Save Time and Money With Easy Pasta Recipes

Most people's grocery cabinets start to become quite empty toward the end of the month. Don't worry, most likely you can still prepare delicious meals with the few things you have left. Many easy pasta recipes can for example be prepared with the remaining odds and ends you will find in your fridge or grocery cabinet. The ingredients are simple: a box of pasta and a handful of other items which you will most of the time have in your kitchen cabinet.

If you use your imagination you can undoubtedly create a lovely pasta from the ingredients you will find in your refrigerator and grocery cabinet. Take stock of what dried spices you have left in the cabinet. Make a list of the fresh vegetables and mushroom you have - they can add a lot of flavor to your dish. If you have a jar or two of artichoke hearts or green olives so much the better.

The best kind of pasta to go with such a hodge-podge array of ingredients is short pasta, although macaroni is also a good alternative. You are free to experiment as much as you want. That is after all the whole idea - to use whatever is left in the house. The whole mix will eventually have to be boiled up to the point where everything is tender and afterwards drained.

To dress up the pasta you have various options. You could for example improve the taste of any pasta by adding a spoonful or two of melted butter. A sprinkling of grated cheese will also go a long way to enhance the taste of every pasta dish.

Don't throw away the few remaining bits of dry salami or a nearly empty jar of salad dressing or balsamic vinegar. A few drops of olive oil, a little touch of balsamic vinegar or a small quantity of salad dressing can go a long way to improve the taste of nearly any pasta dish. The same is true for a single tomato you find in the refrigerator, or a few mushrooms, olives or green onions.

If the weather is cold outside, you will probably want to serve a hot dish. The trusted old macaroni and cheese will always be a winner in this regard. You don't need much to make a lovely dish. Some butter, garlic, flower, black pepper, salt and bread crumbs will do the trick. And macaroni of course.

Start off by making a cheese sauce from all the ingredients listed above (apart from the pasta and the bread crumbs). Make sure the sauce is smooth and creamy. Afterwards mix the pasta and the sauce. Then bake it in a medium over for more or less twenty minutes. As far as easy pasta dishes go, this one is probably the easiest and one of the cheapest to prepare.

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