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The Three Way Garlic Pasta with Beans and Peppers recipe I demonstrate tonight is one of my favorites. I enjoy making it because I can prepare much of it ahead of time, then when I come home I put dinner on the table quickly. Everything is pre-chopped and I put on the pasta as soon as I come in, adding the remainder of the ingredients per the recipe.
Preparation tips that I find helpful in the kitchen:
- Clean as you go. Wipe up spills when they happen and put dirty dishes in the sink or dishwasher as you use them.
- When cooking meats, make extra and freeze or refrigerate for later in the week.
- A huge time saver – have single sized resealable plastic bags of chopped onions, peppers, celery, tomatoes, and carrots or other vegetables all ready to go in the freezer. Pre-chopping and freezing veggies makes for easy going in the kitchen.
- Keep ‘cheat’ sheets inside cabinet doors for handy common quantity conversions. (see sample conversion chart) Another sheet I keep is one for seasonings - which works best for what types of foods and one for substitutions.
Pre-planning meals can be an enormous time saver in the kitchen on busy nights. I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as we do!
Dee Lee
3 comments:
WOW! Who knew cooking could be so easy! I look forward to all the recipes to come. Keep up the fantastic work!
This recipe sounds delicious! I can't wait for you to make it for me! I'm excited to see the recipes from you in the future! Keep up the extraordinary work!(:
You did an awesome job!
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