Pasta shape does matter. In this scenario, rotini was used for pure nostalgia, but it’s also great for holding creamy sauces like the one in this Asparagus Boursin Pasta. When I was a kid, we asked for our favorite back of the box baked rotini recipe that we loving called “Tini.” It was ground beef and pepperoni baked with marinara and extra cheese, and it was my favorite. If you’ve been around this blog for long you may have heard me mention Tini. My parents used to have a supper club with the neighbors every Sunday night, and Tini was in the rotation along with that crazy long garlic bread from the freezer aisle. In this modern age of “busyness” where we take weeks to schedule a hangout with friends, they had a standing Sunday night dinner that was rarely if ever missed. I laud this incredible feat of neighborliness that our generation could never manage.
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