However, then that requires everyone to go to the recipes section and decide whether we've actually put a new recipe in...so I've just decided to integrate it...because the chances of you seeing it are far greater.
This was very yummy...and you could do really whatever vegetables you want. I'm going to write it out the way we made it though.
Cheesy Vegetable Pasta
Yields 4 servings
Based on a recipe from www.realsimple.com
Ingredients
- 4 servings of whole wheat spaghetti (I have one of those spaghetti forks with the serving holes but from what I remember, 1 serving is 2 oz dry, 1 cup cooked)
- 1 - 16 oz bag of frozen broccoli
- 1 bell pepper (I used yellow)
- 1 zucchini
- 1 - 14-15 oz can of diced tomatoes, strained
- 1/4 yellow onion, diced
- 4 oz of mushrooms, sliced
- Italian Seasoning (as preferred)
- Garlic Cloves, minced (as preferred)
- Salt (as needed)
- Boil water and light barbeque or preheat oven to 450*F
- Slice bell pepper and zucchini and mix with frozen broccoli
- Create a pouch out of aluminum foil and fill with vegetables
- Place pouch in barbeque or oven for 15 minutes
- Add spaghetti to boiling water
- Drain tomatoes and empty into saucepot
- Add garlic and other seasonings you prefer to tomatoes
- Heat tomato mixture over medium heat while blending into sauce with a hand blender
- When tomato mixture is fully mixed and heated, add onions and mushrooms and continue heating
- Drain spaghetti when ready
- When everything has fully cooked, add spaghetti to bowl and top with "steamed" vegetables and tomato sauce mixture
- Top with freshly grated parmesean
Enjoy!!
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Sounds very tasty! I recently made some dishes you guys might like, and they're relatively clean (or at least easy to make clean):
ReplyDeletecauliflower pasta bake:
http://zoomyummy.com/2010/07/07/cauliflower-casserole/
This is, like, mac n cheese for grown-ups. NOM.
And some really easy banana oat cookies: blend 2 or 3 ripe bananas, 1 cup pitted dates, 1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce, 1 tsp vanilla extract and a dash of salt (if desired) in a food processor (make sure that lid is on tight, because the dates like to catapult around) until mostly smooth. Stir in 2 cups of rolled oats, and chocolate chips if you want. Plop whatever size blobs you want on a (preferably non-stick) cookie tray and bake at 350F for 15-20 min, until the tops are golden brown. I made 18 cookies just now with 2 large bananas and no chocolate, and they came out to about 74 cals a piece.
Both of those look REALLY good. The Cauliflower Casserole is very similar to how I already make Mac n Cheese, but it would be much more filling with the cauliflower in it.
DeleteThe cookies look good too. I'm always looking for little sweet treats to make because I have no will power and always if I don't have something "good" I am tempted by processed sugar treats.