Confetti Penne Pasta Recipes

Steps:

• In a large pot cook penne pasta in boiling salted water until al dente. Drain the pasta, leaving it slightly wet.
• While pasta is cooking, wash the bell peppers and cut them into 1/4 inch strips. In a large skillet over medium heat place 2 tablespoons of olive oil and saute the pepper until soft. Do not allow peppers to brown.
• To the skillet, add the sliced zucchini and yellow squash and saute for 2 minutes. Add chopped mushrooms and minced garlic and saute an additional 2 minutes, stirring frequently. Add the chopped tomatoes and remove from heat.
• Dish pasta portions onto warmed plated. Add sauce to top. Sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste.

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente. Drain, and return to pot.
• Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Saute garlic, sun-dried tomatoes and parsley for about 1 minute. Season with red pepper flakes and black pepper. Stir into cooked pasta, along with remaining olive oil. Top with Parmesan.

Steps:

• Cook pasta according to package directions. Rinse in cold water, and drain.
• In a large mixing bowl, whisk together mayonnaise, vinegar, salt, black pepper, and garlic until well blended. Mix in basil. Add pasta, tomatoes, bell peppers, and olives; fold gently until mixed. Chill several hours. Stir gently before serving.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Cook spaghetti according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a large skillet, cook beef, green pepper and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Stir in next 8 ingredients. Drain spaghetti; add to beef mixture. , Transfer to a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Cover and bake 30 minutes. Uncover; sprinkle with cheese. Bake until cheese is melted, about 5 minutes longer.

Steps:

• Melt butter and add garlic in a medium sauce pan.
• Cook over medium for 1 minute.
• Add flour and cook 1 minute, stirring constantly.
• Stir in broth and milk and cook, stirring frequently, until sauce boils and thickens.
• Add parsley, salt, pepper and cheese.
• Stir until cheese is melted.
• Toss hot pasta with sauce and serve immediately.

Steps:

• Slice chicken breasts into thin strips.
• Place in bowl; season with salt, pepper and 2 cloves of pressed garlic.
• Set aside covered for 1/2 hours.
• In a large fry pan, over med-high heat, brown chicken strips in olive oil.
• Remove chicken with slotted spoon from pan and set aside into a clean bowl.
• In the same fry pan, lightly sauté onions and 2 cloves of garlic for 2 minutes.
• Add cumin, hot pepper flakes and stir for 2 minutes more just to release flavor of cumin and heat of pepper flakes.
• Add corn, celery, red peppers, brown sugar, Worcestershire and vinegar stirring to loosen chicken flavor bits in the pan and to "deglaze" the pan and cook for 2 minutes more.
• Add tomato sauce, grated carrot, black olives, garlic powder, onion powder, dried basil, oregano and return chicken to the pan along with any juices left from the chicken in the bowl.
• Cook mixture covered over medium heat just until peppers and zucchini are tender; 15-20 minutes (or the way you like them--soft or crunchy?).
• Adjust salt and pepper to taste.
• Remove from heat and stir in 2 tablespoons of cold butter.
• This will smooth the sauce out.
• Cook and drain pasta.
• Toss with confetti sauce and serve.

Steps:

• In a large saucepan over medium-high heat, add the oil to the pan and heat until the verge of smoking. Then add the onions and reduce the heat to medium, cooking until translucent, 2 to 3 minutes. Once the onions are cooked, add half the prosciutto and garlic, stirring into the onions. Then add the vodka to delgaze the pan and allow the alcohol to cook off.
• Next, add the tomato sauce, cream and chicken stock, cooking for 4 to 5 minutes to reduce the liquid by half to yield 1 cup. Next, add the pasta, stirring into the cream sauce and warming the pasta. Finish with the butter, stirring again, and then remove from the heat and portion into bowls. Finish with the cheese, parsley and remaining prosciutto.

Steps:

• Cook spaghetti according to package directions.
• Meanwhile, in a large skillet cook beef,green pepper and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink. Drain.
• Stir in the tomatoes, tomato sauce, brown sugar, salt, chili powder, pepper, garlic powder, and cayenne.
• Drain spaghetti;add to the beef mixture.
• Transfer to a greased 13x9 baking dish.
• Cover and bake at 350°F for 30 minutes.
• Uncover; sprinkle with cheese.
• Bake 5 minutes longer or until cheese is melted.

Steps:

• Mix together first six ingredients for dressing and set aside.
• Cook pasta per package directions, drain and rinse with cold water.
• In large mixing bowl, combine pasta, tomatoes, peppers, olives and dressing.
• Fold gently until mixed.
• Chill several hours.
• Stir gently before serving.
• Note: All vegetables should be diced small to give confetti effect.