Tonight's quick dinner was penne pasta with asparagus and cherry tomatoes in an alfredo-type sauce. We had honeydew as a side. It was my riff on the Bertollini frozen pasta dinner.
First, I boiled penne pasta in a separate pot.
I melted butter in a saute pan, added asparagus cut in 2 inch pieces, threw in some shredded parmesan, added cream. When it was getting warm and melty, I added the pasta and the cherry tomatoes and mixed that in.
For some reason, I have it in my head that asparagus must always been steamed. But this saute method worked well, the asparagus came out great.
I cut the cherry tomatoes in half. I don't like my food to explode when I bite into it.
Anyway was delicious--why not with all that cream. My son was bored though, and put the asparagus pieces into the penne pasta to make Asparagus Dudes.
This could be a split-meal for part-vegetarian families by serving slices of cooked chicken breast separately, for the meat-eaters to mix in on their plates. My husband had to be away from us for dinner tonight, so only the youngest child wanted any meat.
First, I boiled penne pasta in a separate pot.
I melted butter in a saute pan, added asparagus cut in 2 inch pieces, threw in some shredded parmesan, added cream. When it was getting warm and melty, I added the pasta and the cherry tomatoes and mixed that in.
For some reason, I have it in my head that asparagus must always been steamed. But this saute method worked well, the asparagus came out great.
I cut the cherry tomatoes in half. I don't like my food to explode when I bite into it.
