian Dressing in a bowl. Cut potatoes in 1/4 strips and put in dressing mix them until they are all coated. Place on a foil covered baking sheet. and bake in the oven for 15 minutes. Turn the potatoes over to cook the other side at this time place shredded cheese on each of the potato strips. Continue baking for 15 more minutes. Let cool for 5 min after they are baked.

Enjoy with your favorite dipping sauce or you can eat them plain.

Corn Cowder

This is one of my favorite soup recipes But alas I do not always keep celery on hand for those moments that I want to make it.

Prep time 10 min
Cook time  30 min

2 cups boiling water
2 cups bites sized potatoes
1/2 cup sliced carrots
1/2 cup celery chunks
1 1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1/4 cup margarine
1/4 cup flour
2 cups milk
1 can cream style corn

in a large pot combine water, potatoes, carrots, celery and onion, salt and pepper. cover and simmer 20 minutes. if there is more than a 1/2 cup of water left drain off the excess. Add corn and white sauce. Heat through.

White Sauce:
In a sauce pan melt margarine. Combine flour and milk in a bottle or jar with a lid and blend them together, then add to margarine. Stirring consistently until it thickens.