Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Meatless Monday AND What's for Dinner- the return!

I haven't been cooking lately.  A combination of working days and days without a day off, half marathon training, traveling for football games and a husband who now travels A LOT for work means I've become a totally lazy cook.

Last week while D$ was out of town, I ate chips and drank wine for dinner.  Every night. 

But yesterday I caught the cooking bug and wanted to make something healthy, easy and new.  I visited one of my favorite food blogs: The Culinary Couple and they had just posted about the dish that would fit the bill.  Fettuccine with Squash, Arugula and Pine Nuts.

What I loved most about this dish (and this is very NOT the way I cook) but I didn't need to measure anything.  I eyeballed how much balsamic and olive oil to use, I just chopped up some fresh sage and dumped in pine nuts to my liking.  I didn't take any pictures while cooking- because I was talking on the phone- seriously, it is THAT easy.  And despite my break from cooking I had almost all the ingredients in my kitchen ready for use. 

D$ loved it, and even though I am fearful of serving him meatless meals, he said he doesn't mind and really like the dish.

I think this dish (and the endless variations that come to mind) will be on the winter dinner rotation for a while!

2 comments:

  1. Sounds yummy! Glad it was so easy and tasty!

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  2. Yay! So glad you enjoyed it. Let me know if you come up with any other good variations.

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