What to make for dinner? Hmmmm......

A good place to start is the pantry. What's available? That cooks fast!

How about some of these? They look a little funny but I've had them before and they are tasty. Just like homemade pasta. And they cook in 5 minutes. Perfect!

Now let's add a little bit of this. You can never go wrong with butter.

And some of this. I just happened to have this in the fridge. Thought I would use it up. You can see I'm not really going for healthy here.

Now for flavor....hmmmm....so far things are pretty heavy.

Ah! How about this?

Time to cook the pasta.

Now add a little garlic, salt, pepper, freshly grated romano cheese and a pinch of nutmeg and viola....

A wonderfully satisfying bowl of pasta to put even the best of us into a carb coma. Just what the doctor ordered. And all in less than 10 minutes...stove to table.

Now if you're looking for a formal recipe here, I don't actually have one. It is so easy you don't really need one.

Just cook the noodles according to the box and drain them. Don't rinse. While they are in the strainer, in the same pot...melt some 4 - 8 Tablespoons butter over medium heat. Add 4 cloves minced garlic, cook for 1-2 minutes. Pour in about a cup of heavy cream and add 1/4 cup grated Romano cheese and few Tablespoons of lemon juice. Simmer over medium low heat for another minute or so. Take a spoon and taste the sauce. Add salt, pepper, a pinch of nutmeg, and more cream or cheese to your taste. When you like it, add back the noodles and give them a toss.

This is one of those recipes that you can pull together with whatever you have in the house. No garlic, add onion and garlic salt. No cream, use half and half. No Romano, use parmesan or leave out the cheese. No lemon...so what.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 11:07:14 AM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)         Blog reactions