I always love the idea of
cooking pasta IN it's sauce and this really takes it to a whole other level when the sauce is as flavorful as this!
You could also serve it on some freshly
cooked pasta for a fresh tasting and utterly delicious sauce.
The key to getting that perfect pasta salad texture is to
over cook the pasta by three to four minutes.
I love using it as pasta sauce —
combine cooked pasta with a tablespoon of pesto, add some roasted veggies and you have yourself a delicious and healthy meal.
This is a great recipe to prepare ahead of time and then just toss together with some
freshly cooked pasta.
When I ready the sauce over weekend... I just
cook pasta sauce up to step - 4 and refrigerate it.
If the sauce is too thick, add a small amount of half and half or reserved
cooked pasta water.
You can make the sauce the day before,
then cook the pasta and seafood the next day to put it all together.
A cool thing
about cooking the pasta IN the soup is that the starches from the pasta thicken the soup a little bit.
I would
always cook my pasta in boiling water by itself before adding sauce or other ingredients, but this recipe combines all the ingredients, including the raw pasta and water in together.
Not sure
if cooking the pasta in batches would work — it seems to me like it needs to be eaten pretty quickly when warm.
It requires a high ratio of liquid: dried pasta, and it has to be covered for a while in the oven so it can
cook the pasta through.
Roast asparagus or broccoli in the oven and add it to your favorite
cooked pasta along with butter and grated parmesan.
People recommend
using cooked pasta, baby food, or cooked oatmeal so your hamster can still get nutrition without having to chew any hard food.
Add tomatoes and
cooked pasta directly to skillet and toss with additional 2 TB olive oil, torn basil and lemon juice.
You may also want to
try cooked pasta shapes cut into small bites and pea size pieces of soft meat, such as chicken.