Friday, February 26, 2010

Yummy pasta dish

Hi lovelies!

It's been so windy and rainy lately and I've been playing more with my stove. I've made this dish twice (or variations of the same thing) and fell in love with it both times :-)

As you've probably guessed, I don't really do measurements when I'm creating so I've just got ingredients and directions... enjoy!

(by the way, feel free to play around with the veggies/spices and obviously if you don't have a problem with wheat/gluten normal pasta would be fine too)

Ingredients (in order of use):
  • Rice pasta
  • Coconut oil (organic extra virgin)
  • Garlic/spring onions/onions (I used garlic once, spring onions once... a combination of these and/or normal onions and maybe even some celery woul be nice)
  • spinach/peas/other veggies (I used spinach once, spinach and peas the other time, asparagus would be a really nice addition, some mushrooms would be nice too... whatever you've got in the fridge)
  • dulse (sea vegetable)
  • rice dream milk (other non-dairy milks including homemade nut mylks would be good too, I just happened to have rice dream on hand)
  • spices (e.g. cayenne, black pepper, whatever you desire!)
  • olive oil (organic extra virgin)
  • Love

Directions:

1. Cook pasta as usual (you can add some veggie broth too if you've got some), drain and set aside in colander

2. Reduce heat, then in pot used to cook pasta, add coconut oil and allow to melt

3. Add garlic/onions/spring onions and saute for a couple minutes

4. Add other veggies and allow to cook down to whatever consistency you like (I just barely wilt the spinach)

5. Break up the dulse into small pieces (whatever size you like) and add to pot

6. Add pasta back into the pot and stir through

7. Add a little rice dream, stir through, repeat as often as you like -- this gives it a nice creamy consistency. If you add too much, just allow it to reduce down again.

8. Remove from heat, add spices to taste and a little bit of olive oil, stir through and serve with love, candles and good music :-)

CJO