This cute idea for a mason jar pasta salad popped up in my email. The inspiration was mason jars on this site and mostly vegetable salads. And I thought, “Why not use my little, little, lot?” formula and try to make a pasta salad. I used a half bag of fiesta fettuccine or a little pasta, a little salad dressing, and a
I am always looking for new recipes to simplify and put our Al Dente Pasta spin on them. My favorite online ezine is Food52. The graphic styling and photographs are just beautiful. This recipe called Craig Claiborne’s Pasta con Asparagi, was Adapted slightly from The New New York Times Cookbook (Crown, 1979) by Food52’s Senior Editor Kristen Miglore.
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the first concert in Hill Auditorium — May 14, 1913. It is such an honor to be on the board of UMS and part of this momentous occasion. Today’s annarbor.com has a special article on the 100th anniversary of U-M’s “Big House for the Arts.” Our dear friend Sophia
Asparagus is in season right now and it’s so good and fresh tasting. I had to share a recent weeknight dinner pairing asparagus with Al Dente Pasta. Enjoy! Asparagus Carbonara 1 bag Al Dente BonaChia Fettuccine, or any other cut or flavor 1 bunch asparagus, tough part of stems snapped off 1/2 lb
There is nothing more delicious or simple than our 3 in 3 Pasta with Vodka sauce. Be sure to stock all these ingredients in your pantry and you can have it ready in a flash. Al Dente Pasta with Vodka sauce 1 pkg Al Dente Pasta, any cut or flavor 1 jar Monique’s Marvelous
Sometimes when I get home after a busy, action packed day at Al Dente, I feel the need for a little pasta love. I want to see what my friends are cooking and how they’re combining our delicious pasta with other seasonal ingredients and flavors. You know I’m a big fan of pantry staples pasta. I like
This is unbelievable! Look at what Gwenyth says in her goop journal about not giving up pasta. Plus look at her list of super foods, all the kinds of ingredients I use in my recipes. This recipe uses 3 of her super foods—walnuts, cruciferous vegetable, and chia. Also good for you there’s raisins, olive oil, and
Did you know we have our own Youtube channel called aldentevideo? We’ve created it with the help of our intern, Danica Whitfield, for you to enjoy watching how easy it is to create our pasta dishes. Our aldentevideo channel features cooking videos, videos of our field trips, or videos of dinner parties we’ve attended. So far we have only
This is a great time of year to eat healthy and detox from the holidays. Our student food scientist intern, Lillian, came up with this delicious vegetarian stir fry it is loaded with healthy ingredients and tossed with BonaChia® pasta. Hope you will try it and enjoy! BonaChia® Stir Fry 4 Tablespoons soy sauce 2 Tablespoons
Being a small business, we are always really busy. But launching 5 new products at the same time that we were completing a re-design of our labels/brand……..suffice to say, we had a really, really busy 2012. So super exciting. What do you think of the new look? Please let us know. Maybe I shouldn’t ask,