How to Use penne in a Sentence

penne

noun

• Add the penne and cook, stirring once or twice, for 9 minutes.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2021
• So, by all means, finish that bowl of penne with a sprinkle of Parm.
  — Audrey Bruno, SELF, 12 Oct. 2017
• Add cooled penne and toss to coat; toss with Parmesan and celery leaves.
  — Carla Hall, Redbook, 2 June 2017
• Add cooled penne and toss to coat; toss with Parmesan and celery leaves.
  — Carla Hall, Redbook, 2 June 2017
• The pasta section was bare, save for gluten-free lentil penne.
  — New York Times, 24 Mar. 2020
• Toss 1 cup cooked whole-wheat penne with Brussels sprouts.
  — Redbook, 8 Jan. 2014
• Then it’s on to the entrée, which will be a penne rigate with tomato sauce and meatballs.
  — Shirley MacFarland, cleveland, 9 Sep. 2021
• The bruschetta from a cocktail-hour canapé tray, scraped over penne that someone found in the back of the pantry.
  — Erin Chack jason Adam Katzenstein, The New Yorker, 25 May 2018
• Think of penne as a blank canvas and build your masterpiece around it.
  — Robin Miller, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2022
• Once cooked, drain the penne in a colander and carefully stir the pasta through the tomato sauce.
  — Lindsay Campbell, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Apr. 2020
• Toss with 1 pound cooked penne and 1/4 cup chopped Kalamata olives.
  — Michael Austin, chicagotribune.com, 31 May 2017
• Add cooled penne and toss to coat; toss with Parmesan and celery leaves. Makes 4 servings.
  — Carla Hall, Redbook, 2 June 2017
• Dinner consisted of penne with spinach and veal with crab meat.
  — John-John Williams Iv, baltimoresun.com, 9 June 2017
• Add penne pasta and cook just under al dente, about 10 minutes, drain and set aside.
  — Fox News, 11 Feb. 2011
• Cutting back on toast, penne, rice-with-everything, and cocktails has been the painful part.
  — Lexi Novak, Allure, 25 Mar. 2018
• For busy home cooks, this penne bake can be assembled a day or two in advance and cooked later.
  — Darlene Zimmerman, Detroit Free Press, 24 Oct. 2021
• The eggplant is served with a choice of pasta – spaghetti or penne -- or vegetable medley.
  — Claire Perez, Sun-Sentinel.com, 28 July 2017
• As for the Cajun pasta, penne with chicken or shrimp in cream sauce is salty with Parmesan - a gummy bore.
  — Tom Sietsema, chicagotribune.com, 13 Dec. 2017
• Get: Preferred Selection penne rigate, $1.29 for a 1-pound bag.
  — Kathleen Purvis, charlotteobserver, 7 Feb. 2018
• Stop losing pieces of penne while straining your pasta.
  — Billy Cadden, Popular Science, 19 Aug. 2019
• The Top Chef host used her other hand to take a bite of pasta from an aluminum takeout dish filled with cheesy penne sitting in front of her.
  — Sam Burros, Peoplemag, 26 May 2023
• Orecchiette are great, but elbows, penne, rigatoni, and shells will all shine.
  — Sohla El-Waylly, Bon Appétit, 2 Apr. 2020
• Pasta is beloved for its diversity of shapes, from tubes of penne to spirals of fusilli.
  — ABC News, 9 May 2021
• Her favorite is the spicy chipotle chicken pasta made with brown rice penne and tossed in a chipotle alfredo sauce.
  — Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 16 Sep. 2021
• Use leftovers for a baked pasta — layer the squash with rigatoni or penne cooked firmly al dente, and then shower with grated cheese and bread crumbs.
  — Nancy Ngo, Twin Cities, 21 Nov. 2019
• Lakshmi used her other hand to take a bite of pasta from an aluminum takeout dish filled with cheesy penne sitting in front of her.
  — Sam Burros, Peoplemag, 18 Oct. 2023
• The shape of the die corresponds to the final shape of the pasta: spaghetti or linguine, rigatoni or penne, radiatori or rotelle.
  — Daniela Galarza, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2023
• Then there is the ultra-creamy seafood macaroni and cheese full of crab, shrimp, crawfish and penne in bechamel sauce spiced with Foster’s Cajun seasoning blend.
  — Liz Biro, Indianapolis Star, 25 Feb. 2020
• An unexpected delight was the Kreyol pasta, ($18), penne smothered in a spicy cream sauce with a choice of chicken and shrimp or Andouille sausage and shrimp.
  — Stephanie Schorow, BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2018
• Vegan and gluten-free penne with walnut pesto is also available.
  — Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 13 Sep. 2021

Last Updated: 1 Dec 2024