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If you are like me you probably have experienced those evenings when dinner just doesn’t seem to come together. Rather than getting in the car and visiting the drive-thru or calling your favorite Papa (Johns), how about throwing together a delicious and fast homemade meal?
A few weeks ago Ronzoni sent me some of their 3 1/2 minute pasta to try. Now, you know how I love pasta, so I was a bit skeptical that this pasta would taste good, considering it takes less than 4 minutes to cook. I put it to the test last week and here’s what happened.
Considering you have to get the water boiling the meal actually takes about 13 minutes, but a 13 minute home cooked meal is still better than drive thru burgers and fries!
Ingredients
- 1 box Ronzoni Quick Cook Pasta
- 2 cans tuna
- 2 Tablespoons butter
- 1/4 cup chopped red onion
- 1 Tablespoon minced garlic (adjust for preference)
- 1 teaspoon chicken paste
- 3/4 cup heavy cream
- 1/3 cup shredded parm cheese
- salt (to taste)
- pepper (to taste)
- Optional:
- Frozen Peas
- Shredded Carrots
- Spinach
- Shredded Zuccini
Instructions
- Boil Ronzoni Quick Cook Pasta for 3 1/2 minutes.
- While pasta is boiling melt butter in a sauce pan.
- Add onions, garlic and chicken paste and vegetables (optional) to the sauce pan.
- Cook for 2 minutes.
- Add cream and cook until boiling.
- Remove from heat add salt, pepper, pasta, cheese, and tuna.
- Serve.
Ronzoni has given me a Quick Cook kit to give away to one reader. Included in the kit:
- One box of Ronzoni Quick Cook
- One Walmart gift card in the amount of $100
- One kitchen timer
To enter leave a comment sharing what quick, three-minute, homemade meal you would whip up for your family when crunched for time. Giveaway ends November 15, 2011.
Disclosure: Ronzoni provided me with a box of quick cook pasta and a gift card to cover the cost of ingredients for this recipe.
Our go to quick meals are either breakfast for dinner or soup (most likely ramen noodles if the kids have a say =) ) and sandwiches
My hubby cooks more often and faster than me {and oftentimes batter}. When we are crunched for time, he makes philly steak sandwiches with the frozen steak slices from Wal Mart, canned mushrooms, butter, mayonnaise and melted cheese on hoagie rolls. Yum!! We always try to have these ingredients on hand!!
I’d make spaghetti with the quick cook pasta – without the pasta I’d make pizza burgers (buns, pizza sauce, mozzarella).
I love to make quesidillas for a quick meal or breakfast for dinner: cheesy eggs. Scrambled eggs with shredded cheese (ham & veggies if we had it).
I think that I would use the same recipe but substitute cooked chicken in the place of tuna since my family isn’t fond of tuna. Also, probably throw in more cheese:)