Caprese Capellini
½ lb. capellini pasta, broken in half
1 tsp. kosher salt, divided
2 garlic cloves, peeled
¼ cup loosely packed flat leaf (Italian) parsley
¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
⅛
tsp. freshly cracked black pepper
1 lb. cherry tomatoes
10 fresh basil leaves, torn
1 lb. fresh mozzarella, torn into bite
-
sized pieces
1. Add water to the
maximum fill line for pasta. Stir in capellini pasta and ½ tsp. of the
salt. Microwave on high power 7 minutes or until pasta is cooked to desired doneness.
2. Meanwhile, in the
Power Chef fitted with blade attachment, add garlic, parsley, olive oil, remaining salt
and pepper. Cover and pull cord until well minced. Add tomatoes, cover and pull cord until tomatoes
are chopped into about ¼
″
pieces (about 6 pulls).
3. Drain pasta and return to
base. Toss with tomato mixture, fresh basil and mozzarella. Serve
warm or at room temperature.
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Creamy Sundried Tomato &
Sausage Penne
½ lb. penne pasta
8.5
-
oz. jar sun
-
dried tomatoes, with
oil reserved
½ lb. Italian Sausage, casings removed
2 garlic cloves, peeled and minced
1 medium yellow onion, chopped
1 large yellow pepper, chopped
1 large red pepper, chopped
1 tbsp. Italian Herb Seasoning Blend
1 tsp. coarse kosher salt
1. Preheat oven to 350° F/175° C.
2. Prepare pasta for 11 minutes using the Microwave Pasta Maker; set aside.
3. Place 1 tbsp. tomato oil in fry pan over medium heat; cook Italian sausage until browned and cooked through. Remove
from fry pan and set aside.
4. In same fry pan, heat additional 1 tbsp. reserved tomato oil over medium heat and sauté tomatoes, garlic, onions,
peppers, seasoning blend and salt
2
–
3
minutes.
5. Add milk and cream to fry pan.
6. In small bowl, whisk cornstarch into water until dissolved, add to fry pan and bring sauce to a low simmer.
7. Stir Italian sausage into sauce in fry pan.
8. Combine pasta and sauce in UltraPro 3.7
-
Qt. Casserole Pan and stir.
9. Top with mozzarella cheese and bake
15
–
20
minutes until cheese is melted and casserole is warmed through.
10. Place baguette slices into inverted UltraPro Casserole Pan cover.
11. Using a pastry brush, brush tomato oil onto top side of baguette slices.
12. Combine seasoning blend and Parmesan cheese and sprinkle on slices.
13. Bake
12
–
15
minutes or until crispy.
TUPPERWARE
12
-
oz. can evaporated milk
¼ cup heavy cream
1 tbsp. cornstarch
½ cup water
1 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded
Crostini
8 baguette slices, ¼" thick
2 tbsp. tomato oil (reserved from jar)
¼ tsp. Italian Herb Seasoning Blend
2 tbsp. Parmesan cheese, grated
Easy Peasy Linguini
8 oz. linguine
1 small onion, quartered
2 garlic cloves, peeled
2 cups reduced fat (2%) milk
2 tbsp. all
-
purpose flour
1 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
8 oz. bacon, diced
½ cup white wine
1 cup frozen peas, defrosted
2 tbsp. parsley, chopped
½ cup Parmesan cheese, grated
1 tsp. coarse kosher salt
½ tsp. black pepper
1.
Cook linguine in Microwave Pasta Maker 12 minutes, or until al dente. Drain and set aside.
2.
Add onion and garlic to base of Chop N Prep Chef. Cover and pull cord 4
-
5 times to finely chop.
3.
Combine milk and flour in a small bowl. Mix well so that no lumps remain and set aside.
4.
Heat a sauté pan over medium heat.
5.
Add oil and cook bacon, onion and garlic 10 minutes or until bacon crisps and onion is translucent.
6.
Add wine and reduce 5 minutes or until wine has almost completely evaporated.
7.
Add milk and flour mixture and stir constantly, bring to a boil to thicken sauce.
8.
Reduce heat to low and simmer 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
9.
Stir in peas, parsley, Parmesan cheese, salt and pepper.
10. Add cooked linguine and toss to coat completely before serving.
TUPPERWARE
Easy Weeknight Baked Ziti
1 cup diced fresh zucchini
1 small onion, diced
5 garlic cloves, peeled, minced
2 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp. coarse kosher salt
1 lb. ziti macaroni
2 cups favorite tomato sauce
1 lb. fresh mozzarella, cut into 1
-
inch pieces
1 bunch fresh basil, torn
1. Preheat oven to 425° F/218° C
2. On the
Lasagna Pan Cover, toss together zucchini, onion, garlic, olive oil and salt. Place pan in
oven, bake 8 minutes.
3. Meanwhile using the Microwave
Pasta Maker, cook ziti according to package directions.
4. Remove pan from oven, transfer vegetables and juices to the
Lasagna Pan. Stir in ziti, tomato
sauce and mozzarella. Place pan in oven, bake 8 minutes or until cheese is melted and top is lightly
browned.
5. Remove pan from oven, top with basil before serving.
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