Poor (Wo)Man’s Pasta

 

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.

Lemon Dill Pasta

Today's my Monday. It's also my longest day at work, and when I'm there for awhile, I start munching on things I shouldn't. So I usually try to pack my lunch, which just leaves me to fend for dinner. The Ale House has some great vegan/vegetarian (veg*n) options, but there's only so much a girl can do when she eats there every day. One of the cooks, Leslie, makes a killer vegan pizza for me at least once a week. I'll try to post a picture of one of her creations soon.

I'm trying to use up my food stuffs here at home to make it easier for the move. So I threw together a lemon dill pasta with broccoli, peas and spinach. I put in a little bit of the veggie broth I made yesterday, a touch of earth balance, a spoonful of dijon musturd, and tons of garlic powder,fresh black pepper and nutritional yeast. Oh! And I cooked up a Quorn Micro Protein patty (which sounds gross, I know, but is a pretty awesome addition to pasta dishes, or just by itself when you're hungry.) I just threw in the random noodles I had--there are some farfalle and some veggie spirals in there. I took a taste and I can say that I'm definitely looking forward to work now! (Or at least the eating part of work.)