A Great Spring Presto Pasta Night Roundup

Sara of I'm a Food Blog was our awesome host for this week's Presto Pasta Night Roundup. She did an amazing job with great commentary. Don't know how she did that with her mouth full of fantastic pastas, but...glad she did. Asparagus seemed to be the starring ingredient. Spring is definitely here.

Thanks to all the terrific contributors for sharing your tasty treats with us. For the first-timers out there...hope to see you back often. For the regulars (notice I did not say "old-timers") thanks for making this a perferred place to be every Friday.

Next week it's my turn, so send your entries to me: ruth (at) 4everykitchen (dot) com

Some guidelines if you're a first time PPNer and if you're interested in hosting, check it out and drop me a line. Some in July & August are still open. Everyone loves the chance to host and meet new food bloggers...join the fun!

Garofalo Pasta Needs Very Little Help

I recently received a couple of packages of Garofalo pasta to try....I'm always open to trying new products, but I only write about the ones I love. And these cuties....I love! It's from Gragnano, Italy and is very popular "back home". Hopefully it will become a household name on this side of the ocean as well.

The bag of lumachine is waiting for a cold day so I can make some soup. Those tiny "snail" shells will be so good with a brothy, tomato based soup with lots of seasonal veggies and herbs.

The bag of penne mezzani rigate (which even sounds delightful - Italian is not the language of love for nothing!), on the other hand, is empty...sigh! These miniature penne made an awesome quick dish of pasta, so simple there really is no recipe....
...just add some creamy goat cheese (Ran Cher Acres right here in Nova Scotia is awesome and my first stop at the Halifax Farmers Market) as much as you like to hot, freshly cooked pasta - the heat will melt the goat cheese into the creamiest sauce ever; add some fresh vegetables - it's Spring so blanched asparagus and baby spinach were tossed in this time with a juice and zest of a lemon and some freshly ground black pepper. It's the perfect adult Mac 'n Cheese.

Don't forget that Sara of I'm a Food Blog is hosting this week's Presto Pasta Night. Send your entries to her at - sara (at) imafoodblog (dot) com and cc me ruth (at) 4everykitchen (dot) com by Thursday, May 28th...where has the month gone!

See you at the roundup!

Another Great Presto Pasta Roundup - #114

Just a quick reminder to check out the latest, greatest Presto Pasta Night Roundup - and look at the delicious photo. Kitchenetta of Got No Milk did an awesome job hosting. And thanks everyone for the delicious entries!

Next week the hosting baton...or make that pasta paddle, goes to Sara of I'm a Food Blog , another excellent food blog. Send your entries to her at - sara (at) imafoodblog (dot) com and cc me ruth (at) 4everykitchen (dot) com
by Thursday, May 28th...where has the month gone!

Some guidelines if you're a first time PPNer and if you're interested in hosting, check it out and drop me a line. Last week in June and some in July are still open. Everyone loves the chance to host and meet new food bloggers...join the fun!

Presto Pasta Night #113

Patsy of Family, Friends & Food did a brilliant job of hosting this week's Presto Pasta Night Roundup - #113. And each and every entry looks awesome! I was away when it was posted on Friday, but now that I 'm home....and I plan on spending a lazy Sunday afternoon, wandering through "Pastaland".

Thanks everyone...and now...it's time to think of what amazing pasta/noodle dish you will make for this week's roundup. We're in luck. Kitchenetta of Got No Milk is this week's host. Every week, Kitchenetta posts a followup post, letting all her readers know about the roundups...and they are always brilliant.

Send all your delicious dishes to tfree123 (at) comcast (dot) net and cc me - ruth (at) 4everykitchen (dot) com

Guidelines for submitting a dish. And if you're interested in hosting - everyone loves it! ...just drop me a line. A couple of spots in July and end of August are still open, and of course, there's the Fall.

New Pasta Making Tutorial

I finally wrote the post for Home-Made Fettuccine using my latest kitchen toy...KitchenAid KPRA Pasta Roller Attachment for Stand Mixers . It took way longer to write about it than it did to make the actual pasta.

I hope it's helpful to those, who like me...get a new toy...er tool, and stare at it forever before getting up the nerve to actually try it out.

Anyone out there with tips, please share them in the comments of the actual fettuccine post.

Don't forget that this week Patsy of Family, Friends & Food will be our most excellent host. Send all your delicious pasta dishes to Patsy_k (at) verizon (dot)net and ruth (at) 4everykitchen (dot) com

Guidelines for submitting a dish. And if you're interested in hosting - everyone loves it! ...just drop me a line. Last week of June and some in July are still open.

A Terrific Presto Pasta Night #112

I love pasta, it goes without saying. And this week - Presto Pasta Night #112 - everyone shared brilliant dishes! I don't know where to start...cavolo nero is finally available here and I do love it....shrimp...well we know how much I love that...baked pasta...stir fried noodles...my head is spinning from all the fantastic choices.

Tigerfish of Teczcape did an awesome job hosting and providing the commentary...in case the wonderful photos weren't enough! Bravo!!!

Thanks a million everyone for keeping this even going week after week. And, because we've hardly had a chance to savor this week's pasta bounty...don't forget about next week!!!

Patsy of Family, Friends & Food will be our most excellent host. Send all your delicious dishes to Patsy_k (at) verizon (dot)net and ruth (at) 4everykitchen (dot) com

Guidelines for submitting a dish. And if you're interested in hosting - everyone loves it! ...just drop me a line. Last week of June and some in July are still open.

Presto Pasta #111

A dozen wonderful pastas made it to the Presto Pastas Night table this week. Thanks all for contributing. And everyone...it's time to dig in.

Don't forget that next week Tigerfish of Teczcape will be hosting, so start thinking of which delicious dishes you want to share. You can send your entries to her -
tigerfish1101(at) yahoo(dot)com (dot)sg cc me ruth (at) 4everykitchen (dot) com

Guidelines for submitting a dish. And if you're interested in hosting - everyone loves it! ...just drop me a line.