Missing Ingredients Don’t Ruin the Fun

This morning, I decided to attempt to make a menu for the week.  The helpless feeling, I had, while doing it, represented by lack of confidence in making even one meal, come true.  Tonight, we had capellini Primavera, just like, I wrote down.  What does that tell us?  Probably not too much.  This was an easy dish and I didn’t blink an eye, as I gathered my ingredients.  I should have done more than blink.  I should have gone to the store and purchased the missing ingredients, mushrooms, broccoli, yellow squash

Despite, not making Olive Garden’s Capellini Primavera, I made a very nice dinner thanks to the Copykat site.  I did lots of subbing and it all came together.  I have never even been in an Olive Garden.  Needless to say, I have no clue as to what their Primavera tastes like.  The bottom line is that we had a good dinner even if was not a copy of the Olive Garden’s Primavera.  You should stop by the site.  They have an astounding number of copykat recipes.  I saw several, I would like to try.

Olive Garden’s Capellini Primavera – adapted

1/2 cup (1 stick) margarine

1 cups chopped onions

3/4 cup julienne-cut carrots (1/8-by-1/8-by-11/2-inch)

1 medium zucchini cut in one inch slivers

1 cups water

1 frozen garlic cube

1/4 cup sun-dried tomatoes, oil-packed, minced

1 orange bell pepper, thinly sliced and cut in half

1  cup crushed tomatoes in puree

1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh parsley

2 teaspoons garden fresh oregano

1/4 teaspoon dried rosemary

1/8 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes

3/4 pound GF  angel-hair pasta

1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Melt margarine in large heavy skillet over medium heat. Sauté onions, carrots and bell pepper in butter 5 minutes. Add mushrooms, squash and garlic.

Sauté 2 minutes.

Add all remaining ingredients except pasta and cheese; stir well. Bring to simmer, then cook 8 to 10 minutes or until vegetables are tender and flavors are well blended.

Serve over cooked angel hair pasta. 

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