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Simple Pasta With Parmesan
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- Ready In:
- 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Serves:
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6-8
ingredients
- 1 lb pasta, cooked (any type)
- 3 -4 tablespoons butter or 3 -4 tablespoons olive oil
- 1⁄4 - 1⁄3 cup grated parmesan cheese
- 1⁄8 - 1⁄4 teaspoon garlic powder
- fresh ground black pepper
directions
- Put pasta into a microwavable dish large enough to give you a little room for stirring and tossing.
- Dot pasta with butter or drizzle with olive oil.
- Sprinkle Parmesan over top. Add plenty of fresh-ground, black pepper.
- Heat in microwave on high 3 to 5 minute at a time, stirring frequently, until thoroughly hot.
- Serve, passing the pepper grinder at the table.
- You can add 1-2 cups of cooked meat (chicken, turkey, and ham are all especially good), and/or 1-3 cups pre-cooked, chopped vegetables. I particularly recommend broccoli, zucchini, onions, and/or green, snap, or snow peas.
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Reviews
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Am I missing something here? Recipe calls for garlic powder - and yet no mention of it appears in the step-by-step instructions included with the recipe.
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This is made a lot mainly for lunch paired with a vegetable and fruit. My young kids like it and it's simple. Instead of just garlic we sprinkle on tiny bit of Paula Deen's house seasoning.
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AWESOME! Make the pasta fresh and reserve some pasta water to mix in! Easiest and best simple homemade side dish!
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I had a casserole full of leftover whole wheat rotini, and this was a perfect way to have dinner on the table in three minutes flat. What's funny is that I have added all these ingredients to leftover pasta after it's been heated, but I'd never put them in with the pasta before heating. What a difference it made. The pasta came out tasting creamy and well-put together; the ingredients all working together to make an excellent whole.<br/><br/>One note: I did not measure the ingredients--instead, I just tossed in what seemed right. Thanks, 3KillerBs!
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This was so good! I used some basil garlic butter I found in the freezer along with some olive oil. Wow, am I glad I found that! Between the the infused butter and the fresh parm, it was a winner. So easy and so tasty. I'll be making this often. I love pasta with simple ingredients. The pasta I used was mini fusili (?sp) Any pasta would work. It just seemed better with a smaller and shorter pasta. I may have to have just a little bit more before bed which means no left overs for breakfast. Darn! Stupid, simple and amazing. :)
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Tweaks
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its a 10/10 resipe easy to make and only takes 12 mins
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This is made a lot mainly for lunch paired with a vegetable and fruit. My young kids like it and it's simple. Instead of just garlic we sprinkle on tiny bit of Paula Deen's house seasoning.
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I love pasta prepared this way. I've been making this for years because it's so good and so easy. Although I've used butter, I prefer to use a really high quality olive oil. And whatever you do, don't use that dry, tasteless parmesan cheese from a can. Get yourself some real parmigiano reggiano for this. Yeah, it costs more, but it's worth it! You can also substitute red pepper flakes for the black pepper.
