Does anyone watch Project Runway? I'm not religious about watching it, but if I happen to be flipping and see that it's on I'll watch it. I love it when Tim Gunn tells the contestants to "make it work."This week's CEiMB is supposed to be linguine with shrimp and vegetables. As you can tell from the title of this post, this pasta has neither linguine, nor shrimp. For that matter, it might not even have vegetables, as it's generally accepted that tomatoes are a fruit. I wasn't going to make this because I really don't enjoy shrimp, and I really wasn't up for thinking outside the box or going to the grocery store. Then Kayte raved about how tasty this pasta dish was, and I started to wonder if I could "make it work." I thought about it, and then I moved on and forgot about it until dinner time last night. I had chicken breasts I needed to use, cherry tomatoes and an open bottle of white wine in the fridge, maybe I could make a slightly different take on this recipe? I essentially followed the recipe, substituting sauteed chicken breast for the shrimp, omitting the asparagus because I didn't have any, and using angel hair rather than linguine because I didn't have any linguine either.
The verdict on this? The lemon white wine sauce is delicious with this pasta! I wish I'd used my other pasta option, penne, because the angel hair couldn't handle the bulky tomatoes and chicken. I'd love to try this again with spinach linguine. Thanks to Farah for choosing this recipe. I'm really glad that I tried it, and I'll definitely make versions of this pasta again. If you'd like to check out the recipe for yourself, click here.
14 comments:
Love your version, too, and I have chicken on hand more than shrimp, so you can bet I will try this version as well. Happy you made it work! It looks great.
It looks great and your changes make for another option to try. Super.
I was really surprised how good the lemon and white wine sauce was. I'm glad you decided to try it!
Sounds like a great pasta dish. I have to cook something from that cookbook one day. I've had it for a couple months...
Haha your post totally cracks me up because I say "make it work" all the time around here :) I watch Project Runway most of the time too obviously. It's gotten to the point where I say it so much Shane knows the phrase. Your version of the dish looks delicious! I can't wait to try this one.
J-Dog that looks incredible! OMG! LOVE LOVE LOVE!
I'm almost embarrassed to admit this, but reading your post, I just now realized it's Thursday. Today is Thursday. And I didn't make this (or anything else) today. But I wished I would have done something like what you did since it looks so delicious.
This looks wonderful. Love anything with pasta.
I am so glad you tried this. Its a great dish. I was wondering what this might be like with chicken and glad to see it works!
I wish I had read your post earlier in the week because I skipped out on this one because of the shrimp. I should have thought to put in chicken! You are so clever and the dish looks wonderful.
Looks great! That is what is great about a recipe like this, it is not really a recipe, you can make it into whatever you want.
Good for you finding all the alternatives! Looks delicious! I don't watch much of Project Runway but I love your analogy ;)
Nice job "making it work"!
Love the variations on this recipe!
I love Tim Gunn and Project Runway. You really did make this work. It looks delicious. Nice to know it works with the chicken, too.
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