When Meatless Monday reached out to me most trying out Bean pasta from Modern Table Meals, too coming upward amongst a overnice too slowly recipe, I jumped at the chance! Why? Because, a) I am an ardent champion of the Meatless Monday campaign. I believe that they are doing a slap-up undertaking worldwide promoting vegetarian eating too thereby salubrious eating! Vanessa Protass is only awesome! b) I don't swallow regular pasta equally I avoid gluten inwards my diet. Therefore I was real excited to attempt a gluten-free pasta!
The bundle from Modern tabular array came a few days after amongst ii packs of Mixed Lentil Penne, a pack of wooden cooking spoons too a overnice tote bag.
I must tell yous guys that I was non at all disappointed amongst the Mixed Lentil Penne from Modern Table Meals.
It looks similar regular pasta, it cooks similar regular pasta too it tastes similar regular pasta! No, No. It is non only me proverb this. I had some friends over for dinner when I made this item pasta dish too they couldn't tell me that it was whatever different!In fact, they didn't fifty-fifty know that it was non regular pasta until I specifically mentioned that it was edible bean pasta. It is besides low-cal too does non brand your tummy experience heavy too bloated . The best part: it is loaded amongst poly peptide due to the lentils introduce inwards it, too then yous could only toss it amongst some veggies too a nutritious dinner/lunch is ready!
Do attempt this quick too real slowly recipe! You volition non hold upward disappointed . Also, it is a slap-up means to sneak inwards poly peptide too veggie into your kid's too your tummies!
Servings: 4
Ingredients:
Modern tabular array mixed lentil penne pasta: 1 package
Water:
Broccoli florets : 1 modest bunch ( roughly 2 cups)
Endamame: 8 oz pack, ( peeled too shelled,ready to cook)
Olive oil: 1 tbsp
Butter: 1 tsp ( skip butter if vegan)
Garlic: 6-8 cloves, minced
Capers: 1/4 cup
Olives, chopped: 2 tbsp ( whatever olives may hold upward used, I used dark olives); optional.
Dried Italian seasoning: 1 tsp
Freshly solid position down dark pepper: 1 tsp
Salt: equally per taste
Method:
Boil H2O amongst 1/4 tsp salt, inwards a big pot/ saucepan. When the H2O comes to boil, add together the penne inwards too gear upward for 8-9 minutes or until al dente. Drain too function along aside. Reserve the water.
Boil the same reserved water. When the H2O comes to boil, add together Endamame too gear upward for 2 mins. At the terminate of 2 mins, add together the broccoli florets too gear upward for some other 2 mins. Drain too function along aside. Reserve 1/4 loving cup of the drained water.
Heat a sauté pan or skillet on medium heat. Add the butter, fossil oil too minced garlic. Sauté the garlic for a infinitesimal until aromatic.
Add inwards the vegetables, the capers, the chopped olives, the herbs too the reserved 1/4 loving cup of pasta water. Let it come upward together for 10 seconds.
Now add together inwards the cooked pasta. Toss it all together.
Serve hot.
Enjoy!
I am bringing this real salubrious repast for all my friends to attempt at Throwback Thursday#36, Saucy Saturdays#42! The co-hosts this calendar week are ii splendid bloggers, Mollie @ The Frugal Hausfrau and Scarlett @ Unwed Housewife.
One of the things I similar to practice acre making pasta/noodles is gear upward the veggies amongst the pasta. Depending on the total of fourth dimension required for each one, I add together it ane after the other. In illustration of the higher upward dish, the pasta requires to hold upward cooked for 8 mins, the Endamame for iv minutes too the broccoli for 2 mins or less. So, I would start amongst boiling the H2O amongst salt, add together the pasta too function along the timer for iv mins. At the terminate of iv minutes, I would add together the Endamame too gear upward for some other 2 minutes, at the terminate of which I would add together the broccoli florets too gear upward for some other 2 minutes. When it is done, drain it all together.
Reduce the oil/ butter content inwards pasta dishes too function inwards healthier. You tin all the same choose a pasta dish that is non dry out yesteryear adding some of the pasta H2O reserved acre draining the pasta! This makes the pasta creamy too delicious!
To alive a pure unselfish life, ane must count nix equally one's ain inwards the midst of abundance. Buddha
Serve hot.
Enjoy!
I am bringing this real salubrious repast for all my friends to attempt at Throwback Thursday#36, Saucy Saturdays#42! The co-hosts this calendar week are ii splendid bloggers, Mollie @ The Frugal Hausfrau and Scarlett @ Unwed Housewife.
Cooking made easy:
One of the things I similar to practice acre making pasta/noodles is gear upward the veggies amongst the pasta. Depending on the total of fourth dimension required for each one, I add together it ane after the other. In illustration of the higher upward dish, the pasta requires to hold upward cooked for 8 mins, the Endamame for iv minutes too the broccoli for 2 mins or less. So, I would start amongst boiling the H2O amongst salt, add together the pasta too function along the timer for iv mins. At the terminate of iv minutes, I would add together the Endamame too gear upward for some other 2 minutes, at the terminate of which I would add together the broccoli florets too gear upward for some other 2 minutes. When it is done, drain it all together.
Tip for salubrious living:
Reduce the oil/ butter content inwards pasta dishes too function inwards healthier. You tin all the same choose a pasta dish that is non dry out yesteryear adding some of the pasta H2O reserved acre draining the pasta! This makes the pasta creamy too delicious!
Food for thought:
To alive a pure unselfish life, ane must count nix equally one's ain inwards the midst of abundance. Buddha