Pasta or rice side dishes?
"bigwheel" > wrote in message
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> 'Julie Bove[_2_ Wrote:
>> ;1838157']My only experience with pasta side dishes are the horrible
>> boxed things that
>> my mom used to buy. Like Noodleroni or Noodles Romanoff. Well, I guess
>>
>> that's not quite true. I used to make egg noodles tossed with butter
>> and
>> parsley. But I have no egg noodles now. Just assorted other shapes of
>>
>> whole wheat pasta.
>>
>> Do you make any sort of side dishes that use this kind of pasta? I have
>> a
>> lot of it and need to make more of an effort to use it up. And I am
>> planning to make some plain meats this week so I need a side. Could
>> also
>> use ideas for rice. Brown rice. Have made Rice e Bisi but have not
>> tried
>> it with brown rice.
>>
>> I will likely not be eating these foods so they could contain pretty
>> much
>> anything except for basil because Angela can't have that. I mainly just
>>
>> make plain rice or Spanish/Mexican rice but I seem to be the only fan of
>>
>> those things.
>>
>> Help!
>
> This is one of my favorite pasta salad recipes. Normally make it with
> angel hair spaghetti but should work with other shapes. I would leave
> out the MSG if it was me.
>
> Susan Chup's Spaghetti Salad
>
> 1 lb. vermicelli or angel hair pasta cooked, rinsed, and drained
> 1 T. Accent (MSG)
> 2 T. Lawrys Seasoned Salt
> 3 T. Lemon Juice
> 4 T. Olive oil
>
> Combine above ingredients and marinate overnight in the ice box. Next
> day add this:
>
> 1 cup chopped celery
> 1/2 cup chopped bell pepper
> 1/2 cup chopped onion
> 1 small can chopped black olives
> 1 large jar pimentos
> 1 to 1 1/2 cup Mayonnnaise
>
> Mix it up..chill and eat.
Well, that all looks good except for the seasoned salt or msg. I don't use
those things. I will look into something I can sub for those. Thanks!
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