Eat Well, Howard
Episode 01 Pasta Lite
This is one of my favorite in a hurry dishes, it uses a minimal amount of ingredients and requires very little technical proficiency. This dish is great for this busy time of year when it seems like there is a non-stop demand on your time and appetite. One can only eat so many cheese balls, yule logs, reception after reception, event after event. Your stomach just needs a break as well as your time schedule. Oh yeah... I almost forgot, your wallet gets a break too. This dish which will serve 4 people, cost less than $10. at the grocery store.
To prepare Pasta Lite you only need to know how to boil water and chop some onion and tomatoes, other than that you're only limited by your imagination.
The video is in two parts due to the length allowable on the server.
Enjoy!
Pasta Lite
ingredients
ingredients
8 oz. Angel Hair Pasta ( Capellini)
3 Cloves garlic, chopped
1/2 Medium Onion, chopped
5 Roma Tomatoes, chopped
2 Grilled Chicken Breast
Olive oil
Coarse Salt (For the boiling water)
Pepper (Taste)
Dried Basil. (I used a little over 2 TBL.)
A good crusty bread
Play with this recipe and try other food combination's i.e. Bell Peppers, Shrimp, Pork Tenderloin, Steak, Blue Cheese and so on. The main thing to remember is to not over cook any of the items, it is very easy to go from ahh! just right! to argh! it's all mushy.
As I mentioned in the video don't use oregano on this recipe, the flavor of the oregano is to overpowering for these delicate ingredients. If you want to use another herb, try thyme or just a touch of tarragon both of these are not nearly as acidic as oregano.
If you are interested in becoming a better more competent cook, don't be afraid to fail. This is a learning experience and it is supposed to be enjoyable, if you are uptight or nervous about this dish or any dish being right the first time, RELAX! have a glass of wine or something without caffeine and chill. Give yourself permission to fail, it's okay. You might even find it liberating, the motto I use frequently whenever my employee's start to get wound up is, "This is not brain surgery." So have a good time, if you just can't seem to get it right, try again. Like everything else, consistency of effort will equal results.
I hope you enjoyed this episode and I hope you will keep coming back to "Howard's Stock Pot," and tell your friends. If you have enjoyed this and you would like to make a donation to help with the cost of production, that would be appreciated. We are completely self produced and not sponsored by any corporations and we appreciate readers like you.
Until next time remember."It's all about the food."
Eat well!
Howard
3 Cloves garlic, chopped
1/2 Medium Onion, chopped
5 Roma Tomatoes, chopped
2 Grilled Chicken Breast
Olive oil
Coarse Salt (For the boiling water)
Pepper (Taste)
Dried Basil. (I used a little over 2 TBL.)
A good crusty bread
Play with this recipe and try other food combination's i.e. Bell Peppers, Shrimp, Pork Tenderloin, Steak, Blue Cheese and so on. The main thing to remember is to not over cook any of the items, it is very easy to go from ahh! just right! to argh! it's all mushy.
As I mentioned in the video don't use oregano on this recipe, the flavor of the oregano is to overpowering for these delicate ingredients. If you want to use another herb, try thyme or just a touch of tarragon both of these are not nearly as acidic as oregano.
If you are interested in becoming a better more competent cook, don't be afraid to fail. This is a learning experience and it is supposed to be enjoyable, if you are uptight or nervous about this dish or any dish being right the first time, RELAX! have a glass of wine or something without caffeine and chill. Give yourself permission to fail, it's okay. You might even find it liberating, the motto I use frequently whenever my employee's start to get wound up is, "This is not brain surgery." So have a good time, if you just can't seem to get it right, try again. Like everything else, consistency of effort will equal results.
I hope you enjoyed this episode and I hope you will keep coming back to "Howard's Stock Pot," and tell your friends. If you have enjoyed this and you would like to make a donation to help with the cost of production, that would be appreciated. We are completely self produced and not sponsored by any corporations and we appreciate readers like you.
Until next time remember."It's all about the food."
Eat well!
Howard
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