Penne with Brown Butter, Arugula, and Pine Nuts

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I was making this for myself, so I halved the recipe. I am a little surprised at the comments saying it was too lemony, as I could barely taste the lemon myself. I also did not find it too salty, but I always wing it when I add salt to recipes. I did not add the tomatoes, because I hate them. Overall, I give it 4 stars, because it is a dish I would make again, but it is not a dish I can see myself one day randomly having the munchies for.

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Really enjoyed this recipe!! Nice combination of flavors and something different! Made it exactly like the recipe. Only criticism was that it was too salty. Next time I will only use 1 teaspoon of salt. Even on the video, Giada seems to add less than 2 teaspoons.

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Although the ingredients sounded good (we love arugula that was the only thing I really liked about this recipe. The lemon was way to strong and tangy and there really wasn't much flavor to the whole dish except for the arugula and the tomatoes. I would lessen the lemon juice and zest the next time and saute some fresh garlic in the butter. Not too thrilled with this one Giada.

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Love this recipe! I cut back on some of the butter and all of the oil by substituting chicken broth. You do need a decent amount of butter for the browning aspect, but the recipe as written is very generous with fats. I also use regular arugula since the local market does not have the baby kind. I cut it into smaller pieces. I use already toasted almonds as the nuts to add some more browning factor and add those to the butter when it is cooking. I love the lemon taste and would not change that nor would I skip the capers. They really add something extra to it. It comes out like a restaurant specialty and is a simple dish to make. We serve with grated cheese on top because that makes everything taste better. Enjoy!

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Delicious. I made it exactly as written except that I used fresh basil from my garden instead of arugula. I would try spinach too which would be good. Deceptively delicious. Since there are only two of us, my husband and I ate it three days in a row and it got tastier every day! If making for company I would make it a day ahead for sure. Easy to reheat in microwave and so tasty. I am making it again tomorrow and might try the shrimp addition some people tried.

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Fantastic! I serve this with baked/grilled salmon for a light dinner. Love it.

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wonderful but it would have been just as good without the dressing. That made it too oily. I will only add the lemon juice next time.

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I wilted the arugula, but a certain picky eater lapped it up anyway. I cut the butter in half as I am watching the cholesteral. De-lish!

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Everyone cleaned their plates. My daughter, who doesn't eat tomatoes was picking them off others plates. Easy, yummy and pretty good for you when you use whole grain pasta.

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It was super yummy!!!! This is one of my favorites pastas! My only concern was that it has a lot of butter and oil!