Pasta with broccoli-spinach puree

[hudebnik]

Recipe at Epicurious or 177 Milk Street.

Executive summary: peel and cut up broccoli, saving the stems and leaves. Boil the stems and leaves until fully tender, c. 10 minutes. Add fresh spinach until wilted, c. 20 seconds. Fish out the green stuff and put in a blender. Boil the broccoli florets in the same water for c. 3 minutes, fish out and rinse. Boil pasta in the same water to al dente. Meanwhile, add garlic, capers, lemon zest, and a little cooking water to blender, and puree. When pasta is done, drain it, return to the pot, toss with green puree and broccoli florets, more lemon zest and grated cheese (unless you want it vegan).

Yum: definite keeper. But both shalmestere and I were bothered by the raw-garlic bite; for next time, we'll try parboiling the garlic with the spinach to take the edge off.

Pasta with ricotta and lemon

[hudebnik]

Recipe at NY Times.

Executive summary: cook pasta al dente and drain, reserving 1 cup of cooking water. Mix ricotta, Parmesan, lemon zest, lemon juice, salt & pepper, and 1/2 cup of the cooking water in the same pot. Add pasta back into the pot and toss with sauce, adding more cooking water if necessary.

Yum; definite keeper, very summer-y, and extremely quick and easy. The most time-consuming part is zesting and juicing lemons.

One Pot Chili Mac

[siberian_skys]

This was really good. I highly recommend it. Here's the link: https://www.servedupwithlove.com/2018/04/easy-one-pot-chili-mac.html

I did make some alterations to the recipe for both preference and missing ingredient reasoning.

Instead of doing it on the stove top, I had microwave elbow macaroni so I cooked that and then put it in a bowl. I then added the other ingredients I used. I am not a fan of ground beef in chili, so I replaced it with chili beans which also replace the tomato products and onion. I did not have chili powder. I forgot to replace it when it expired so I used hot sauce instead. I had never heard of Worcestershire sauce in chili. I love the stuff. I was very pleased this recipe. I mixed everything together and put it back in the microwave. I put put soup crackers on top of it as well as grated cheese when it finished. I think that was the best Chili Mac I've ever made. I would definitely make it again. I do need to put chili powder on the grocery list.

I forgot to mention that I took out the beef broth as well. I would think you'd need it if you were using the meat that I omitted.