If you are having a busy spring season like me this year, pasta is a delicious and easy way to incorporate all of the wonderful spring ingredients. In fact, pasta is great all year round and it can be made it all kinds of creative ways.
This month's 5 Star Makeover Challenge is to create a PASTA dish with a twist. You can make any kind of pasta (homemade or purchased) and incorporate many different kinds of ingredients in various combinations to create interesting flavors, sweet or savory, inspired by any number of cuisines of the world.
For this makeover, I will select a winner and the winner will receive a special prize provided by YC Media - THE SILVER SPOON: PASTA cookbook!
This cookbook is the continuation of the classic Italian cookbook, The Silver Spoon and presents a collection of 360 definitive pasta recipes for all fans of this tasty Italian staple. The recipes include the most popular pasta dishes from The Silver Spoon, along with hundreds of new recipes from every region of Italy -- collected by the same team, and published in English for the first time. The recipes in THE SILVER SPOON PASTA range from cozy family favorites like Spaghetti Alla Carbonara and Bucatini with Fried Bread Crumbs, to more elaborate creations, yet nearly all can be made in 30 minutes or less. Ideal for any kind of occasion and created for both the novice cook and the gourmet, this cookbook includes step-by-step instructions for dishes simple to prepare in any kitchen.
To participate, please post about your creation mentioning "5 Star Makeover" and linking to this post or you can copy and paste this code to insert the new 5 Star Makeover logo as follows:
Then, send me an email at natasha@5starfoodie.com or leave a comment here with a link to your blog post. Please send your entries by Sunday, May 2. The round-up will be posted on Monday, May 3.
The chances are you have probably already made a creative pasta dish. If you already posted about it, just leave a comment with a link to your post right now!
My own entry for this 5 Star Makeover is the Morel Fettuccine with Spinach Ribbons and Crispy Shallots I made last week for the Morel Recipe Challenge on MarxFoods.com.
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