Cooking With What You've Got

Following in the footsteps of Ina Garten and Katie Couric. 

From Kathleen Capshaw: I watched a segment on GMA where a chef at home with his kids was suggesting that you try to take whatever you have on hand to substitute.. and while he was going a little too far in my opinion (canned tuna on nachos)... it did remind me to innovate. And as well my instagram served me a delightful little video of Katie Couric doing phone a friend with Ina Garten. She was making the Broccoli and Bowties recipe FOUND HERE but asked Ina if she could use broccolini instead. I soon found myself looking at the large bowl of plain shells pasta we had cooked but had way too much leftover ... I had broccoli... so I went with it and used the already cooked pasta and added my own twist... some italian chicken sausage I sautéed in the pan after I tossed the garlic lemon butter mixture in. I even had a tiny amount of pine nuts burning a hole in my pantry.