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Pasta with MSF 'Chiken'-Strips, Brocolli and Olives
Category: Main Dishes - Pasta
Suitable for a: vegan diet
Ingredients:
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***Most kid friendly pasta dish ever, I SWEAR!!
1 pound pasta (I use rotini or penne)
1 large bunch broccoli, cut into florets, stems peeled and sliced, OR 1 package frozen brocolli rinsed well in a colander
1 package Morningstar or Lightlife fake chicken strips
1 tsp. to 2 tbsp. good olive oil (to taste)
4-6 cloves garlic, put thru garlic press
1/8 cup pine nuts
2 Tb. finely minced fresh basil OR 1 tsp dried
1/8 tsp. red pepper flakes
1 can or 2/3 cup small black olives (regular kind OR kalamata, your choice on how 'fancy' you want it)
black pepper to taste
salt to taste
Instructions:
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OK, in a large pot, cook the pasta is almost done (with about 2 minutes of cooking time left).
Add the broccoli to the pasta and cover. Cook for 2 minutes, until broccoli and pasta are just barely tender (al dente) and broccoli is bright green. (This will be a bit longer if using frozen brocolli).
Remove 1 cup of the cooking water and reserve it; drain the pasta and put it into a large serving bowl. Toss with a teaspoon of olive oil, if desired.
While the pasta is cooking, sauté the chick'n strips in a non-stick skillet sprayed with olive oil until brown. Remove them to the serving bowl. Add as much olive oil to the skillet as you want to use, heat it and add pine nuts. Stir and cook until the pine nuts just start to brown. Add garlic, cook one minute more (CAREFULLY!)
Remove from the heat and add the reserved cup of pasta cooking water--carefully to avoid spattering. Return to the heat, add the basil, red pepper, black pepper, and salt, and stir and cook until heated (it may thicken a bit - sometimes it doesn't though).
Pour it over the pasta and chick'n strips, add the black olives, toss well, and serve.
Additional comments:
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My daughters found this in an old "non-veg" cookbook and we modified it easily with the MorningStar farms Chicken Strips.
Category: Main Dishes - Pasta
Suitable for a: vegan diet
Ingredients:
------------------------------------------------------
***Most kid friendly pasta dish ever, I SWEAR!!
1 pound pasta (I use rotini or penne)
1 large bunch broccoli, cut into florets, stems peeled and sliced, OR 1 package frozen brocolli rinsed well in a colander
1 package Morningstar or Lightlife fake chicken strips
1 tsp. to 2 tbsp. good olive oil (to taste)
4-6 cloves garlic, put thru garlic press
1/8 cup pine nuts
2 Tb. finely minced fresh basil OR 1 tsp dried
1/8 tsp. red pepper flakes
1 can or 2/3 cup small black olives (regular kind OR kalamata, your choice on how 'fancy' you want it)
black pepper to taste
salt to taste
Instructions:
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OK, in a large pot, cook the pasta is almost done (with about 2 minutes of cooking time left).
Add the broccoli to the pasta and cover. Cook for 2 minutes, until broccoli and pasta are just barely tender (al dente) and broccoli is bright green. (This will be a bit longer if using frozen brocolli).
Remove 1 cup of the cooking water and reserve it; drain the pasta and put it into a large serving bowl. Toss with a teaspoon of olive oil, if desired.
While the pasta is cooking, sauté the chick'n strips in a non-stick skillet sprayed with olive oil until brown. Remove them to the serving bowl. Add as much olive oil to the skillet as you want to use, heat it and add pine nuts. Stir and cook until the pine nuts just start to brown. Add garlic, cook one minute more (CAREFULLY!)
Remove from the heat and add the reserved cup of pasta cooking water--carefully to avoid spattering. Return to the heat, add the basil, red pepper, black pepper, and salt, and stir and cook until heated (it may thicken a bit - sometimes it doesn't though).
Pour it over the pasta and chick'n strips, add the black olives, toss well, and serve.
Additional comments:
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My daughters found this in an old "non-veg" cookbook and we modified it easily with the MorningStar farms Chicken Strips.