Pasta without cheese
3 pasta dishes from the library, and we checked every ingredient in every one of them before it went on this list.
231 of the 1,124 recipes in this library name cheese somewhere. Most often that means cheddar cheese, parmesan or mozzarella, then cottage cheese, cream cheese and feta.
Twenty of the 44 pasta dishes here carry cheese as parmesan, seven as mozzarella, five as cottage cheese and four as cheddar cheese. Not one of these does.
- Garden Pasta Salad
Puts cucumber, vinegar, parsley and onion to work, out of nine ingredients. Not a trace of parmesan, mozzarella, cottage cheese or cheddar cheese, the usual carriers of cheese in pasta dishes here.
The full list:
- 1/2 cup macaroni, cooked
- 1/4 cup onion, finely chopped
- 1/2 cup cucumber, finely chopped
- 1/4 cup green pepper, diced
- 1 tablespoon vinegar
- 1/2 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1 teaspoon parsley, chopped (optional)
- Pasta Salad with Herb Vinaigrette
Twelve ingredients, white wine vinegar, broccoli, whole wheat and dried basil among them. It has none of the parmesan, mozzarella, cottage cheese or cheddar cheese that carry cheese into other pasta dishes.
Every line, as published:
- 6 ounces uncooked whole wheat pasta, cooked, drained
- 1 cup chopped fresh broccoli
- 3/4 cup chopped tomato
- 1/2 cup shredded carrots
- 6 hard-cooked eggs, cut into wedges
- For the Dressing:
- 1/4 cup white wine vinegar
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1 teaspoon dried basil leaves
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano leaves
- 3/4 teaspoon garlic salt
- Red Hot Fusilli
Puts cayenne, fresh basil, oregano and parsley to work, out of ten ingredients. Where other pasta dishes here use parmesan, mozzarella, cottage cheese or cheddar cheese, this one has none of them.
What goes in:
- 1 tablespoon olive oil (or cooking oil of choice)
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/4 cup fresh parsley, minced
- 4 cups ripe tomatoes, chopped
- 1 tablespoon fresh basil, chopped (1 tsp dried basil)
- 1 tablespoon oregano leaves, crushed (1 tsp dried oregano)
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- ground red pepper (or cayenne, to taste)
- cooked chicken breast (1/2 pound diced into 1/2-inch pieces, optional)
- 8 ounces fusilli pasta (uncooked, 4 cups cooked)
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