Saturday, March 05, 2016

Retro Pasta Night

Tonight's dinner: a rather retro recipe for pasta, salmon, and mushrooms. I think this is the kind of thing we ate in the 1980s.
I assembled all the ingredients, and according to the recipe, cooked the dill-seasoned salmon first, then the garlic.
Then I added chopped green onions, capers, sliced mushrooms, and white wine to the pan. When they were done, I tossed in the cooked pasta.
My friend Alice made salad to go with it. 
For an appetizer I served something even more retro:
sherry and celery stuffed with cheese.
Also, Trader Joe's delicious and sinful pastry hors d'oeuvres.
Pasta, ready to serve, garnished with halved cherry tomatoes in oil & dill,
chopped parsley, and lemon wedges.
Pasta on the table. My other guest made a fudge pie for dessert.
I found the recipe at Epicurious -- HERE, originally from Bon Appetit magazine.

12 comments:

Beth F said...

That pasta looks gorgeous! We love salmon and are always looking for new ways to make it. This is going on the list. And a little retro is always fun.

Deb Nance at Readerbuzz said...

Oh my! Even if you'd served frozen pizza, I'd come to that table!

http://readerbuzz.blogspot.com/2016/03/happy-cooking.html

Jeanie said...

Those TJ pastries are incredible. And your table and the salmon dish is gorgeous!

When you said retro in the header, I was thinking 50s, 60s. I'm trying very hard to wrap my brain around the fact that yet another decade of my life has become retro! But we ate well -- and so did you with this!

Katherine P said...

Those appetizers have me wanting to drive to the nearest Trader Joes! I love all the components so I imagine they're fabulous. The dish may be retro but it looks really good - a nice mixture of simple and tasty and it makes for a gorgeous plate!

Jackie McGuinness said...

Sounds like a great menu.

jama said...

Pasta and salmon look delicious! Thanks for the recipe link! :)

Carole said...

Pasta is always in style! Cheers from Carole's Chatter!

A Day in the Life on the Farm said...

What a delicious dish to share with dear friends.

Vicki said...

My daughter and her family would love this recipe. They eat some kind of pasta at least 3 times a week.

Deb in Hawaii said...

Retro is always fun for sure and that pasta looks delicious. I love salmon pasta dishes. The whole dinner looks wonderful!
Aloha, Deb--Kahakai Kitchen

Laurie C said...

Sounds like a lovely dinner, salad, and dessert! My husband insists he doesn't like salmon, but I've been wanting to try it again and, coincidentally, just bought some today!

Trish @ Love, Laughter, Insanity said...

I'm too young to appreciate retro (was born in the 80s) but I think I prefer it anyway! Sometimes these newer dishes are just too bizarre for my taste. ;) The pasta looks delicious and the fudge pie sounds awesome! Think I'll add some salmon to our menu for this week.