Thank GOD!!! I wrote this entire blog post and tried to post it earlier and thought I lost it. I was about to start typing again when I remember to look in the saved posts and there it was. That's exactly how you make Brittany's day. =) I present to you Tomato Cream Pasta and Zucchini fries!! I'm not sure how I stumbled onto this recipe but I'm lucky I did because it was SOOOO good. It was lick the bowl (and spoon, and pot) clean good! Follow this link to the recipe. I pretty much followed the recipe exactly except for a few minor changes:
I added 1 anaheim chili, seeded and cut in small slices. I think adding the chili really made this recipe shine. As you all know I like a little spice. The chili wasn't very spicy at all, but it flavored the sauce sooo nicely.
No chicken or faux meat was added, it didn't really need it
For the basil/thyme/oregano I just used a pre-mix italian seasoning total to all three
I used rice milk because that's what I had in the fridge
Agave nectar for the honey
and only 1/2 cup of nutritional yeast.
Like the intro said, don't be scared because of the ingredient list. This was pretty quick and so easy to make and if I haven't said so already sooooo delicious. Definitely a keeper. The only change I would make next time is using fusili pasta to "hold" the sauce better. The picture on the link looks so much better than mine. I also like my sauce's a little chunky so I wouuld sub one can of tomato sauce for a can of chopped tomatoes.
I had more than half of a pretty large zucchini left over from my parents garden and I wasn't sure what I wanted to do with it. I found a recipe for zucchini fries and they paired it with spaghetti. Once I started making the cream sauce it was like a match made in heaven to make the "fries". They were super easy to make and baked pretty quick. My only complaint was the breading didn't stick to the zucchini very well. I'm not sure if it had anything to do with it but I was out of lemon juice so I subbed half the amount for vinegar. They were still super declious and I felt better about eating them. I also didn't have breadcrumbs so I toasted a piece of bread and put them through the food processor until they were fine. I also used regular paprika and garlic powder not salt. All in all a pretty fab meal that came together soo nicely, even considering I cut my finger pretty bad trying to slice an onion. I thought my zucchini fries were a gonner. Husband wasn't home to get them out of the oven and I had to hold my finger with a towel to stop the bleeding. I was able to be Mrs. Mcguiver and rig the towel to stay on my finger while I saved the "fries". Pretty miraculous if I do say so myself. =)
For dinner last night I made a stir fry with all kinds of yummy veggies like green beans, snap peas, carrots, red bell pepper, water chestnuts, baby corn and broccoli with my sweet and spicy sauce on top of quinoa. Those are some of my favorite meals, the quick, easy, nothing fancy...just a bunch of veggies over quinoa. Perfection really. Not much else to share today. I hope everyone has been creating awesome meals in their kitchen. If you ever have a great recipe I'd love to hear about it. You just might be featured in a blog!
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