On Jun 8, 5:27 am, mm > wrote:
> I have the following pasta
>
> - a 17.6 oz of RAO'S HOMEMADE TRE-COLORI FARFELLE
> - a 12 oz GOLDEN GRAIN PENNE RIAGTE
> - a 12 oz Traders Joe's Garlic basil ROTELLE
>
> I want a simplest recipe for each the above pasta, preferably with
> some meat (easy to cook version for the meat too).
>
> I love Italian food but emmeber that I am an Asian and I have only
> cooked spagehtti, using ready made sauce and penne pasta using ready-
> made pesto suace.
>
> I am not being lazy to search for the recipes; it's a headache to see
> so many choices.
>
> I am not into being creative with food. I am just trying to eat
> healhty but I am on extremely tight time for cooking and hence need
> simple and easy but tasty recipes for the above, just one recipe for
> each type of pasta above.

1 cup of any pasta
1 tbl olive oil
4 cups of broccoli florets
1/4 cup butter or margarine
1/4 cup of flour
1 1/2 cups of milk
2 1/4 cups of parmesan or romano chesse
2 teasppons of dijon style mustard
1/2 teaspoon of black pepper
1 cup diced baked ham or prosciutto
1/4 cup of itlian style bread crumbs

grease large baking pan
cook pasta as directed, toss with oil. spoon into large bowl

preheat oven to 400. cook broccoli until tender drain water and then
add to pasta.

in another pan melt butter over meduim heat, stir in flour
cook, stirring about every 2 minutes.
whisk in milk, 2 cups of parmisan, mustard and pepper, flod in ham.
add sauce to pasta and broccoli mix. mix well
spread mixture into baking pan and sprinkle the top with some bread
crumbs and remaining chesse.
bake fro about 25 minutes.

it great!!!