Saturday, January 29, 2011

Quick Dinner

It was Friday and I had just come home from a friend's house. My mom pulled out frozen fish sticks and said, "Fish for dinner!" I am not very fond of fish for dinner, so I said, "Can I try making dinner to night?"my mom said sure, and I got to work. I love mushrooms, so I decided to make breaded mushroom caps and pasta with spinach and mushrooms.

Here's what you need for breaded mushroom caps:
  • 5 or 6 small mushrooms (your favorite kind of mushroom)
  • 1-2 cups bread crumbs

Here's how you make it:

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
  • Wash the mushrooms and separate the stem from the cap.
  • Pour the bread crumbs into a bowl.
  • Roll the mushroom caps in the breadcrumbs so that the mushroom cap is coated in breadcrumbs.
  • Put the breaded mushroom caps into a glass bread dish and put into the oven.
  • Bake for 10-15 minuets. 
This is what you need for the pasta:

  • 2 cups pasta
  • 2-3 cups water
  • 3-4 cups spinach
  • 2 small mushrooms
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1/4 teaspoon crushed garlic
  • 1/4 teaspoon chopped ginger (optional)
This is how you make it:

  • Pour the oil onto a pan, and set the pan to high.
  • Put the garlic and ginger onto the pan.
  • Add the mushrooms and spinach to the pan.
  • Take off the stove when the spinach has cooked down. 
  • Pour the water into a pot and add the pasta.
  • Let the pasta come to a boil.
  • Once the pasta is comes to a boil, strain it.
Serve with the pasta with the spinach on top, and the mushroom caps on the side.
Enjoy!

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