Life and times of a pork-eating Vegetarian

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.