Share-a-Meal Plans: Pasta Please
Chopped Salad | Angel Hair Pasta with Garlic Shrimp | NY Style Cheesecake
Chopped Salad
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 6 |
| Category: | Vegetarian Entrée |
| Meal: | Pasta Please (Share-a-Meal Plans) |
| 6 | oz | lettuce, mixed |
| 0.5 | cup | tomatoes, cherry |
| 1 | small | cucumbers, sliced |
| 1 | Tb | onions, chopped |
| 2 | oz | cheese, Romano |
| 0.25 | cup | mushrooms, sliced |
| 1 | small | celery ribs |
| 3 | Tb | cheese, Romano, grated |
| 0.125 | cup | olives, green |
| 3 | Tb | oil, olive |
| 0.5 | tsp | oregano, dried |
| 3 | Tb | vinegar, red wine |
| 1 | tsp | garlic powder |
| 1 | pinch | salt and pepper to taste |
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Chop all ingredients into bite size pieces; including romano cheese. Place in a large bowl. Add olive oil, vinegar, garlic powder and oregano and mix. Add grated romano and mix again. Serve
Angel Hair Pasta with Garlic Shrimp
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 4 |
| Category: | Fish Entrée |
| Meal: | Pasta Please (Share-a-Meal Plans) |
| 2 | Tb | oil, olive |
| 2 | Tb | lemon zest, finely chopped |
| 4 | medium | scallions, sliced |
| 3 | cloves | garlic, minced |
| 1 | lb | shrimp, deveined, shelled |
| 1 | medium | lemon, juice of |
| 0.75 | cup | tomatoes, diced |
| 0.25 | cup | milk, 2 % |
| 1 | lb | pasta, angel hair |
| 4 | Tb | cheese, Romano, grated |
| 1 | Tb | parsley, flakes |
| 0.5 | tsp | pepper, fresh ground |
| 1 | pinch | salt to taste |
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Heat oil in pan; add 1/2 the zest, all the scallions, garlic, and shrimp. Reduce heat and simmer until shrimp are done,( about 3-4 minutes) add lemon juice, tomato, and milk. Simmer 3 more minutes. Cook pasta in boiling water with 2 Tb salt. Add pasta to pan, mix well, plate. Sprinkle top with parsley flakes, black pepper, remaining lemon zest and romano.
Serve with garlic bread.
* See note
If your pasta is too dry add a little of the pasta water.
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NY Style Cheesecake
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 12 |
| Category: | Dessert |
| Meal: | Pasta Please (Share-a-Meal Plans) |
| 48 | oz | cream cheese |
| 8 | large | egg |
| 4 | large | egg, whites |
| 2 | cup | sugar, granulated |
| 2 | tsp | vanilla |
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Have everything at room temperature. Mix together until very smooth. Pour into springform pan, place in a pre-heated water bath, 1/3 way up, and bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes to 1 hour, until the top is light brown and even across the top. This is best if made the day before and refrigerated over night.
Add any topping you wish.
This recipe serves 12; if you scale the recipe to 8 or less bake 20 minutes less.
