What’s Cooking in Gail’s Kitchen? Sunshine Eats: Lemon Pepper Pasta! Have you ever had one of those days when things just fall into place and you cook like a gourmet chef? And then, because everyone is starv-ing, you are halfway through the meal before you realize you forgot to take the food photo? Well, this is what an (almost) clean plate looks like! lol Perhaps it’s absent-mindedness, or maybe….yes, maybe…it’s just that good!
LEMON PEPPER PASTA
Ingredients:
8-ounces lemon pepper pasta
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon bacon fat
1/4 cup shiitake mushrooms, sliced
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
2 Roma tomatoes, quartered
1 teaspoon Herbes de Provence
1 teaspoon kosher salt
2 green onions, chopped
8-ounces ricotta cheese
1/3 cup Parmesan cheese, grated
10-ounces frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained
Instructions:
Cook pasta as directed on package. Set aside. Meanwhile, warm olive oil and bacon fat in a large skillet over medium heat. Add shiitake mushrooms sprinkled with garlic powder; cook until soft. Add Roma tomatoes. Sprinkle with Herbes de Provence and kosher salt. Reduce heat and stir gently. Add chopped green onion. Cook 2-3 minutes. Add ricotta cheese and Parmesan cheese. Cook 2 minutes, stirring frequently. Fold in spinach and heat on low 2-3 minutes, stirring occasionally. Drain lemon pepper pasta. Add to spinach mixture. Toss to coat. Heat through and serve immediately.
Great idea, and yummy too! Thank you, Gail! Have a sunny and funny weekend! Michael
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You, too. We are basking in the sunshine! 🌞
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You are blessed. Here we had only a few hours of sun, but on the weekend we shall get more.
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See if you can bottle it for later. 🌞🌞🌞
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Thank you, Gail! :-))
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Oh wow, great flavours.
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It’s pasta. Anything goes, right? 😜🌿
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Oh, yes please, Gail, just my thing!!
I just wish I had in front of me, right now!
Thank you.
Joanna
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See? People who love pasta will eat it any time of day! 👏👏👏
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Sofia Loren did, and just look what happen to her!!
Joanna
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She became a sex symbol?! 👀🍃🌸
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Oh yes. I’ve eaten leftover pasta for breakfast many times. To balance the meals out, of course, it’s scrambled eggs for dinner.
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Makes perfect sense to me! 😜
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I am sure it tasted super yum so what could you do when priority was to devour Gail! 😋
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For sure! 😋🌿
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This sounds really nice. I’ve not heard of lemon-pepper pasta before.
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It’s amazing the varieties that are out there. 🤔🌿
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I’ve not heard of lemon-pepper pasta before but this sounds great! 😋😋😋
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I want to try more flavors like rosemary pasta, tomato pasta, lemon red pepper pasta, and possibly even curry pasta. I have cooked spinach pasta and it’s also delicious. 🌿🍃
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Sounds exciting 😋😋😋👍
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Sounds exciting 😋😋😋👍
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Twirl away! 🍝
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I am a pepper freak, but pepper is just the start with this outrageously divine looking dish. As often happens with your recipes, I drool at the ingredients . . .
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Good. That means I haven’t lost my manners by eating in front of you. 🍝🍃🍋
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I won’t tell if you don’t tell.
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Oh wow! I expected to see pasta that you added lemon pepper too (the seasoning). May I ask who makes this pasta?
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I found it on Amazon of course…lol
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That works. Depending on where you live, TJ Max carries gourmet pastas and olive oils as well.
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Stonewall Kitchen, Muellers, La Romanga, Morelli, and more. It’s becoming very popular. It may surprise you where it’s sold. Have fun! 🍝🍃🍋
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Enjoy! 🍃🍋🍝
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I haven’t seen the lemon pepper pasta, but I’ll keep my eyes open now! Looks delicious!
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Wait til you spot it. Your heart will do this little skip kind-of-thingy. 😋🍃
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💃
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That’s a recipe my son and I will totally love!!
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I’m so glad to hit the mark on this one. ☑️
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You did 💯
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You got me with lemon and pepper – and pasta! 🙂
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Right?!?! I’m loving it. 🍃🍋🍜
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Yummy! I do that all the time with the half eaten plate! It means it was so beautiful and delicious there was no stopping for photos!
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Oh, thank goodness. I was afraid you may think me rude. 😜
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Such a flavourful pasta. Yummy meal. Have a great weekend
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You, too. Life changes in the blink of an eye. 👀🍃
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😍😍😍😍 true
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