No Heat In My Kitchen! (at least not from cookin'!)
It's hot out there folks. The above is one of the candles I left out after the garage sale just to see what would happen--it was an eight-inch high, round, blue pillar on Friday. Please note: it did not fall over.
In honor of the hot weather, I present for your dining pleasure,
NO STOVE SUMMER PASTA A LA Meg
What you need:
1 twelve-cup coffee maker (well washed)
1 microwave
Small microwavable bowl with lid
1/2 c. chopped onions (the sharper the better)
2 Tb. olive oil
1 clove garlic, chopped
1 medium tomato, chopped (I like to add more)
2 comfortable handfuls bowtie or shell pasta
6oz. shrimp (buy these at Meijer when they do a 3-for-1 sale)
10 leaves (fresh)or 1 tsp. (dried) basil
3 Tb. crumbled feta
Squirt of lemon juice (optional)
Salt and pepper to taste
Fill the coffee maker with 10 cups of water.
-Set it to brew
-Let it cycle through four cups, then remove pot and add pasta
-Replace pot and allow the rest of the water to cycle in.
-Stir occasionally.
-Takes about 10-15 minutes.
*It is possible to turn the pasta to mush, so you may have to watch carefully until you know how long your coffe pot takes.
While the pasta is cooking:
-Place the chopped onions, garlic and oil in the small pot or bowl
-Cover the container
-Microwave one minute.
-Stir in basil and shrimp
-Return to microwave, microwave for one more minute.
Drain pasta (very simple, just pour off the water using your coffee pot's lid as the strainer)and dump it into a bowl, stir microwaved concoction and dump it one top of the pasta. If you want a bit more zing (I think it needs it),squirt a teaspoon or twoof lemon over the concoction now. Sprinkle the cheese on top of the pasta & sauce. Serve!
Yield: 2 servings, 7 WW points each.
posted by Me @ 18:11
3 Comments:
Looks very yummy. Just so happened I am collecting recipes for September when my mom leaves for China and I have to cook for dad and I :)
If anyone ever calls our hotline at work and asks if they can cook pasta in their coffee maker, I will be able to tell them with great certainty--YES, you can! (Otherwise, I would have laughed after they hung up the phone). Thanks for passing on the info, Meg!
FPWDNE (For People Who Don't Know Emily): She's a dietician at a food place. That's why people would call with such a question;)
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