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Cooking on deadline: Simple ingredients can create sensational pasta dish
Cooking on deadline: Simple ingredients can create sensational pasta dish By J.M. HIRSCH AP Food Editor Published Jan 31, 2012 04:15PM MDT When you select the right ingredients, it doesn’t take many of them to create a fantastic dinner. Nor much time. The trick is to pick ingredients with tons of flavor, then let them do the heavy lifting for you. I usually start with a main ingredient that is ...

Rush Hour Gourmet: Spicy Sausage and Arugula Penne
When you select the right ingredients, it doesn't take many of them to create a fantastic dinner. Nor much time.

Recipe: Spicy Sausage and Arugula Penne
This is an easy to make recipe that can be adapted to what you have on hand.

Simple ingredients can create sensational pasta
This recipe for spicy sausage and arugula penne calls for Parmesan cheese, but an aged gouda or crumbled feta would be delicious, too. / Matthew Mead/AP PHOTO

Simple ingredients can create a simply sensational pasta
When you select the right ingredients, it doesn't take many of them to create a fantastic dinner. Nor much time.

This pasta is flavorful and adaptable
This spicy sausage and arugula penne is easy to adapt. When you select the right ingredients, it doesn't take many of them to create a fantastic dinner. Nor much time.

Spicy sausage and arugula penne is quick and easy
When you select the right ingredients, it doesn’t take many of them to create a fantastic dinner. Nor much time.

Simple ingredients make sensational pasta
When you select the right ingredients, it doesn't take many of them to create a fantastic dinner. Nor much time. The trick is to pick ingredients with tons of flavor, then let them do the heavy lifting for you. I usually start with a main ingredient that is basically agreeable to any flavor. Chicken, pasta, pork tenderloin, potatoes - all great choices. Next, pick a few pantry staples that pack ...

Creating simply sensational pasta
When you select the right ingredients, it doesn't take many of them to create a fantastic dinner. Nor much time. The trick is to pick ingredients with tons of flavor, then let them do the heavy lifting for you.

Home Chef recipes: Pasta, pork and pound cake
Readers from all over the country have been sending in their recipes to us, competing in TODAY's Home Chef Challenge. Here are recipes for three of our favorite winners, including pesto chicken pasta, pork chops and a five-flavor pound cake.