There were so many creative, cozy, fall-flavored pasta dishes contributed to this month's Supper Club, selecting finalists was like choosing a favorite Halloween candy: possible, but no pleasant task. Now it's time for the community to vote on the best recipe. The winner gets a copy of the fabulous cookbook, Weeknight Fast + Fresh, and is profiled in our Shine Supper Club winner's circle. Be sure to check out all the links below before you vote; there's lots more where this cold weather comfort food comes from.

Shine Supper Club October Submissions:
Average Betty: Pappardelle with Meat Sauce
Crispy Bits & Burnt Ends: Butternut Squash Bacon Pasta
Dining with Dostoevsky: Tokyo Turnips with Soba and Miso Butter
Feed Your Soul: Baked Pasta
Girl Makes Food: Sneaky Mac and Cheese
Heather Likes Food: Pasta al Forno
Jessica Gavin: Thai Shrimp Vegetable Pasta
The Pajama Chef: Mom's Lasagna
Rikki Synder: Penne with Butternut Squash Pasta & Kale
Ring Finger Tan Line: Baked Rigatoni
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One of my family's favorite pasta dishes is a hearty beef roast that I learned from my Hungarian parents. Any kind of pasta will do, as the sauce is great for dipping noodles into-- or dousing over the top.

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You can also prepare this dish with beef pre-sliced and slow-cooked for a similarly delicious result.

Hungarian Pot Roast with Pasta

Ingredients:
1-2 lbs. beef round eye round roast
salt and pepper to taste
2 onions (sliced thin)
2 bay leaves
2 tablespoons corn or canola oil
1/3 cup red wine
2-4 cups water
cornstarch slurry (2 tsp cornstarch + 1/4 cup water mixed)
1/2 cup sour cream
1 package pasta (egg noodles work best)
chopped parsley (optional)
2 Tablespoons butter

In large Dutch Oven or Covered Skillet, heat oil and sear all sides of beef that has been generously sprinkled with salt.
Add sliced onion, bay leaves, cracked black pepper and wine. Cover and reduce heat to low.
Check for dryness regularly (about every 15-20 minutes) and add wa

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This trio of pasta recipes for this month's Shine Supper Club really raises the comfort food quotient! Thanks to this month's pasta theme, we are now officially armed with all the cozy recipes to help us welcome cooler days ahead.

Stay tuned: Later today the voting period for this month's winner opens, and the winner receives a copy of Weeknight Fresh + Fast!

The Pajama Chef keeps this simple in this version of her mom's beloved lasagna; there's no sausage, fancy cheese, or special veggies in this recipe. She recommends subbing cottage cheese for the usual ricotta: "I promise promise PROMISE that using cottage cheese is not only a more frugal choice, but actually a creamier choice that highlights the flavor of the smooth mozzarella, sharp parmesan, chewy noodles, and sweet, bold tomato sauce"

Recipe: Mom's Lasagna



Girl Makes Food shares her recipe for a sneaky mac and cheese that's hiding butternut squash and cauliflower: "Picky eaters can be really tough to convince to eat veggies an

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I hope you're planning on cooking this week, cause we're in the home stretch of this month's open call for pasta recipes for the Shine Supper Club. Get yours in by Sunday night at midnight, and you could win a copy of Weeknight Fresh + Fast. Here's how:

1. Write a blog post, on Shine or elsewhere, telling us about your favorite pasta recipe by Sunday 11:59PM PST, October 21st. Be sure to include a photo and a recipe.
2. Mention and link to the Shine Supper Club in your post: http://shine.yahoo.com/supper-club/
3. Tweet @YahooShine with a link to your post and include the hashtag #shinesupperclub. Aren't on Twitter? Email the link to shine_sarahmccoll@yahoo.com. We will compile the links for all participants to include in their posts so all Supper Club members can share in the link love.
4. The community will vote on the winning recipe to be featured on the Shine homepage and added to our winner's circle!
5. The winner gets a copy of Weeknight Fast + Fresh!

Average Betty says, "sur

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You know what's made my week? That Shine Supper Club entries are rolling in fast and furious and they look fantastic! Throw your hat in the ring with an amazing pasta recipe and you could win a copy of Weeknight Fresh + Fast. Here's how:

1. Write a blog post, on Shine or elsewhere, telling us about your favorite pasta recipe by Sunday 11:59PM PST, October 21st. Be sure to include a photo and a recipe.
2. Mention and link to the Shine Supper Club in your post: http://shine.yahoo.com/supper-club/
3. Tweet @yahooshine with a link to your post and include the hashtag #shinesupperclub. Aren't on Twitter? Email the link to shine_sarahmccoll@yahoo.com. We will compile the links and send them out to all participants to include in their post so all Supper Club members can share in the link love.
4. The community will vote on the winning recipe to be featured on the Shine homepage and added to our winner's circle!
5. The winner gets a copy of Weeknight Fast + Fresh!

Jessica Gavin calls this

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