Market District Recipes: Quick & Easy Pasta Bakes

IT'S BACK TO SCHOOL TODAY FOR STUDENTS IN SEVERAL LOCAL DISTRICTS THE BIGGEST DECK STRICT — DISTRICT, PITTSBURGH PUBLIC SCHOOLS STARTED FRIDAY

WE CAN'T FORGET DINNER, IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO GATHER FOR DINNER THE CHEF IS HERE TO SHOW US WAYS TO GET DINNER ON THE TABLE FAST I FEEL LIKE ESPECIALLY WHEN SCHOOL STARTS IT SO IMPORTANT TO GET THE FAMILY TOGETHER QUICK AND EASY EVERYBODY HAS DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES SO THIS IS WHAT WE WILL PRESENT TODAY

IT'S A QUICK AND EASY DO AHEAD OR YOU CAN COME HOME AND DO IT IN THE DAY AND HAVE IT DURING THE WEEK THE BEST THING TO DO IS PASTA YOUR KIDS — MOST KIDS LIKE PASTA WE ARE TAKING A BUNCH OF SHORTCUTS TO MAKE IT SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO COOK IT ALL FROM SCRATCH WE ARE DOING IT ALL AND 9 X 9 POUNDS — PANS

WE WILL START WITH OUR CHICKEN PARMESAN IT'S A CHICKEN PARMESAN BAKE YOU'VE GOT CHICKEN, CHEESE AND PASTA AND WE HAVE A GREAT NEW LINE OF SAUCES AND THAT'S WHAT WE HIGHLIGHT TODAY THEY ARE SIMPLE INGREDIENTS BUT FLAVORFUL AND THEY ARE ARTISTS AND MADE YOU HAVE A GREAT PRODUCT IT'S EASY

AND YOU COULD PROBABLY DOUBLE THESE ABSOLUTELY YOU CAN POP THESE IN THE TOASTER OVEN, OVEN OR MICROWAVE THERE IS PRECOOKED PASTA OR FROZEN PASTA AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY DO PASTA AHEAD OF TOWN, CHILL IT AND TOSS IT IN OIL AND IT'S GOOD FOR FIVE DAYS HERE WE HAVE SOME PENNY PASTA AND THE TOMATO BASIL SAUCE

IS THERE A REASON YOU NEED THAT MUCH SAUCE? IT WILL BE BAKED SO YOU WANT MORE OF THE MOISTURE IN THEIR TO HELP THE PASTA OUT SO IT DOESN'T GET DRY THESE ARE HAND BREADED CHICKEN TENDERLOINS THAT WE HAVE IN THE STORE YOU CUT THEM UP TO BE IN — BE EVENLY DISTRIBUTED I GIVE THAT A QUICK TOSS I LIKE MY CHICKEN PARMESAN THE BRAIDED, I'M NOT GOING TO LIE

— BREADED, I'M NOT GOING TO LIE I DO TOO I WILL NOT BE MAD IF YOU USE YOUR HANDS THIS IS CHICKEN PARMESAN, THROW IT IN HALF AN HOUR AND YOU'RE DONE AND WHILE IT'S BAKING YOU CAN WORK ON THE HOMEWORK

THE NEXT ONE IS CHICKEN ALFREDO WE ARE GOING TO HIDE SOME VEGETABLES IN THERE YOU CAN USE ANY KIND OF PASTA YOU WILL SERVE IT ALMOST LIKE A LASAGNA WE HAVE SOME ALFREDO SAUCE WE GIVE IT A QUICK TOSS IN THE PAN JUST TO COAT THE PASTA

THIS IS ALREADY COOKED AND CHILLED TO THIS WE ADD SOME GRILLED CHICKEN YOU CAN GRILLED CHICKEN OR YOU CAN BUY IT IF YOU HAVE LEFTOVERS OR ROTISSERIE CHICKEN LOOKS — WORKS VERY WELL YOU COULD DO SOME OF THAT PREP WORK ON THE WEEKENDS

THE SKY IS THE LIMIT SO IF YOU WANTED TO MAKE FOUR OR FIVE , YOU COULD DO THAT YOU CAN ADD BROCCOLI OR MUSHROOMS WE ARE GOING TO ADD ZUCCHINI NOODLES THEY PAY HER VERY WELL WITH HEAVIER SAUCES IF YOU LIKE THE TEXTURE YOU'VE GOT SOME OF THE FLAVOR BUT IT WILL STILL HAVE THAT CLASSIC REST TO BE — CLASSIC RECIPE

THIS IS ABOUT CONVENIENCE AND MAKING SURE EVERYONE HAS A GOOD MEAL THIS IS SHREDDED ITALIAN CHEESE AND IT GOES RIGHT IN THE OVEN THE LAST ONE WE ARE GOING TO DO — WITH BOTH OF THOSE DO YOU COVER THEM WHEN YOU PUT THEM IN THE OVEN? THIS IS PYREX AND USUALLY YOU GET THE PLASTIC THAT YOU CAN STORE IT AND THEN YOU WILL WANT TO PUT ALUMINUM FOIL OVER IT FOR THE FIRST HALF HOUR AND THEN UNCOVER IT FOR THE LAST 10 MINUTES THIS IS GOING TO BE OUR CLASSIC RE-CREATION OF A PIZZA PIZZA MACARONI

WE ARE GOING TO ADD THREE FOURTHS AND A QUICK STIR WE HAVE PRECOOKED MEATBALLS THEY ARE FROZEN TO THIS WE ARE GOING TO ADD OUR HOT SLICED ITALIAN SAUSAGE THE MANY MEATBALLS AND ALSO PEPPERONI BECAUSE, WHY NOT? AND AGAIN A QUICK TOSS

THIS IS SOMETHING YOUR KIDS CAN HELP OUT WITH AND YOU CAN DO AHEAD OF TIME WE ARE JUST LOOKING FOR TIMESAVERS I LIKE THE IDEA OF DOING A COUPLE OF THESE OVER THE WEEKEND AND POP THEM IN THE OVEN ABSOLUTELY YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU SIT WITH THE FAMILY

YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOUR KIDS ARE ENERGIZED AND READY FOR THE OTHER ACTIVITIES WE ADDED THE PIZZA CHEESES, MOZZARELLA AND PROVOLONE I HAVE THREE THAT I DID THIS MORNING WHEN YOU TAKE THOSE OUT OF THE OVEN I WANT YOU TO TELL US ABOUT CURBSIDE DELIVERY CURBSIDE EXPRESS WHICH IS OUR PICKUP AND DELIVERY SERVICE

YOU CAN GO ONLINE AND PLACE YOUR ORDER COME TO THE STORE, WE HAVE SAME- DAY AND NEXT-DAY DELIVERY AND PICK UP WILL HAVE IT READY AND YOU CAN COME IN AND WE TAKE IT OUT YOUR CAR AND YOU'RE GOOD TO GO I HAVE FRIENDS THAT USE THE SERVICE AND THEY SAY IT'S LIFE- CHANGING BECAUSE IT IS SO EASY YOU JUST SPENT HALF HOUR AT THE COMPUTER, PICK WHAT YOU WANT

ABSOLUTELY HERE WE HAVE THE DISHES I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE SERVING JUST TO SHOW THIS IS THE CLASSIC MEET I'M GLAD YOU SERVED THAT WHEN I FIRST — I'M GOING TO TAKE A BITE

HAS THAT NICE KICK BUT IT'S NOT OVERPOWERING THIS IS THE CHICKEN ALFREDO WITH ZUCCHINI WE ARE GOING TO DIG IN BUT IF YOU WANT A COPY OF TODAY'S

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