So the other day, I was S-T-A-R-V-I-N-G and had very little food in my house to eat. Rob was hungry too, so I wanted to make something really filling.
Say hello to my little friend: Poor (Wo)Man’s Pasta!
I made a quick cheese sauce (Earth Balance, flour, nutritional yeast, water, mustard, miso, salt and garlic) while boiling the pasta. Once the cheese sauce thickened, I threw in some of Nate’s Meatballs (from the Grocery Outlet—one of my favorite places in the WOOORLD!) to warm up. Once the pasta was cooked, I drained it, threw in a can of black beans (protein! fiber! genius!) and some garden spinach before tossing it in with the cheese sauce.
It was incredibly filling, pretty easy, and surprisingly tasty. I would have thrown whatever I had in there, but this combination actually worked out quite well.
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4 comments:
Oh man I want some now!
I can testify, this was pretty tasty.
ummmm.... Yes please! I am so making this. Do you remember the specifics of your cheese sauce?
Hi Josh!
I melted about 4 T earth balance in a pan, and then whisked in about /4 cup flour and 1/2 cup each nutritional yeast and water. Once that was smooth (about 3 minutes)it looks pretty liquidy still. That's okay. Add 1 tsp dijon mustard and 1 tsp miso (I use white), salt and garlic powder to taste, and heat on low for about 5 minutes. It should be thickened up by now, but if you'd like it thicker, whisk in a tsp or so more flour, or cornstarch or arrowroot powder.
Done! use it in quesadillas, on pasta, as a dipping sauce... it's yummy even with a spoon!
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