Pasta w/ Tomato Cream Sauce Reprise

I brought this one back last night since I love it and both the kids wanted pasta. The changes were I used mini-rigatoni this time (way better than spaghetti), and I had spinach to add to the veggies!

Boil a large pot of water and cook whatever type pasta you prefer while you're doing the rest of this:

Slice 1 bell pepper and about 1/2 an onion, sautee in EVOO, minced garlic and oregano. (Spinach is good in this one too.)

When the veggies are softened, set aside and cover to keep warm.

In the same pan, pour in a pint of heavy whipping cream, keep heat medium.

Add a forkful at a time of tomato paste, you only need a little can. Whisk the tomato paste into the cream but use the fork, not an actual whisk (it'll get all gummed up in the whisk). Keep the fork kinda flat so you don't destroy your pan. Keep adding forkfuls at a time until you've used up the can of paste.

Add the veggies and cooked pasta to the sauce, toss & serve! You can top it with some parmesan and/or crushed red pepper. Salute!

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Pasta with Oil & Spices

So rather than go to the store yesterday after work for some fancy-pants ingredients needed for a new dish, I went for a run instead. There will be no running today in this rain, so new dish will be tonight. Last night I made Rhys's favorite pasta, which I've shared here before but it's worth revisiting. And, there's a picture this time! Cook 1 lb of mostaccioli (this will feed an army, so cut in half if you're not feeding, well, an army). Once the pasta is cooked and drained, return it to the pot and add 1/4 cup of EVOO. Add a little more if all the pasta isn't nicely covered with oil. Add a lot of oregano, about 2 tbsp but adjust to taste. Add black pepper, about 1 tbsp. Top with crushed red pepper to taste, depending how spicy you like it. And that's it!

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