Primo Pasta

Someone recently told me that Olive Garden is the McDonalds of Italian food.  If that is so, than Shively Dining Hall's pasta bar must be something fierce...

That being said, we must try and break free from Italian chain restaurants and search out authentic Italian cooking.  You know the kind of Italian food made by some little grandma with ancient recipes from her homeland.  However, most college students do not have the luxury of having a little Italian bistro, or even that of an endless soup and salad of an Olive Garden.

<--- Quintessential Italian Grandma

Dining halls do not usually mean primo pasta.  No. Quite the opposite.  Highly processed, mushy noodles, that are drowned in mysterious marinaras and alfredos that most likely came from a plastic tub.

You cannot always have perfectly prepared pasta.... So when the dining hall gives you lemons... Make a citrus summertime pasta with shrimp!!

Citrus Summertime Fetachini with Shrimp

What you Need:
- pasta of any sort
- 3 T olive oil
- 1 T lemon juice
- shrimp
- Feta cheese
-broccoli
- spinach
- cherry tomato
- basil
-salt +  pepper


1. Drizzle your noodles with Olive Oil and mix in all the veggies and shrimp, basil, salt and pepper.


2. sprinkle on the feta and microwave until everything is melty and warm!


3. Enjoy a much classier pasta



Looking for another option?

How about... DRUM ROLL PLEASE!

Blushing Spaghetti with Grilled Chicken and mushrooms

What You Need:
- Spaghetti
- grilled chicken
- cooked mushrooms
- 4 T cup marinara sauce
-  drizzle of olive oil
- 2 T alfredo sauce
- spinach
- fresh tomato
- spinach


1. Combine marinara , olive oil, and alfredo for
your creamy blushing tomato sauce!


2. Toss your spaghetti with blushing sauce, grilled chicken, muschrooms, and tomato.


3. julianne ( slice thinly!) your spinach


4. top it off with CHEESE, cheese, and more cheese.


5. Lady and the Tramp it up!