What could I have for Pasta tonight??

Question

I have pasta and sauce but it's boring now, any tips folks. Cheers!!!

Answer 1

Sweetie,the following recipe can be clipped,and chopped up,lol.I dont use the meats but it is a good way to get children to to experiment with different foods.Adults love it as well.

Pizza Pasta Bake
1 (12 ounce) package uncooked elbow macaroni
1/2 pound mild Italian sausage
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 (14 ounce) can pizza sauce
1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
1/2 cup milk
1 (3.25 ounce) package sliced pepperoni, cut in half
1/4 cup sliced fresh mushrooms
1/4 cup sliced black olives
1/4 cup chopped Canadian bacon

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Stir in macaroni, cook for 8 to 10 minutes, until al dente, and drain.
In a skillet over medium heat, cook the Italian sausage and onion until sausage is evenly brown and onion is tender. Drain grease.
In a bowl, mix the pizza sauce, tomato sauce, and milk. Stir in the sausage and onion, pepperoni, mushrooms, olives, and Canadian bacon. Gently mix in the cooked macaroni until evenly coated. Transfer to the prepared baking dish.
Cover, and bake 30 minutes in the preheated oven. Remove cover, top with cheese, and continue baking 15 minutes, until cheese is melted and bubbly.


Three Cheese Pasta Bake

1 pound uncooked pasta
1 pound ground beef
1 onion, chopped
6 1/2 cups tomato pasta sauce
6 ounces provolone cheese, thinly sliced
1 1/2 cups sour cream
6 ounces mozzarella cheese, shredded
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook pasta in boiling water until al dente. Drain.
Meanwhile, cook ground meat and onion in a skillet over medium heat, stirring frequently, until meat is browned. Stir in pasta sauce, reduce heat, and simmer for 15 minutes.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x13 inch baking dish. Layer the ingredients in the prepared baking dish as follows: half of the cooked pasta, all the provolone cheese, all the sour cream, half of the sauce mixture, remaining pasta, mozzarella cheese, and remaining sauce mixture. Top with grated Parmesan cheese.
Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes, or until bubbly.

Vegetarian Pasta Bake

1 pound penne pasta
2 tablespoons olive oil
8 ounces portobello mushrooms, cut into 1/2 inch pieces
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 teaspoon dried oregano
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 (28 ounce) jar spaghetti sauce
4 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
8 ounces Gorgonzola cheese, crumbled

Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain. Pour a glass of ice water over the pasta to stop the cooking, but do not rinse thoroughly.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Coat a 9 x 13 glass pan with olive oil. Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in large skillet. Add mushrooms. Cook for 2 minutes then add basil, oregano and garlic and cook 1 minute more. Add sauce to mushroom mixture and stir.
To assemble, pour enough sauce in the bottom of the pan to cover. Combine the remaining sauce and the pasta. Place one-third of sauced noodles on top of sauce in pan. Top with 1 cup of mozzarella and one-half of the gorgonzola. Repeat for a second layer. Put the final third of the noodles in the pan and top with the final 2 cups of mozzarella.
Bake for 30 to 45 minutes, or until cheese is browned. Serve.

These are just a few ideas as to the various dishes you can make.You can do anything just use ideas and try new additions next time youll know if you like it or not.You may just create something that you love,and never had before.Good luck hun and have a good day!!

Answer 2

Cook the pasta itself as normal, drain it, stir the sauce in plus any extra meat or veg you want to add. Put it all into a dish and add a lot og mozzerella and grated cheddar/parmesan and put into a oven at 180 celcius for about 20 minutes and you have a yummy pasta bake.

Answer 3

put a tin of salmon in your pasta when it cooked slice some courgettes half a tin of sweetcorn an slice some red oinon and a yellow pepper mix them all together with your sauce, its lovely it makes a nice change from just sauce an pasta

Answer 4

Combine the cooked pasta and sauce together in a casserole and mix in some chopped basil and shredded mozarella and bake it in the oven.

Answer 5

Finely chop onion, garlic and a chilli. fry in olive oil and mix with previously chopped and fried bacon. Cook pasta and when done, mix all ingredients together. Top with Parmesan or other cheese. Had it last night, its so yummy. You can replace bacon for chopped anchovies which is lovely too.

Answer 6

fry bacon onion and garlic in olive oil add mushroom and black pitted olives after few miutes. then add pasta sauce and can of diced tomatos. simmer for 15 mins.Meanwhile boil water for ya pasta. Don't know if that's the kinda taste you like i always add fresh herbs basil and oregano or even baby spinach if i got any, gives the dish a bit of colour. see ya.

Answer 7

Add chicken cut up, some garlic and some mixed herbs... Cook the chicken frist with garlic, add salt mix up till chicken looks cooked add mixed herbs, then add the sauce followed by your boiled pasta... You could also add chillis for a kcik I do.

Answer 8

Well, you can have your pasta accompanied by tomato sauce with pieces of bacon inside it. It's simply and tasting, but remember it's quite salty by itself , so don't put salt while cooking pasta.
Have a nice meal!

Answer 9

Not knowing what's in it makes suggestions difficult but you could try adding a dash of Balsamic vinegar and Worcestershire sauce, Olives and Anchovies

Answer 10

Try Pasta with thousand island dressing and topped of with a little black pepper on the top!

Answer 11

make a casserole and bake it after the noodles sauce and meat are done and top it off with cheese bake it for 10 min 'its called oven baked pasta deluxe