Pasta with golden raisins and walnuts

Pasta and macaroni Italian cuisine

We aren't eating a lot of pasta in our house at the moment, for the plain and simple reason that the Southern daughter is home for the summer, she's completely into healthy high-protein/low-carb eating, and she is dragging us along with her. So whenever she is out with her friends, we sneak in a plate of pasta...but since they are now few and far between, I'm trying to be a little bit exotic. While still spending a minimal amount of time in the kitchen. Which is how this pasta with golden raisins and walnuts done got born.