BeachbumAggie
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Ya know DD, I think nachos are the most perfect food ever created!
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When it rains, clean out the fridge and freezer
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DD
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You might be right.
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Our lazy-day, clean-out-the-pantry dinner is from my sister. This has been our go-to dinner lately. As a matter of fact, it?s so easy that my sister actually cooked it for all of us the night before she went into the hospital to have a C-section!
Becky's Sun-Dried-Tomato Pasta
4 tablespoons of good quality olive oil, divided
4 ounces oil-packed sun-dried tomatoes, drained
1 ounce (about 3 tablespoons) of pignolia (pine) nuts
2 teaspoons dried basil (or 2 tablespoons fresh)
Garlic salt, to taste
1 pound shrimp, peeled; or 1 pound chicken breasts, cut into bite-sized pieces; or no meat/seafood if it's not in your fridge
1/2 yellow bell pepper (optional), cut into strips
1 9 ounce package of fresh angel hair pasta or linguine or whatever pasta you have in the pamtry
1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Juice of 1/2 lemon
In 2 tablespoons of olive oil, saut? tomatoes, pignolia nuts, basil, and garlic salt. Add chicken or shrimp, and saut? until chicken is done or shrimp is pink. Add bell pepper if desired.
In the meantime, cook pasta according to package directions. Toss cooked pasta in 2 tablespoons of olive oil, Parmesan cheese, and lemon juice.
Serve chicken or shrimp mixture over the pasta.
Serves 3.
Becky's Sun-Dried-Tomato Pasta
4 tablespoons of good quality olive oil, divided
4 ounces oil-packed sun-dried tomatoes, drained
1 ounce (about 3 tablespoons) of pignolia (pine) nuts
2 teaspoons dried basil (or 2 tablespoons fresh)
Garlic salt, to taste
1 pound shrimp, peeled; or 1 pound chicken breasts, cut into bite-sized pieces; or no meat/seafood if it's not in your fridge
1/2 yellow bell pepper (optional), cut into strips
1 9 ounce package of fresh angel hair pasta or linguine or whatever pasta you have in the pamtry
1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Juice of 1/2 lemon
In 2 tablespoons of olive oil, saut? tomatoes, pignolia nuts, basil, and garlic salt. Add chicken or shrimp, and saut? until chicken is done or shrimp is pink. Add bell pepper if desired.
In the meantime, cook pasta according to package directions. Toss cooked pasta in 2 tablespoons of olive oil, Parmesan cheese, and lemon juice.
Serve chicken or shrimp mixture over the pasta.
Serves 3.
BeachbumAggie
Beach Fanatic
BR that sounds wonderful!