I love love love my veggies… and then I love pork
(especially the spicy pork tenderloin from sandbar in Anguilla… that sh*t is
bananas!). I’ve tried to be a vegetarian but pork thou doth tempt me. So I’ve
given up and I’ve just decided to call myself the pork-loving vegetarian. Today
I made some sort of basil noodles. No pork but it was good so I thought that I
would share.
You will need:
Noodles/pasta (I used rice noodles but anything works)
Cherry/grape tomatoes
Broccoli
Mushrooms
Basil
Garlic
Olive Oil
Black pepper
Onion powder
Garlic powder
Salt
Prep:
Noodles:
1.
Prepare your noodles (instructions on the back
of the packet)
2.
Drain excess water in a colander or something.
(You can also do it Caribbean style by using the cover of the pot to trap the
noodles while the water runs out)
Make your pesto:
·
In a chopper combine basil (about 3 branches or
so), 1 teaspoon of salt (now I
don’t put salt in anything else so really use your judgment), and 3 to 4 cloves
of garlic. About a ¼ cup of olive oil (by now I guess it’s obvious that I don’t
measure ) and Put that bad boy to
chop .
On a cutting board.
·
Slice tomatoes in half, chop mushrooms and
broccoli. The amount of veggies that you use depends on you. I love veggies so
I put in about 6 mushrooms sliced, a huge head of broccoli and about half the
packet of cherry tomatoes.
Now to the cooking part:
·
Use one of those big stir fry/frying pan and
place on the medium heat. Wait for the pan to get hot then drizzle some olive
oil and wait for that to get hot.
·
Now throw in those veggies and stir and stir,
add a dash of black pepper, some garlic powder and onion powder to taste.
·
Here I like to also throw in some of my pesto.
·
Add those noodles that were draining… toss toss
·
Then add the remaining pesto…toss toss again
Remove from heat when you think it’s done. I usually taste
my mushrooms. If they are done then everything else is ready to go.
It really is simple; I Just haven’t mastered the art of
giving a recipe. So in short
1.
Boil your noodles
2.
Make your pesto
3.
Chop your veggies
4.
Combine
Top with some Parmesan cheese if you want
Ps. When I use rice noodles for some reason I don’t get the veggies
to mix well with the noodles. It’s almost as if the noodles cling to
themselves. Feel free to shoot me a message if you can help me out with this.
