Presto Pasta Night #171

It is Friday again and I have received a bumper number of entries for this  week’s PPN.    Happily for those of us in the Northern hemisphere there are some salads and for those in the depths of winter a pasta bake or two!

In order of receipt!

Margaret from Tea and Scones made Penne with Roasted Tomatoes, Garlic and White Beans.

Nupur from One Hot Stove has avoided her stove being too hot by making a raw sauce or salsa curda for her pasta.  Delicious and super healthy.

Liz at Cooking the Vegan Books, also used white beans, this time with courgettes and homemade vegan feta.

Val from More than Burnt Toast has a glut of courgettes so used some up in her Rigatoni with Zucchini Pistou.

More courgettes, from Abby of Eat the Right Stuff.  This time they are paired with parma ham & tagliatelle.

Sarah from What Smells so Good? Sent summery low fat cacio pepe – lemon pasta with brocolli.

Mary the Food Floozie made a salad for a sweltering summer’s day with noodles beef and lots of bits and pieces from her kitchen with a delicious end result.

Deb who has a Hawaiian beach kitchen (Kahakai Kitchen) made a chicken piccata pasta salad.  Perfect for the beach!

Girlichef Heather made a Mark Bittman recipe of pasta with bacon which she believes to be the perfect pairing.

More courgettes from Joanne, who Eats Well With Others  and made Linguine with Zucchini, Capers, Pinenuts, Lemon and Herbs.  Impressively she made the pasta from scratch and as usual wrote a fantastic post with it.

Sabiha from Cooking Escapades and Delights made a delicious looking Baked Schiaffoni stuffed with herbed vegetables.

Apu of Annarasa: Essence of Food sent me a quick macaroni with black olives and pinenuts, which is perfect either hot or cold.

Photo to come!

Once Upon a Feast’s Ruth is suffering from the heat wave but sent a maple smoked salmon pasta salad. Maple smoked salmon sounds divine Ruth!

More courgettes and tales of renovation of her French house from Katie at Thyme for Cooking who made a warm courgette pasta salad with peanut and ginger dressing.

Jeanne at Cook Sister was sent a hamper of smoked salmon to review (I am somewhat jealous!) made a beautifully summery Smoked Salmon and Pea Pasta with it.

Pam at Sidewalk Shoes sent the second bacon pasta of the week – Pasta all’Amatriciana.

More bacon and another salad from Kait at Plots and Pots – Tomato, Bacon, Bean & Pasta Salad.

Johanna from Green Gourmet Giraffe had a sick child at home and so needed fortifying food so made a bake of spaghetti, pumpkin ricotta and facon. I like that the recipe was inspired by a London blogger and is has come back to a London blog for the round up!

Lastly the 3rd London recipe of the week and more courgettes, Niamh at  Eat Like a Girl made Courgette and Truffle Carbonara and gave me the welcome news that good pasta cooked al dente is in fact low GI!

I have failed to get an entry in, but I did have a pasta night this week where a lucky  group of UK food bloggers were  cooked for by Gennaro Contaldo!  Gennaro has been working with Bertolli to produce a new range of pasta sauces.    There is a full write up coming, but these sauces are amazing, I really cannot believe that they came from a jar – amazingly the jarred sauce tasted every bit as good as the sauce cooked from scratch.  They are perfect for having on hand for when it is too hot or too late or you are too tired to cook.

Next week’s host is Pam at Sidewalk Shoes – the full hosting list is here look forward to seeing the round up next week! Thanks for taking part in PPN # 171.