Food,  Healthy,  Pasta,  Spicy

Pretty Pepper Pasta

February 23, 2011 /

First off, congrats to CakeWhiz on the Top 9 with my recipe for water cake! I have to give thanks because I got a lot of traffic on my blog yesterday because of that. So a big thanks for featuring my recipe and another congrats for making it look so awesome! 😀

To all of you hummus haters out there…I don’t get you. I really don’t. I love hummus! Put it on a pita, put it on veggies, put it on chips, use it as spread for a sandwich….I lik’em all! Since I have been on the detox my snack in the afternoon is some veggies with hummus (which is delicious!). I think I have had maybe 3-4 people tell me they refuse to eat hummus. WHAT?! How can you refuse to eat something so yummy? Sheesh. I am dumbfounded! Granted there are some things I refuse to eat that some people adore, like…escargot. ::shivers:: Blech!

Now that I am momentarily taking a break done with my venting shesh…on to more fun things!

Tag you’re it!

I was tagged by Sandra at Sandra’s Easy Cooking to answer 9 questions…and then tag a few people.

1.What do you refuse to eat?
Raw onion

2. What is the most ethnic dish you have ever made?
I have to admit I haven’t really made too many, but I definitely need to!

3. Salt or Sweet?
Salt

4. What kitchen gadget can you not live without?
Kitchen Aid or Knife

5. Last restaurant you ate at?
Sierra Grill for my birthday dinner.

6. Where would you like to live if you could move anywhere in the world?
I am going to have to agree with Sandra on this one, anywhere in  Italy…. ::dreams::

7. What is your blog about?
Healthy (and not so healthy) fun, easy meals. But also about my love of everything that is food.

8. Do you have pets?
Yes, I have a bunny named Gizzy.

9. What’s the last city you visited?
Detroit, MI. (NOT by choice, had to go for work haha).

Okay I have to pick few bloggers to answer the same questions…

  1. Natasha at Five Star Foodie
  2. Kristen at Frugal Antics of a Harried Homemaker
  3. Brandie at The Country Cook

Have fun!

Onto Day 10 of the Detox and still feeling pretty good. I am starting to get a hint of cravings for certain things. Mostly bread and cheese. I love them both dearly and I could really make a meal out of just bread and cheese haha. That is kind of tough, but nothing I can’t handle. It isn’t like one of those unbearable cravings. It is more like, “wow I haven’t had that in a while” kind of feeling. If that makes sense.

Anyways, I made a pepper pasta that was pretty tasty and is totally allowed on the detox so I wanted to share it with you all.

Ingredients:

  • Yellow, red, and orange peppers
  • Mushrooms
  • Fresh Tomatoes
  • Onion
  • Whole Wheat Pasta
  • Olive Oil
  • Garlic
  • Red Pepper flake
  • Parsley
  • Basil
  • Pepper to taste

Cook your pasta per the directions on the box. I like my pasta a little undercooked personally.

Throw your olive oil (about 2 tablespoons) into a pan with about 2 cloves of garlic. Let it start to cook and toss in about 1/2 an onion. Let the onion get nice and browned up for that yummy flavor. Then add in your sliced mushrooms. Add in one small tomato at this point. Add in all your chopped peppers and pepper flake, parsley, and basil. Add one more medium sized tomato. Cook until all the veggies have a nice and bright color. Add pepper at very end.

Place your pasta in a bowl and cover with pepper pasta.

There you go! Simple, easy, and healthy!

Apologies for the jumping around today from topic to topic haha. I am kind of a scatter brain today…Happy Wednesday everyone! 🙂

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