Cheap Pasta Recipe

If you're like me and you live in a small, air-conditionless apartment in the sweltering inferno that is Brooklyn in the summertime, then you'll appreciate how difficult it is to cook in June, July and August. That said, I cook for a living (OK, as a hobby) so I have to find a way to make it work. Today's method: showcasing a dish that involves little to no ACTUAL cooking: my signature Summertime Pasta

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INGREDIENTS

-1 12 oz. box Linguini or Spaghetti

-1 red pepper, roasted and sliced

-1/2 cup sundried tomatoes, chopped

-2 Tbsp capers

-1 Tbsp Italian seasoning

-Juice of 1 lemon

-olive oil

-1/2 cup to 1 cup shaved Parmesan cheese

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Hello all! It's been a huge week here on Economy Bites. We've finally got our show up on iTunes, and we now have #3 podcast in the food category. Woo hoo! To top it off, abc Sacramento news10 aired their interview with us this past Monday. Like I said, HUGE WEEK.

Back in kitchen studio, we've been quietly recipe testing (OK, more like loudly burning things) and approving new episodes for the comming months. After watching the one above, I thought maybe you'd want to know the actual names for the techniques I used in the episode...yes, I do know a few. So here they are, some real live culinary terms that relate to today's show:

mise en place: the organizing and arranging of ingredients before cooking begins. In this episode the carrots, onion and celery are my mise en place in today's episode.
julienning: is what I did to the carrots when I sliced them into rectangles, then into slices, then into sticks. I believe in the video I say I'm turning them into matchsticks.
brunoised: when I turned my julienned carrots 90 degrees and diced them into tiny little cubes

Tada! I know things, and now you do too. Just wanted to get that out of the way so in the future when people say, "Allie, you never give us any good, actual info about the culinary world," I can be like, "AHEM..."

Recipe tips:

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INGREDIENTS

-3 medium carrots, diced fine

-1 medium yellow onion, diced fine

-3 stalks celery hearts with leaves, diced fine

-2 to 3 Tbsp olive oil

-2 cloves garlic. minced

-1 Tbsp dried parsley

-1 lb ground beef

-1 lb italian sausage (casing removed)

-1 Tbsp tomato paste

-2 28 ounce cans whole peeled tomatoes with juice

-2 or 3 bay leaves

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Tags: fettuccine, meat sauce, pasta recipe, fettuccini with meat sauce recipe, grandma hilde recipe, easy pasta recipe, cheap pasta recipe, brunoise, julienne, mise en place, italian sausage, ground beef, tomatoes, pasta, italian recipe

Hmm, I'm feeling strange. I think it's because Daniel is in Ohio, which means I'm here alone without my work husband. It's terribly cold and lonely. You know what would cheer me up? If you'd watch this episode and tell me how much you like it. Sounds like a plan? OK, good!