Name: Natalie’s Pasta Salad
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Ingredients: 1 pound tri-colored rotini pasta; ½ Bottle McCormick’s Salad Supreme (2.62 oz. bottle); 1 cup (8 oz.) Kraft Viva Italian Dressing; 3 tomatoes (chopped) or 1 lb. grape tomatoes halved or quartered.; 1 large cucumber (peeled, seeded and & diced); 8 green onions (chopped); Fresh grated Parmesan cheese

Welcome to The Karney Family Recipe Site!

I have many vivid and wonderful memories of family and friends gathering around the table to celebrate holidays, special events and just the companionship of one another. Meals were always a special event whether eaten at a table with cloth napkins, holiday decorations and the good china, or on a picnic table with a red checked tablecloth on a balmy summer day.

Throughout history, meals have always occupied a special place in the world's great religions. As we gather for sustenance and companionship, we are in our most vulnerable human condition, and that's where the Divine enters. This is precisely why mealtime is sacred and shouldn't be subservient to television, texting and other interruptions. We need each others companionship and the opportunity to be fully human so much that we can't let distractions overwhelm us.

My wife Natalie, and I have always enjoyed cooking, and as our sons, Jared, Jeff and Kevin got older, they all became good cooks. I had been working on putting together a book of both traditional family recipes and favorite newer recipes, but how do you ever say such a thing is done. So, I decided that the best solution would be to put the recipes online where they would be available to friends and family, and now of course to anyone else who is interested. And now we have added three wonderful daughters-in-law, Izabella, Amie and Katy, who with their extended families, I'm sure will be contributing some wonderful recipes.

So. Make some great food, gather around the table with your loved ones and strangers as well, give thanks to God, share your stories and celebrate life.

Bon appetit! - Mark Karney

Natalie’s Pasta Salad

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Jun 252016

Natalie’s pasta salad is a group favorite at summer gatherings. She gets lots of requests for it, and it keeps well in the summer heat.

Natalie’s Pasta Salad

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Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Author: Mark Karney

Ingredients

1 pound tri-colored rotini pasta
½ Bottle McCormick’s Salad Supreme (2.62 oz. bottle)
1 cup (8 oz.) Kraft Viva Italian Dressing
3 tomatoes (chopped) or 1 lb. grape tomatoes halved or quartered.
1 large cucumber (peeled, seeded and & diced)
8 green onions (chopped)
Fresh grated Parmesan cheese

Instructions

Cook pasta to al dente and drain.
Chop vegetables while the pasta is cooking.
Mix all ingredients together.
Top with fresh grated Parmesan cheese.
Refrigerate for an hour or more to let flavors blend.

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Pasta Primavera

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Mar 272015

Natalie found this recipe many years ago in a magazine or newspaper and has been making it ever since. It’s been modified a little from the original, but we always try to make recipes our own. This is a nice summery vegetarian meal that goes extremely well with a glass of crisp white wine.

Pasta Primavera

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Prep Time: 30 minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes

Author: Mark Karney

Yield: 8 Main dish servings.

Ingredients

½ lb. mostaccioli or rotini
¾ stick of butter
2 cups sliced fresh broccoli
3 medium carrots, thinly sliced
1 cup diced green onions
4 cloves garlic minced
2 tsp. dried basil
½ tsp. black pepper
Salt to taste
3 cups sliced fresh mushrooms
12 oz. pea pods
½ cup dry white wine
Fresh grated parmesan cheese

Instructions

Cook the pasta until tender, drain and keep warm.
Melt the butter in a large skillet and stir in broccoli, carrot, garlic, basil, salt and pepper.
Cook for 6 to 7 minutes until the broccoli is just tender.
Add the mushrooms and cook for two minutes more.
Add the peapods, onion, and wine, cover, and cook for two more minutes making sure that the vegetables are crisp tender.
Taste and adjust seasonings.
Toss the vegetable mixture with the pasta and serve with fresh grated Parmesan cheese.

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