Quick Low-Budget Summer Pasta Dishes

Lemon Chicken Pasta with Pine Nuts

Looking for a quick, inexpensive and delicious meal for lunch or dinner? Consider a quick pasta dish for a complete one-dish meal. If you are newly diagnosed or new to a gluten-free/wheat-free diet you have undoubtedly encountered some not-so-authentic tasting pasta. There is good news. There are some really good gluten-free pasta’s available on the market. Our favorite pasta is Le Veneziane (available through www.quattrobimbi.com). This pasta is made in Italy and is very close to traditional semolina pasta (even non-gluten-free tasters will be impressed). It holds up very nicely as it cooks, it doesn’t taste "gritty" or "slimy", and it actually even looks like real pasta. Our other favorite gluten-free pasta is Bi-Aglut. Bi-Aglut (available through Glutino — www.glutino.com) also tastes very close to wheat-based pasta’s.

Sante Fe Chicken Pasta

When putting together a great tasting, one-dish pasta meal, take advantage of leftovers in your refrigerator. This also will help you keep the overall cost of the dish down and make good use of food you’ve already purchased or prepared. Often you can find leftover steak, chicken, pork or even fish that will make a wonderful addition to a quick and easy pasta dish. Other great ingredients to look for are cheeses, fresh produce, roasted peppers, nuts, garlic, cream, butter, fresh herbs, tomato sauce, pesto and even salsa. We invite you to try these delicious pasta’s this month — they are all loaded with flavor and take about 30 minutes to put together.

Quick Italian Pasta

Should you need some inspiration for delicious, great tasting summer pasta dishes, check out these amazing dishes below:

Enjoy!

- Chef Jessica

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