Rigatoni with Squash, Spicy Sausage and Goat Cheese

[faramirhaldir.livejournal.com]

This is a new recipe I found and the family enjoyed it.

1lb. rigatoni
3 tbs. extra virgin olive oil
3/4 lbs. hot Italian sausage
1/3 cup. finely chopped shallots
2 cups. diced yellow squash ( I mixed yellow squash and zucchini)
3 oz. fresh goat cheese (crumbled)
parsley
black pepper


Boil water for the rigatoni and cook until it is almost al dente, about 10 min.
While pasta is cooking, use some of the oil to cook the sausage. Crumble the sausage in the pan and cook almost through. Remove sausage from pan but leave the grease. Add the remaining oil and add the shallots. Cook about 1 min and add the chopped squash. Cook until squash is almost tender.

Drain the pasta but save about a cup of pasta water. Place the pasta back into the pot and add the sausage and squash mixture. Toss together and let it cook until sausage is thoroughly done. About another 5 min. Add the goat cheese and parsley until cheese is melted and coating the pasta. If mixture becomes to dry, add some of the pasta water to keep mixture moist. Season with black pepper.

Enjoy!

Call for recipes

[alexcat.livejournal.com]

It's getting to be the time of the year for turkey and stuffing and pumpkin pie soooo we'd love it if you all share your recipes for Thanksgiving foods that you serve to your family. A single recipe works or the whole meal if you like!

Squash Casserole

[alexcat.livejournal.com]

I know that this isn't the season for summer squash but there are usually some nice ones at the grocery store this time of the year. This is a recipe that I have always loved.

Squash Casserole

1 egg, slightly beaten
1 onion, chopped
1 can cream of chicken or mushroom soup
2 c. packaged breadcrumbs
½ c. cracker crumbs
2 c. cooked summer squash, mashed and drained
1 can fat free chicken broth
2 Tablespoons melted margarine
Combine all ingredients except crumb mix and chicken broth. Place in a casserole dish sprayed with Pam. Add the melted margarine and enough of the chicken broth to the crumb mix to make it very moist. Put on top of squash mixture. Bake at 375 degrees for 35 minutes.

Tea Biscuits

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TEA BISCUIT MIX

 

7 1/2 cups flour 
1 1/4 cups of dry milk powder
1/4 cup sugar
3/8 cup baking powder
1 1/2 tbsp salt
1 tbsp cream of tarter
1 lbs of Crisco

 

Cut in shortening
Mix together until the size of peas.

TEA BISCUIT

3 cups of mix and 2/3 cups of water

fold and knead 10 times. Bake at 450 degrees F for 6 - 7 min.

CHEESE BISCUIT

Mix 3 cups of mix, 1/2 to 1 block of cheese

together before adding 2/3 cup of water

 

IMPOSSIBLE PUMPKIN PIE

3/4 cup sugar 2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
2 eggs
2 cups of pumpkin
2 tbsp margarine or butter
1 - 13oz can evaporated milk
1/2 cup biscuit mix
2 tsp vanilla

Combine all ingredients and beat for 3 minutes at medium speed. Pour into a well greased 9-inch pie plate and let stand for 3 minutes. Bake at 350 F oven until knife comes out clean in center, approximately 50 to 55 minutes. Pie makes it own crust.