After several years of writing a blog I am noticing that it is becoming harder and harder to come up with unique and somewhat catchy post titles. So "A Mid-February's Night's Dream" is what you get this month!
This evening I was feeling inspired in the kitchen sort of way, and embarked upon a veggie cooking spree such as has been unseen for some time in my home. I'm not normally much of a vegetable eater - I like them, but they usually go bad before I get around to eating them, and I'm usually too lazy to chop them, etc.
So I whipped up this veggie pasta dish that was just absolutely amazing... And gluten free! Although if you're partial to gluten, all you'd need to do is substitute wheat pasta... ;)
First I chopped up some sun-dried tomato & basil chicken sausages and tossed them into a dry, hot pan - Oh the sound of the meat hitting the heat is a wondrous thing indeed! So I seared those up beautifully...
Then I added, admittedly in somewhat of a convoluted order, chopped zucchini, shallot, carrots, oyster mushrooms, and green onions, and let those cook for a good bit when I poured in a tad bit of white wine (chardonnay).
I let the wine cook down, and added some fresh spinach. I know, I know - Some of you don't like cooked spinach. It was either that or peas, take your pick! (Though I love peas too!)
Once that was all cooked, I threw in my cooked rice penne, added some grated Romano cheese, dried basil (oh fresh would have been awesome, but another time...), garlic powder, sea salt and fresh ground coarse grind black pepper... Gave it a couple good whirls with the spatula and drizzled it generously with a peppery extra virgin olive oil...
And wow was it good. I've made that same dish before, but normally I make it the lazy way, with only sausage, frozen veggies (zucchini, cauliflower, maybe broccoli) and no white wine - Just the dry seasonings and olive oil. It's really tasty, but this blew it out of the water.
I'd show you a picture but I ate it all before I could get one. Sorry.
Well until next time... Cheerio mate!