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Pasta Dinner With Café Salad and Strawberries on Toasted Cake

Meal Time - 30 minutes / Serves 4

Cooking Sequence

    • Prepare pasta dinner through step 2 - 10 minutes
    • Prepare dessert through step 1 - 10 minutes
    • Complete pasta dinner and serve - 5 minutes
    • Assemble dessert when ready to serve - 5 minutes

Pasta Dinner With Café Salad and Strawberries on Toasted Cake
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Pasta Dinner With Café Salad

Ingredients

2 (24-ounce) bags frozen complete pasta dinner (contains shrimp, penne pasta, and asparagus)
4 ounces bistro salad blend (about 3 cups)
1 cup grape tomatoes
1/2 cup matchstick carrots
1 Bartlett pear
2 ounces Asiago cheese
1/2 cup garlic and butter croutons
2 tablespoons roasted garlic almonds
1/4 cup raspberry vinaigrette



Steps

1. Pour package contents of frozen entrées into large saucepan. Cover and cook over medium 15–20 minutes, stirring occasionally, until sauce comes to a full boil for 1 minute.
2. Meanwhile, place salad blend, (rinsed) tomatoes, and carrots in salad bowl. Peel, core, and cut (rinsed) pear into bite-size pieces. Shave Asiago cheese, using vegetable peeler, over salad.
3. Add remaining ingredients to salad; toss and serve on side with pasta entree.

CALORIES (per 1/4 recipe) 690kcal; FAT 34g; CHOL 155mg; SODIUM 1970mg; CARB 70g; FIBER 7g; PROTEIN 27g; VIT A 100%; VIT C 40%; CALC 25%; IRON 20%

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Strawberries on Toasted Cake

Ingredients
8 ounces strawberries
1/4 cup strawberry syrup
1 (10.75-ounce) frozen pound cake, thawed
4 ounces frozen nondairy whipped topping (1/2 container)

Steps

1. Remove stems from (rinsed) strawberries; slice and place in small bowl with syrup, stirring to coat. Cut cake into eight slices; lightly brown cake slices using toaster (two slices in each slot, if wide enough).
2. Place four toasted slices on serving plates. Build layers using half of whipped topping and half of strawberry mixture. Repeat with remaining cake, topping, and strawberries; serve immediately.

CALORIES (per 1/4 recipe) 470kcal; FAT 21g; CHOL 85mg; SODIUM 281mg; CARB 62g; FIBER 1g; PROTEIN 4g; VIT A 8%; VIT C 60%; CALC 2%; IRON 8%

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Dairy
Add to your grocery list 2 ounces Asiago cheese

Dry Grocery
Add to your grocery list 1/4 cup raspberry vinaigrette
Add to your grocery list 1/4 cup strawberry syrup

Frozen
Add to your grocery list 2 (24-ounce) bags complete pasta dinner (contains shrimp, penne pasta and asparagus)
Add to your grocery list 4 ounces nondairy whipped topping (1/2 container)

Produce
Add to your grocery list 1 (10.75-ounce) pound cake
Add to your grocery list 1 Bartlett pear
Add to your grocery list 1 cup grape tomatoes
Add to your grocery list 1/2 cup garlic and butter croutons
Add to your grocery list 1/2 cup matchstick carrots
Add to your grocery list 2 tablespoons roasted garlic almonds
Add to your grocery list 4 ounces bistro salad blend (about 3 cups)
Add to your grocery list 8 ounces strawberries

Suggested Items
Add to your grocery list Bakery bread

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Utensils & Cookware

  • large saucepan with lid
  • toaster
  • small bowl, salad bowl
  • vegetable peeler, tongs
  • cooking spoons
  • knife and cutting board
  • measuring utensils
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Shortcuts & Tips

This dinner is a special treat with little effort. Other meals will be a better fit for low-carb lifestyles.

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Recipe Version 04/05-0038

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