Serves 4 as a main course or 6 to 8 as a side dish
If you’re in a hurry or prefer to sprinkle the dish with crumbled common crackers (saltines aren’t bad either), you can skip the bread crumb step.
- TOASTED BREAD CRUMBS:
- fresh bread crumbs
- CREAMY MACARONI AND CHEESE:
- hot red pepper sauce
- ground black pepper
- elbow macaroni
Serves 4
The pasta and sauce cook in just about the same amount of time. If you like the fruitiness of extra-virgin olive oil, toss 1 tablespoon into the sauced pasta before serving.
- chicken broth or water
- pitted black olives
- drained capers
- crushed red pepper flakes
- olive oil
- chopped fresh basil
- chopped fresh parsley
- dried spaghetti
Serves 4 to 6
We prefer the flavor and texture of chunky peanut butter in the sauce; in particular, we like conventional chunky peanut butter because it tends to be sweeter than natural or old-fashioned versions.
- minced fresh ginger
- soy sauce
- rice vinegar
- light brown sugar lightly packed
- dried Asian noodle or 12 ounces dried spaghetti
- Asian sesame oil
- chunky peanut butter
- sesame seeds
- chopped sweet onion
- olive oil
- Cabernet Sauvignon or other dry red wine
- sugar
- fresh basil sprig
- fresh thyme sprig
- uncooked penne pasta
- Parmesan and Romano cheeses
- olive oil
- kosher salt and black pepper
- unsalted butter
Nutrients per Serving (approx. 1 cup): Calories 200; Protein 3g; Fat 7g (Sat. Fat 1.5g); Carbohydrate 30g; Dietary Fiber 2g; Cholesterol 5mg; Sodium 170mg
Daily Values: Vitamin C 60% * Vitanmin A 15% * Dietery Fiber 10%
- small broccoli florets
- cooked shell pasta
- Sun-Maid Natural Raisins
- chopped red onion
- chopped red bell pepper
- Dressing:
- reduced-calorie mayonnaise
- cider vinegar
- sugar
- salt and pepper
- whole-grain penne
- crushed red pepper flakes
- low-fat milk or 1 1/2 cups plain soymilk
- salt
1 cup equals 329 calories, 9 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 44 mg cholesterol, 465 mg sodium, 37 g carbohydrate, 3 g fiber, 24 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 3 lean meat, 2 starch, 1 vegetable, 1 fat.
- uncooked spaghetti
- cornstarch
- white vinegar
- sugar
- canola oil
- fresh snow peas
- shredded carrots
- minced fresh gingerroot
- crushed red pepper flakes
- pepper