Pasta Salad

Ingredients:

1 box pasta

red pepper

orange pepper

red pepper

cucumber

pomegranate seeds

olives

Dressing:

olive oil

fresh lemon juice

parmesan cheese

salt to taste 

onion powder

pepper

italian dressing

chopped cilantro

1. Boil pasta as per box instruction....do not over cook.

2. Rinse with cold water and drain.

3. Combine all dressing ingredients in a big bowl excluding chopped cilantro.

4. Pour pasta in the bowl and stir lightly.

5. Sprinkle chopped cilantro on top and lightly stir. Best when it's chill at least an hour before serving.

Seafood Tortellini in White Sauce

Ingredients

1/3 cup olive oil

1 shallot, thinly slice

5 cloves of garlic, sliced

1/3 tsp of ground black pepper

half each of yellow, orange, and red pepper, cubed

1 lb fresh tortellini 

12 pcs. medium shrimp

10 scallops

1 cup crab meat

1 small jar of alfredo sauce

2/3 cup water

 small bag of spinach

1. In a large skillet, saute garlic and shallot in olive oil on a medium heat. 

2. Combine peppers and stir continuously until incorporated. 

3. Drop in tortellini  together with the sea foods and stir slowly for about a minute. 

4. Pour white sauce to the skillet covering the ingredients, fill jar with 2/3 water cup water and combine.

5. Stir and let it simmer for 10 minutes and add in spinach until it's done.

6. Transfer to a big serving dish and serve. 

Chicken Ravioli in White Sauce with Shrimp and Veggies

Ingredients:

1 bag fresh chicken ravioli

1 bottle of bertolli white sauce

1 lb medium shrimp

1 red pepper

1 bag of baby spinach

3 cloves of garlic

pinch of ground pepper

2 tbsp olive oil

Procedure:

Cut peppers long ways and slice garlic thinly. Olive oil in to the pan and saute garlic in medium heat until translucent in color. Add in peppers, shrimp, and ground pepper, cook until shrimp changes color. Pour white sauce and let it start to simmer. Add ravioli and stir ingredients slowly. Cover pan and simmer approximately 5 minutes. Lastly, add spinach and cover pan to cook spinach, Stir all ingredients to coat with sauce. 

Note: Best with homemade wheat garlic french bread or rolls.