Grilled Spinach And Asparagus Pasta Food

ASPARAGUS-SPINACH PASTA SALAD

Steps:

• Place asparagus in a 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish. Drizzle with 2 tablespoons oil; sprinkle with salt. Bake, uncovered, at 400° for 8-10 minutes or until crisp-tender, stirring after 5 minutes. Meanwhile, cook pasta according to package directions; drain., For dressing, combine onions, vinegar and soy sauce in a blender; cover and process. While processing, gradually add the remaining oil in a steady steam., In a large salad bowl, combine pasta, spinach and asparagus. Drizzle with dressing; toss to coat. Sprinkle with cashews and Parmesan cheese.

WARM ASPARAGUS SPINACH SALAD

Steps:

• Place asparagus in a 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish. Drizzle with 2 tablespoons oil; sprinkle with salt. Bake, uncovered, at 400° for 20-25 minutes or until crisp-tender, stirring every 10 minutes. Meanwhile, cook pasta according to package directions; drain., In a blender, combine the onions, vinegar and soy sauce; cover and process until smooth. While processing, gradually add the remaining oil in a steady steam., In a large salad bowl, combine the pasta, spinach and asparagus. Drizzle with dressing; toss to coat. Sprinkle with cashews and cheese.

GRILLED SPINACH AND ASPARAGUS PASTA

Steps:

• Defrost chicken and boil water (make sure to add 1/2 teaspoon salt) and heat pan with some olive oil.
• Add asparagus to boiling water and heat for 5 minutes, add spinich to pan to defrost and separate.
• Remove chicken from defrost and cut into slices, sprinkle with black pepper, salt, 1/2 tsp basil and 1/2 tsp minced garlic. remove asparagus to other plate.
• Add spagetti to water where the asparagus was for approximately 10 minutes and remove heated spinich to a separate plate. Add more oil to pan and add chicken.
• Cut asparagus into 1.5 inch pieces. brown the chicken. cut up tomatoes into bite size pieces, not diced.
• Remove pasta from pot and strain. place pasta back into the pot to evaporate the water still left in the pasta (learned this technique on the food network).
• Sprinkle the pasta with parmesan cheese and dice up some goat cheese to place on top when finished.
• Mix in the chicken, spinich, asparagus, tomatoes, 1/2 tsp basil, 1/2 tsp garlic, and a dash of black pepper. Mix it all together.
• Plate it, add goat cheese to the top, and the people eating the dish will mix it inches.

ASPARAGUS CREAM PASTA

Steps:

• To prepare the asparagus, cut off and discard the woody ends, then neatly cut the tips away from the stalks. Keep the tips and stalks separate. In a small saucepan bring the cream and garlic to the boil. Take off the heat, remove the garlic, then set the pan aside.
• Cook the stalks in boiling salted water for about 4-5 mins until tender, drain, then tip into the cream with the grated parmesan. Blitz with a hand blender until smooth.
• Cook the pasta according to pack instructions, then throw in the tips 2 mins before the end of cooking time. Gently reheat the cream, drain pasta, then tip into a bowl with the cream. Toss, divide into pasta bowls, top with parmesan shavings and serve.