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Pasta Please Challenge – April 2014

April 1, 2014 by manjirichitnis 29 Comments

Spring is here and so is April, Easter breaks around the corner. With kids being at home it is a great time to cook up some delicious, healthy, and quick pasta recipes for the whole family. I love cooking pasta because it is a great way to bring smiles around on full tummies and its a great way to combine lots of greens with meat or leave out the meat totally and get a very healthy meal on the table. Its also a thrifty meal idea to use up things from your larder and fridge that would otherwise face sure death. Pasta comes to the rescue always!

This is the first-ever food challenge and linky that I shall be hosting so am nervous and hopeful that everyone participates with great enthusiasm 🙂  Thanks to Jacqueline who blogs at Tinned Tomatoes, for letting me host this lovely food challenge for April’14.

The theme for this month’s entry is – OLIVE OIL. I have just infused a bottle of olive oil with crushed garlic,chilli flakes and fresh Italian herbs! Am very  excited to create something tasty with this oil and use some of  large packet of Pappardelle Pasta I purchased yesterday!

Sounds exciting? Ready to join in the challenge?

The rules ARE:

PASTA PLEASE – Food Blog Challenge – April 2014

To join in, simply post a pasta dish on your blog by the 28th of April 2014

Link to Travelsfortaste and Tinned Tomatoes.

Use the Pasta Please logo in your post.

If you use twitter, tweet your post with @tinnedtoms and @manjirichitnis using the hashtag #PastaPlease and we will re-tweet it to our followers.

Current theme is Olive Oil.

Vegetarian dishes and  with any dishes using  meat,sea food,pork,beef,chicken,dry fish are  allowed (any non-vegetarian
dish).

One entry per entrant.

Recipes must be added to the linky by 28 April 2014.

Please email me your post with one image on fruitsnveg@yahoo.com.(Why? because the Linky has a GREMLIN inside and is not working! Thankfully its the last day to link up -phew!)

pasta please

Entries So far :

  1. Tagliatelle with Chorizo,Garlic and Sundried Tomatoes by Corina of searchingforspice blog.
  2. Fusilli with Baked Eggplant and Marinara Sauce by Ridhi of Drizzling Delicious Blog.
  3.  Easy Entertaining :Stuffed Pasta Shells by Katie of Feeding Boys Blog.
  4. Chicken Riggies: A Utica,New York Pasta Speciality by Rachel at The Crispy Cook Blog.
  5. Red Peppers in Pasta Bake, Stuffed and in Soup by Johanna of Green Gourmet Giraffe Blog.
  6. Extremely Delicious Vegetable Lasagne by Chris of Cooking around the world blog.
  7. Gnocchi with Asparagus,Sage & Prosciutto by Louisa Foti of Eat your Veg blog.
  8. Spicy Chorizo Pasta with loads of veggie goodness! by me 🙂

 

Filed Under: Lifestyle, Miscellaneous Tagged With: April 2014, chicken, chilli flakes, crushed garlic, fish, meat, olive oil, pappardelle, Pasta Please Challenge, seafood, sliceoffme, Theme for April 2014 Pasta Please challenge is Olive Oil, Tinned Tomatoes, veggies

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Comments

  1. Eat Your Veg says

    April 1, 2014 at 12:14 pm

    Enjoy your first bloggie challenge, they’re lots of fun and a great way to come across new blogs too! Shall try and join in, as we seem to use olive oil by the bucket load it shouldn’t be a problem.

    Reply
    • Manjiri Chitnis says

      April 1, 2014 at 1:02 pm

      Thanks, Lou cant wait to see what you and ur kiddos cook up 🙂

      Reply
  2. Nayna Kanabar (@SIMPLYF00D) says

    April 1, 2014 at 7:57 pm

    Happy Hosting Manjiri. xxx

    Reply
    • Manjiri Chitnis says

      April 1, 2014 at 10:12 pm

      Thanks, Nayna xxx

      Reply
  3. Corina says

    April 1, 2014 at 7:59 pm

    I think I almost always use olive oil when cooking a pasta dish so I’ll do my best to join in. You should get lots of lovely varied dishes.

    Reply
    • Manjiri Chitnis says

      April 2, 2014 at 7:34 pm

      Thanks, Corina, I do hope that people send in their entries, its lovely to see how many beautiful pasta dishes one can create!

      Reply
  4. Jac -Tinned Tomatoes (@tinnedtoms) says

    April 2, 2014 at 10:47 am

    Thanks for hosting. I’ve added it to The Food Blog Diary for you I look forward to seeing the entries.

    Reply
    • Manjiri Chitnis says

      April 2, 2014 at 7:29 pm

      Thanks for letting me host Jaq!Looking forward to some great entries!

      Reply
  5. kneadwhine says

    April 2, 2014 at 9:07 pm

    🙂 I’m so glad that this is one I can get on board with this month! Last month I just didn’t quite get there in time.

    Reply
    • Manjiri Chitnis says

      April 3, 2014 at 10:33 am

      Thanks for entering the Pasta Please Challenge and the mascarpone sauce looks so yummy! Congratulations and thanks for sharing a recipe suitable for pregnant women 🙂

      Reply
  6. Tina @ The Spicy Pear says

    April 17, 2014 at 10:47 am

    Hi Manjiri, My pasta recipe doesn’t appear on your “Entries So Far’ summary page. Just checking I entered the details correctly? Thanks

    Reply
    • Manjiri says

      April 18, 2014 at 2:11 pm

      Hey Tina, has just added your link, need to do that manually as WP does not allow the linky’s to show up! That’s why I am going to move my blog to a self-hosted one soon, and change my blog’s name to TRAVELSFORTASTE! 🙂

      Reply
      • Tina @ The Spicy Pear says

        April 18, 2014 at 4:26 pm

        Ok thanks. Love the new name. Excited to see your revamped site.

        Reply
        • Manjiri Chitnis says

          April 21, 2014 at 12:33 pm

          Yay! am so excited can’t wait!

          Reply
  7. Lisa Prince (@BEAUTY_IIAO) says

    April 24, 2014 at 12:00 pm

    you know what i absolutely love pasta and have never made it by scratch as of yet but my husband did a couple of years ago and wow t was delichious x

    Reply
    • Manjiri Chitnis says

      April 28, 2014 at 10:58 am

      That’s lovely Lisa if you want to link up today is the last day, email me your entry at fruitsnveg@yahoo.com

      Reply
  8. Gemma Button says

    April 24, 2014 at 12:48 pm

    This is such a Great idea, who doesn’t love pasta 🙂

    Reply
    • Manjiri Chitnis says

      April 28, 2014 at 10:58 am

      You betcha Gemma!

      Reply
  9. Fiona Naughton says

    April 25, 2014 at 8:55 am

    Thanks for sharing this challenge. I love pasta and have been looking make our weekly pasta dinner a bit more exciting. I hope you enjoy your Olive Oil part of the challenge 🙂

    Reply
    • Manjiri Chitnis says

      April 28, 2014 at 10:57 am

      Thanks, Fiona! I love pasta too!

      Reply
  10. Julie says

    April 25, 2014 at 11:40 am

    I’m hoping to join in, I have something in mind. Well done on hosting your first challenge.

    Reply
    • Manjiri Chitnis says

      April 28, 2014 at 10:57 am

      Thanks, Julie! Today is the last day to link up, please email me your entry at fruitsnveg@yahoo.com .Cheers!

      Reply
      • Julie says

        April 28, 2014 at 11:17 am

        Thanks for reminding me, I’ll try.

        Reply
  11. lucia says

    April 28, 2014 at 9:48 am

    HI Manjiri, olive oil (extra virgin)is essential in the italian pasta recipes!!! Thank you so much for hosting! Cheers
    lucia

    Reply
    • Manjiri Chitnis says

      April 28, 2014 at 10:56 am

      Thanks for linking up Lucia! Yes, I love olive oil too and LOVEEEEUHHH Italian food too!:)

      Reply
  12. Manjiri says

    April 18, 2014 at 2:12 pm

    Thanks for linking up Tina!

    Reply

Trackbacks

  1. Tagliatelle with Chorizo, Garlic and Sundried Tomatoes | Searching for Spice says:
    April 3, 2014 at 9:05 am

    5 stars
    […] am linking this to Tinned Tomatoes‘ Pasta Please, hosted by Manjiri of Travelsfortaste blog this month. The theme is olive oil. As I used leftovers for this I am […]

    Reply
  2. Fusilli with Baked Eggplant and Marinara Sauce | Drizzling Delicacies says:
    April 5, 2014 at 1:57 pm

    5 stars
    […] I am linking this recipe to Manjiri who blogs at Travelsfortaste and Tinned Tomatoes for the Pasta Please Challenge […]

    Reply
  3. The Spicy Pear | Penne Pasta With Tomato And Basil Sauce says:
    April 16, 2014 at 8:07 am

    5 stars
    […] Tinned Tomatoes Pasta Please challenge, which is currently hosted by Manjiri who blogs at Travelsfortaste. […]

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