I was so ancy this afternoon. This looming Sports Nutr. test has my nerves on end. I couldn’t sit still. Got up to start dinner early at 5:30. Nibbled my way through it (roasted veggies right out of the oven are irresistible!) I finally decided I needed a drink to calm my nerves (and celebrate being home for dinner!) so the husband made me a tiny Old Fashioned . I really do believe that alcohol (just a tiny bit!) helps me focus when studying. I used to have a small glass of wine in college while studying. But if you have more than say, half a glass, it backfires!
Tonight’s dinner literally evolved as we made it.
We started with these ingredients :
HUGE zucchini from the garden. Money does grow on trees!!!!!!
Then we decided to roast it with…eggplant, a few CSA beets, and garlic (all roasted at 400* for about 25 minutes after drizzling with about 1 tsp EVOO)
And serve it over pasta .
But we needed a sauce ….
That’s when we thought up the following combo:
- 1 can diced tomatoes, drained well (roasting fresh with the veggies would have been even better!)
- 2 tsp minced sun-dried tomatoes (in oil or just plain rehydrated ones)
- 2 handfuls baby spinach
- 3 cloves roasted garlic
- 2 tbsp capers
- 2 tbsp fresh oregano
- S+P
Puree together into a sauce.
It was WAY too hot for hot pasta, so since the sauce wasn’t hot, we decided to chill the whole mixture. It was kind of like Chilled Ratatouille Gazpatcho Pasta!
Topped with Parmesan . It was strange…..but really good. Very earthy . We decided mushrooms would have perfected the dish.
Ug. Back to studying . I’ll be happy when this week is over!
Kelly T says
i wasnt expecting it to be that color at all, but it looks delicious!
I gotta grow a zucchini plant cause no stores in my area have any right now and they are my favorite veggie.
magpie says
That looks amazing! I love WW pasta (the only kind I’ll eat) and those veggies are total food porn 🙂
VeggieGirl says
Ahh, that zucchini looks delish!!
Best of luck studying!!
Ashley says
Kath!
Good luck on all your studying and tests. You’re almost done! This weekend i’ll be visiting my boyfriend down in Charlotte as he is currently in training with Wachovia down there until July 15th when he moves to NYC to do investment banking. We want to go out on a date just the two of us Saturday night and are looking for suggestions. In addition, do you have any suggestions of fun things going on in the area Saturday or anywhere that you’d suggest for an outside run? Thanks!!
yaf says
Sorry for the belated question, but with those oatmeal bars, could you substitute soy milk for real milk?
TinaR says
Yaf,
I asked Kath the same question the other day, and she said that soymilk would probably work just fine.
Spelling troll says
It’s spelled “antsy”.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/antsy
Richelle says
That pasta looks sooo good. Finding ww egg noodles is always an impossible mission for me!
Sidi says
Veggies from my tiny garden will be available in a few weeks, it temps will help. It’s just amaizing…
Jennachica says
I subsituted Almond Breeze for milk and they turned out fine! I also made mine with raisins and chocolate chips…turned out delicious! And they freeze REALLY well too.
Kath says
Ashley,
I’m sending you my Charlotte restaurant email.
Troll,
Sorry my left finger left out the T.
K
Ashley says
Kath- my email address is [email protected]
Thanks!
bux.to says
thx
Spelling Troll says
It misspelled it, didn’t just leave out the T. ancy=phonetical spelling indicating you really don’t know how it’s spelled. antsy=correct spelling.
anita says
hmm the pasta looks like very good!!!!!
That I try to dinner from tomorrow.
I have tried your outmeal and since there is almost every morning to eat very tasty
lg
Leslie says
hey kath! Not trying to knock your style of eating or anything but just wondering why you choose to make grains such a large part of your diet? Is it for the taste and enjoyment primarily or for health reasons. If it’s the later, just curious if you’ve ever read over sites such as http://www.marksdailyapple.com/ ? It has a lot of good info on why grains really shouldn’t be a big part of the diet and why America pushes them so much. Again, not trying to change your mind or anything (you are obviously healthy and happy!), just trying to share some information that I have found interesting. There are many other sites that have a lot of intelligent info on grains if your are interested…probably not though 😉 Lata gata! have a great day! and as always, i love your blog!
happy herbivore says
woah! that zucc is huge & your pasta dish looks awesome