Grill some fresh vegetables. Chop them up, and mix them with whole wheat penne pasta and a tasty vinaigrette dressing. You will have a vegetable pasta dish that gets more flavorful with time. Eat it soon after it is made, or place it in the refrigerator as a make ahead meal for lunch or dinner later in the week. In this video, Laura shows how easy it is to create this healthy and delicious recipe. Continue reading
Category Archives: Pasta
Homemade Pasta with Wild Mushroom Tomato Sauce by Roberto Martin with Chloe Coscarelli
Although in this video, Roberto and Chloe make homemade pasta, this wild mushroom – tomato sauce recipe is very good with store bought pasta. The sauce recipe is made with diced onions, garlic, several types of chopped mushrooms, red wine, chopped tomatoes, dried and fresh spices and herbs. He uses the liquid remaining after reconstituting dried porcini mushrooms to add a special rich flavor to his sauce. This is a delicious and healthy meal. You need to try it. Continue reading
Vegetarian Lasagna by Laura Vitale
Laura demonstrates a delicious vegetable lasagna. This recipe is vegetarian because it includes dairy products and eggs. What do you think? Would it be a good makeover candidate if we replace the dairy and egg ingredients with vegan substitutes and whole wheat lasagna noodles instead of the white flour processed noodles? Regardless of how you make it, this is a special recipe and will definitely please your family and friends. Continue reading
Penne with Vodka Cream Sauce by Fabio
Here is a tasty pasta recipe. Fabio, with his guest chef, Lou Diamond Philips, shows us how to make penne pasta with a vodka cream sauce. The added flavor of the vodka is an interesting approach to kicking up a basic marina meal. Continue reading
Millennium Pasta Carbonara
This delicious and healthy recipe is easy to prepare. The original recipe is available in Dr. Neal Barnard’s NutritionMD web site, www.nutritionMD.com. It is a recipe submitted by the Millennium Restaurant in San Francisco, which is recognized as one of the finest gourmet vegetarian restaurants in the world. Continue reading
Beef Stroganoff by Rachal Ray – Food Network
This recipe is published by Rachal Ray on the Food Network web site.
This original recipe exceeds the typical American diet statistics of 30% – 40% Fat. With total Fat = 52 grams or 56% of total calories, its fat content is very high. But, it can be modified, reducing Total Fat to 6 grams, or 11% of Total Calories, bringing it to the healthy end of Dr. Ornish’s nutrition Spectrum, in the Reversal Diet range. Continue reading