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Garlic Pasta

I don’t know about you but sometimes I just crave pasta! Here is a fast and delicious pasta recipe! We paired this with garlic bread but you could also add grilled chicken.

garlic pasta

Ingredients

(this recipe serves 4)

• 8 ounce Fettuccine noodles
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons garlic powder
• 2 cups chicken stock
• 1 cup milk
• ½ cup Parmesan cheese
• Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions
1. In a large skillet, heat olive oil
2. Add pasta (uncooked), butter, chicken stock, garlic powder, and milk
3. Stir and bring to a boil
4. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover and simmer for 20 minutes. Stir occasionally
5. Remove from heat and toss pasta
6. Add cheese and stir
7. Enjoy!

Taco Pasta

Every Thursday at our home is International Night. We rotate the type of international food every week, although Italian and Mexican are our regulars. Last night I made a new dish, Taco Pasta. While I was making it my husband kept saying it looked like beefaroni but let me tell you this tastes nothing like it! This is delish!!!!! I hope you enjoy it!

taco pasta

Ingredients:
•1 pound box penne noodles
• 1 pound of ground beef or ground turkey
• 1 packet taco seasoning
• 1 cup water
• 1/2 package cream cheese
• 2 1/2 cups shredded cheese

•Optional: tomatoes, lettuce, beans, sour cream

Instructions:
1. Boil pasta (I cook a minute less than the recommended time) since the noodles will also cook in the oven
2. Brown the ground beef or turkey and drain
3. Mix taco seasoning and 1 cup water with the meat
4. Let simmer for a few minutes

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5. Add cream cheese to the meat and stir until melted. Remove from heat
6. Place pasta in casserole dish, mix in 1 cup cheese

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7. Pour the meat mixture on top of the noodles and mix
8. Top with remaining cheese
9. Bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes

10. Add tomatoes, lettuce, beans, sour cream, or any other toppings. 🙂

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American Pasta

Do you like Marinara and Alfredo sauce? Have you ever tried it combined? If not, you should! My husband calls this American Pasta because it’s red and white (the blue is missing though).

Ingredients:

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1 box penne
1 (24 ounce) jar Marinara sauce
1 (15 ounce) jar Alfredo sauce
2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
1 cup shredded parmesan cheese

Directions:

1. Cook pasta according to box
2. Drain Pasta
3. While the pasta is draining, mix the two pastas in the pot

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4. Stir in the pasta
5. Stir in the mozzarella

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6. Pour pasta into a baking dish (I used a 9×13).
7. Cook on 375 degrees for 25 minutes
8. Remove from oven and sprinkle with parmesan cheese
9. Cook for another 5 minutes

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Enjoy!

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