Monday, March 8, 2010

Toasted Mushroom Pasta

Yum! This stuff is good! And quick! And moderately healthy! I totally recommend trying it!


Ingredients
3 Tbl olive oil
1 Tbl butter
2ish cups of mushrooms thinly sliced, we used portabellos
2 minced garlic cloves
1/4 cup chopped flat leaf parsley
1 tsp dried oregano
1/2 cup white wine
1 1/2 cup pasta, we used whole wheat spirals
2 cups veggie stock
1/4 cup cream
1/4- 1/2 cup grated parm cheese
fresh ground black pepper
salt to taste

Directions
In a large skillet on high heat, add 1 Tbl olive oil. Saute the mushrooms until just brown, 2-3 minutes. Reduce heat and add parsley, garlic and oregano. Cook for about a minute. Pour in wine, and simmer for 3-5 minutes. Remove from heat and transfer mushrooms and sauce to bowl.

In another skillet, add remaining olive oil and butter. Add pasta and cook until a golden brown, about 5 minutes.

Once toasted, pour in the veggie broth and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer uncovered until pasta is al dente, about 10 minutes.

Add the mushroom mix and cream to the pasta. Cook for a few more minutes until the sauce comes together.

Remove from heat and stir in parm and pepper.

Nutrition
This assumes 4 servings, this is for 1
Est WW points: 7
Calories: 327
Fat: 22.7
Carbs: 18.4
Fiber: 2.9
Sugar: 1.7
Protein: 9.7

Enjoy!!

Ooohhh a new blog post!!!

Which must mean that THE FLOORS ARE DONE!!!!! Yippeee! Our kitchen is still a wreck, so I just took a quick photo of the lovely floor to share with you. It's just what I wanted, and it makes my cozy little kitchen feel so much bigger!


Next up: toasted mushroom pasta :0)

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Kitchen Update

Soooo we're going on Day 4 without being able to walk in our kitchen. The house is in disarray, I keep having panic attacks that one of us will step on the tile and obviously RUIN the whole project (because I'm a little type A like that), we've been endlessly shuffling the dogs around, and worst of all I haven't been able to cook.
anything.
in well over a week.
So, in the midst of my panic tonight when at 11 pm I realized I havent had anything decent to eat since practically eternity I reached for the most obvious answer out there-
Marshmallow Fluff.
Yes, readers, I ate a whopping spoon full of Marshmallow Fluff. And ya' know what? It made me a bit happier inside. Hopefully, the kitchen will be done soon and I'll be able to share our beautiful new floors with you. Until then I encourage you to grab a spoon.

Monday, March 1, 2010

Update- New goodies coming this week

I have not abandoned the blog! I've been a bit sickly because of the weather and its been my birthday week which has meant lots of eating out! I have a few updates planned this week, so check back later for some brand new goodies to try out!!