There are so many different ways to make pasta. However, sometimes it seems easier to just stick with what you know... and what your family loves to eat. However, it can become boring. You don't have to change it up so that it becomes a different dish, but you can mix it up and try a combination of different ingredients to add zip or enhance the flavor or texture to your classic favorite pasta dishes. Below are some tips to put some zing in your pasta dishes! Let me know what you try and how it works out for the fam! 5 Ways to Get Creative with Pasta Dishes 1. Experiment with different sauces such as teriyaki sauce for Asian dishes, sun-dried tomato pesto or another kind of pesto, cream based sauces or your own creation. Certain sauces only go well with certain ingredients. For example, you wouldn't use chorizo with an Asian sauce, but it would go well with a tomato sauce or chipotle sauce. Common types of sauces: A. Tomato based sauce such as arrabbiata, a spicy sauce, … [Read more...]