Last Night's Dinner

Last night Zach and I made a spectacularly garlicky dinner with recipes from the website ohsheglows. I didn't alter them at all, so I'm just reposting one of them below. The pasta sauce is really incredible. It tastes like a cream based sauce, and it's really hard to believe it doesn't contain any dairy and only has good fats in it. I used a garlic we just got in at the Co-op- Korean Red- it's really spicy, and it definitely warmed the pasta sauce up. I served it over brown rice pasta and garnished with lemon zest and pepper. Yowza! So good! The cabbage salad was also fantastic, and we added a little tofu for protein. I'll post that recipe another time so this post doesn't get out of hand. Overall, a very fancy, tasty, and healthy meal. Kind of a lot of garlicity on one plate, but we enjoyed it.

15 Minute Creamy Avocado Pasta
from ohsheglows.com

Yield: Serves 2

Ingredients:

1 medium sized ripe Avocado, pitted

1/2 lemon, juiced + lemon zest to garnish

1-3 garlic cloves, to taste (I used 3 and it was super garlicky, but if you are not a big fan of garlic use 1 clove)

1/2 tsp kosher salt, or to taste

~1/4 cup Fresh Basil, 

2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

2 servings/6 oz of your choice of pasta 

Freshly ground black pepper, to taste

Directions:

1. Bring several cups of water to a boil in a medium sized pot. Add in your pasta, reduce heat to medium, and cook until Al Dente.

2. Meanwhile, make the sauce by placing the garlic cloves, lemon juice, and olive oil into a food processor. Process until smooth. Now add in the pitted avocado, basil, and salt. Process until smooth and creamy.

3. When pasta is done cooking, drain and rinse in a strainer and place pasta into a large bowl. Pour on sauce and toss until fully combined. Garnish with lemon zest and black pepper. Serve immediately. Please Note, this dish does not reheat well due to the avocado in the sauce. Makes 2 servings.