The Start Menu » Lunch http://thestartmenu.com One recipe a week, make it and give us your feedback Thu, 05 Aug 2010 10:01:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Spicy Lemon Pepper Pasta with Broccoli http://thestartmenu.com/recipe/evening-meals/104/spicy-lemon-pepper-pasta-with-broccoli/ http://thestartmenu.com/recipe/evening-meals/104/spicy-lemon-pepper-pasta-with-broccoli/#comments Fri, 08 Jan 2010 08:29:22 +0000 admin http://thestartmenu.com/?p=104

Found at this lovely website with wonderful creations http://veganyumyum.com/2008/01/spicy-lemon-pepper-pasta-with-broccoli/ . Worth checking out if you ever get the time.

Ingredients

  • Dried Fettucini, enough for one
  • 2 tsp Olive Oil
  • 1 1/2 Cups Fresh Broccoli Florets
  • 1/4 Cup Sliced Sundried Tomatoes (oil packed)
  • 1/2 tsp Hot Red Pepper Flakes
  • 1 tsp Fresh Lemon Juice, or more to taste
  • 1-2 Pinches Kosher Salt
  • Black Pepper, Lemon Zest to taste

Instructions

  1. Cook the Pasta in well-salted water
  2. Chop the broccoli florets in to small pieces (about the size of a nickel).
  3. Slice the sundried tomatoes.
  4. When pasta is nearly finished cooking, heat a wok over medium-high heat until it’s quite hot.
  5. Add oil and broccoli and toss to coat, adding more oil a little at a time if needed.
  6. After 1-2 minutes, add tomatoes and pepper flakes.
  7. Let cook undisturbed for another two minutes, then toss.
  8. Repeat this process until broccoli and tomatoes have some color on them, and the broccoli is bright green and becoming tender.
  9. Drain pasta very well and add to the wok, adding just enough oil to coat the pasta (if needed).
  10. Add lemon juice and salt and taste, adjusting if necessary.
  11. Plate and grind fresh black pepper over the top, adding lemon zest if desired.
  12. Serve immediately

This also makes a nice room-temperature pasta salad, so it’d be great for picnics, work lunches, or potlucks.

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Ingredients

  • 2 cups button Mushrooms (feel free to try others)
  • 1 T Soy Sauce
  • 1T Balsamic Vinegar
  • 1/4 cup Cream

Instructions

  1. slice mushrooms
  2. Lightly sauté mushrooms in tiny bit of butter
  3. squirt equal amounts of soy and balsamic vinegar (i use approx 1T of each)
  4. Let it simmer and reduce (to get rid of some water)
  5. Add in cream and again let it reduce until thick, then serve.

Alter the amounts of soy and balsamic to taste.

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Ingredients: (These are all optional, try your own favs and give me more ideas by all means!)

  • Mushrooms
  • Onions
  • Zucchini
  • Capsicum
  • Carrot
  • Garlic
  • Chunky Sweet Potato
  • Diced Pineapple (can)
  • Sweet Chilli Sauce

Instructions:

  1. Pre-cook anything requiring longer cooking time (ie Sweet Potato)
  2. Chop all items chunky sizes
  3. Put them onto the kebab stick.
  4. Keep the juice from the pineapple chunks, mix in a good portion of the sweet chilli sauce (depending how you like it).
  5. Put kebabs in a bowl or similar then pour sauce over the kebabs.

You can also add lime in here or any other flavours you may want to the sauce, even a few herbs and spices would go down well. As for the ingredients they are just an idea, you can add as many as you want however you want.

Cook on BBQ or in the oven for about 15 minutes at a medium heat.

Cooking time (duration): 10min

Diet type: Vegetarian

Diet (other): Reduced fat

Number of servings: As many as you need

Meal type: lunch, dinner,BBQ

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Summary: This recipe originates as something derived from my boss ‘jono’ who used to bring in pasta for lunch most days. This is a quick easy recipe the kids love to eat both hot and cold. It goes along side most other dishes, and is easily customizable.

Ingredients

  • 1 Packet of Pasta (500gm packet)
  • 1 tin of chopped tomatoes (440gm)
  • 1 Tablespoon of sugar (optional)
  • 1 teaspoon Cumin
  • 1/2 cup Grated cheese/Parmesan

Instructions

  1. Cook the packet of pasta boiling it.
  2. When cooked, mix in the can of chopped tomatoes, sugar, and cumin.
  3. Sprinkle cheese over the top.
  4. Microwave for 3-5 minutes until heated through, and cheese is melted.
This meal is primarily pasta with a vague tomato/cheese/herb taste.
Also tastes great with Chilli if you like it hot, and/or Meatballs or chunks of meat,
The sugar isn’t needed if you use pre-flavoured tomatoes of any kind.

Cooking time (duration): 2

Diet type: Vegetarian

Diet (other): Reduced fat

Number of servings (yield): 4

Meal type: lunch

My rating: 4.0 stars
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