Recipe - Ideas For Pasta Dishes

I asked on the Internet for help in preparing pasta without tomatoes.
Margie Heisler hei6@hotmail.com replied: "I have a variety of ways to
make pasta delicious without the use of tomato sauce. Try a little pesto or
possibly some olive oil and various Italian herbs. Add any additional
ingredients you would have in the house ... vegetables, leftover chicken
... etc. It can make a plain pasta dish really special and only takes
minutes to prepare!"

Kelly Grigg kgrigg@acxiom.com said: "Hmm you might try using tomatillos
.. it's the green tomato like fruit (?) that is used a lot in Mexican
cooking ... partiularly green salsas. I may be wrong, but I think I read
once that it is NOT a relation of the tomato. It can be found in many
grocery stores these days, usually near the fresh peppers. It is the size
of a large cherry tomato, and is covered by a leathery leafy husk that you
pull away to reveal what looks like a small green tomato, The taste is
sharper than a tomato, but I really like them. If you'd like, I can look
for a good tomatillo salsa recipe for you. "Anyway, you might research this
one ... you will miss out on the great red color of the tomato, but might
get a similar taste without the problems."

And Chris Palmer cpalmer@dingo.webo.dg.com said "... try your pureed
apricot/peaches idea with something like tamarind liquid and/or pomegranate
molasses added."

Posted to MMRecipes Digest by "Beth Ide" rev_ide@email.msn.com on Sep
27, 1998