Quick! Dinner time is approaching and you haven't planned a meal for your family. What should you make? Last night I faced this very dilemma (as I do multiple times a week) and made something that all four of us proclaimed 'downright tasty'!
And so a creamy (and healthful) pasta dish made its way out of the kitchen and into the tummies of our household.
Remember that delicata squash I received in my CSA this week?
Well, I cubed it and set it steaming for a few minutes while I started on the the rest of the meal. I based a sauce off of the cheeze sauce in Vegan Diner, working with what I had on hand, adding some silken tofu that was open in the fridge and the delicata squash. The squash added an even creamier texture to the sauce, packed in some nutrients, and added a greater depth of flavor. Try it! (I wouldn't recommend summer squash, though. I wouldn't recommend summer squash in general- blech!)
I boiled some pasta, throwing in collard ribbons during the last minute of cook time. Then I tossed the pasta and sauce together, topped the dish with more sauce, then a pile of collard ribbons, and finally some chopped tomatoes from a friend's garden.
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| Crappy night-time photo. C'est la vie. |
Voila! A quick, tasty, and healthful weeknight meal, featuring collards from our garden!
I love when my csa bounty and refrigerator leftovers work together like that. This looks and sounds tasty, especially with the farfalle, which is one of my favorite pasta shapes.
ReplyDeleteYour family of six you mean!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteSquash puréed into cheezy sauce = awesome! Your last minute dinner looks really great to me.
ReplyDeletethis was SO super yummy! and the photo turned out lovely as well.
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