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Cooking again!
Finally I'm cooking and it doesn't seem like a chore (and it will seem like less of one when my dishwasher works right).
The other day I made a bean dip with my new food processor but it was a bit bland, so maybe I'll fool around with it.
Tonight I made Kale, Pasta, and White Beans from the same cookbook that was -- bland. Not bad but it needed something. It was really easy - take 1 1/2 lbs of kale, clean well and tear into bite sizes pieces, mince 6 cloves of garlic (my food processor rocked this), have pasta, red pepper flakes, oil, salt, and white beans.
heat oil in large skillet, saute garlic and pepper flakes for 2 minutes, add kale oh! and 1/3 cup of veg broth and stir letting it wilt down, and then cover and steam for 7 minutes. (Meanwhile cook 1/2 lb penne pasta). Once the kale is steamed, add 1 rinsed and drained can of beans, and 1/2 tsp of salt, stir and keep warm. Drain pasta, fold into kale,
Here I deviated -- clear a space in the center and add 1 tbs of butter letting it melt and folding in the pasta/kale mix, then fold in 1/3 cup shredded parm cheese (the orginal called for the cheese) and then I added soem dashes of red wine vingear but next time I'm going to try the juice of 1/2 a lemon.
And maybe omit the beans and add some quartered baby portabellos, it needed another bit of texture in there.
But it was good and yay cooking!
The other day I made a bean dip with my new food processor but it was a bit bland, so maybe I'll fool around with it.
Tonight I made Kale, Pasta, and White Beans from the same cookbook that was -- bland. Not bad but it needed something. It was really easy - take 1 1/2 lbs of kale, clean well and tear into bite sizes pieces, mince 6 cloves of garlic (my food processor rocked this), have pasta, red pepper flakes, oil, salt, and white beans.
heat oil in large skillet, saute garlic and pepper flakes for 2 minutes, add kale oh! and 1/3 cup of veg broth and stir letting it wilt down, and then cover and steam for 7 minutes. (Meanwhile cook 1/2 lb penne pasta). Once the kale is steamed, add 1 rinsed and drained can of beans, and 1/2 tsp of salt, stir and keep warm. Drain pasta, fold into kale,
Here I deviated -- clear a space in the center and add 1 tbs of butter letting it melt and folding in the pasta/kale mix, then fold in 1/3 cup shredded parm cheese (the orginal called for the cheese) and then I added soem dashes of red wine vingear but next time I'm going to try the juice of 1/2 a lemon.
And maybe omit the beans and add some quartered baby portabellos, it needed another bit of texture in there.
But it was good and yay cooking!
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