RED PEPPER CHEDDAR SHELLS
I am a graduate of the Youse Whatchoo Hav School of Eezee Pee Zee Cooking. I’m also – generally speaking – not a fan of spending lengthy amounts of time preparing a meal.
So taken together, those two characteristics mean that – for me – Fast and Easy is good. Faster and Easier is even better.
The photo above is what I ate for dinner last night. One (count them: 1) single serving took less than 20 minutes of my life from Beginning of Prep to Finished Eating.
EQUIPMENT REQUIRED:
- small sauce pan
- some kind of stirring doohickey
- strainer
- measuring cup
- knife
- bowl
- eating utensil
FOODSTUFFS REQUIRED:
- 1 cup (dry) pasta shells
- water (in which to boil the shells)
- 1/2 cup shredded cheddar
- 1/2 of a red bell pepper, finely chopped
- paprika
- sour cream
- chives (diced)
DIRECTIONS: Boil pasta shells to al dente perfection (or, y’know, whatever ‘perfection’ looks like to you), then remove from heat. Strain. (Or drain, or whatever you call it.) Put pasta back in still-warm pan. Pour cheese and chopped bell pepper on the top. Stir until cheese is melted and pepper is evenly dispersed throughout. Dump the whole concoction into a bowl. Sprinkle paprika over the top. Garnish with a dollop of sour cream and chopped chives.
Eat.
One of my fellow bloggers is doing a foodie meme this month; there were specific topics for three weeks and now this is ‘catch up’ week.
I have quite a few thoughts about food, some of which are just… I dunno, ingrained(?)… so much that I don’t really stop to think about them until I stop and think about them. A few things have come to my attention and/or been recalled from memory in reading other people’s posts over the past few weeks. I may do a bit of thinking-aloud in this blog space in the future about some of that. (Then again, I may not.)
But for today, I’m thinking that simple dinners are a Good Thing. 🙂
And so I’m sharing mine with you. 🙂
And let us not forget Cheerios for a quick & easy dinner!
(Surely I can’t be the only one?)
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Hahaha! 😛
Yes! And PB&J. 🙂
that’s a great quick meal and also a good way to get a pasta fix – which I have to have every so often, almost like a craving
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Oh, I know what you mean — I love pasta! If I could get away with eating it more often, I would. I’d happily be a pastatarian. 😉
As usual, I am completely unprepared …
… no doohickey to be found anywhere.
I did look on doohickey.com,
but they wanted $72 plus shipping.
I blame the doohickey monopoly.
Still, can it be shaken and not stirred?
Happy Valentines Day, Feve !
If necessary, a thingamajig will suffice. Or even a whatchamathingy.
Shake at your own risk.
Happy Valentine’s Day! 🙂
I love the post more than I will love the dish (my own bad – I’m not a main-carb eater… ) but that was written with so much funny I was smiling throughout!
I’m sure it tastes awesome. Back in the day when I did eat pasta, I would put cheese on everything and then some! Sour cream is always a winner too!
I could easily become a carboholic, but I have to really watch my intake. Cheese too. But with both — So much yum! 🙂
What a fab quick and easy dish!
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“Fast food,” redefined. 😉