What’s for dinner? …
… a little bit of this and a little bit of that!
According to my meal plan, I was making pasta with basil pesto. Although, between the snow (in the mid-west) and getting caught up on the computer, 6:30PM rolled around and I had not started dinner. Sound familiar?
So, I switched things around a little bit and made a delicious dinner on the fly. Here’s what I did….
1 pound of short shaped pasta
Approx 2 tablespoons of Olive Oil
half of (a left over) sweet onion, diced
2 garlic cloves, roughly chopped
half of (a left over) red pepper, chopped
1 carrot, julienned
Approx ¼ cup of wine (I used red, because it was what I had opened, I’m sure white would work well too!)
Approx 3 tablespoons of walnuts (or pine nuts)
3 handfuls of fresh spinach
Salt and Pepper to taste
Handful of fresh basil (from my aero-garden)
Parmesan cheese (for topping)
1. Boil pasta until done.
2. Heat oil in sauté pan until hot (over high to med-high heat), add onions, garlic, carrots and pepper and cook for about 5 minutes, or until onions are translucent and carrots are al-dente.
3. add in wine, cook for about 1-2 minutes.
4. add nuts and cook for another minute.
5. add spinach, basil, salt and pepper to taste, cook until spinach is wilted. Remove from heat. Mix in with cooked pasta.
Top with parm and serve!
This was a no brainer! Quick, easy and delicious!
What did you throw together for dinner tonight?
