Veggie Pasta and Salad

food is cute :)

stuff to use:

1 bag pasta

handful of chard

spaghetti sauce (leftover from the other night’s pizza)

that leftover wine

kalamata olives (in juice)

leftover shit in a pot (veggie stirfry stuff)

baby spinach

feta 

garlic

green onion

bragg’s

i fully realize that kalamata olives and feta cheese are not cheap, every day things usually lying around.  i didn’t buy either of these things; the olives came home with us from thanksgiving and my sweetie bought the feta.  he often brings me home those treats from the grocery store that i just can’t seem to buy.....maple syrup, jam, feta....

oh, and one bag of pasta?  SO MUCH FOOD.  

the process:

i started a pot of water to boil

in a big frying pan i put the veggie leftovers and tomato sauce on low

i chopped up three cloves of garlic and put in with the sauce

i needed more sauce than i had so i kept adding liquid in hopes that it might multiply.....braggs, wine, olive oil, olive juice......

i broke and called the sweetie to bring more sauce on his way home (though i COULD HAVE mixed the noodles with some olive oil and seasoning before adding the sauce and i bet it would’ve been fine :)

i made a salad with spinach, a bit of feta, kalamatas, green onion, oil and vinegar 

i emptied the noodles and put the back in the pot with the sauce

on the plate: 

veggie pasta and spinach salad

SO MUCH FOOD!   fed three people, a couple times

approximate price: $10