Green Pasta and Pesto and yum! Recipe 28

And there it is.

This was another super-easy veganization. I started on the noodles on Saturday morning. I found it most difficult for some reason to roll them out as thin as I did and then try and cut them by hand, so I went to the trusty noodle cutter and did it that way.. so not a complete fail, however I do not know why gadget companies feel the need to create everything for right handed folks. It's troubling that everything I do aside from write or put on makeup I do with my right hand. It was pretty much forced upon me. I digress, the noodle cutter is a pain, and if I could have without ripping them to shreds, i would have used my hands.. but whatever. Moving on.

I intended as well for the noodles to be green.. (considering we're in 'green' month) so I utilized a liquid made from solely spinach and water.
you WOULD HAVE THOUGHT this would have made them green. But noooooo, no no. They turned out still, whole wheat brown.
Whatever.

Anyway, after that was done, I got myself through a yoga workout, and then off to see the girlfriend.. who rocked an awesome "un-chicken" fried tempeh, and accompanied it with mashed potatoes, veggie gravy and green beans.
OMG
OMG
I have found my foodie equal, however she's a carnie and cooks better vegan than I do!  Not only is that special, she's learning this for lil ol me!! <3

Ok.. :P

Anyway.. the next day was the veganization.

Sunday.

I was in a brilliant mood, until SOMEBODY felt the need to call me three times and then lie about doing so out of the blue.
Whatever.. it did however knock my mood down considerably.
However, my evening was to be spent doing yoga with the girl and feeding her vegan pesto with my home-made pasta.

Success!

mm pesto!

Although I put too much salt in the pesto - it was still omg yum, and the noodles actually turned out perfectly, despite how I thought they would.
I'm sold on pesto.. and I'm about to have myself the leftovers for dinner here.. (because there's like a tablespoon and a half left).

So, my victim loved her pasta and pesto - however, went back for more salad (because i'm an awesome salad maker.. not as awesome as bff, but i come a close second.) I went back for more pesto (considering i'm an empty container even when it's filled).

So, what's next?!
Something I've wanted to super-veganize for a while.
Something a hungry southern bear would eat...

Stay tuned.
I know you're excited. ;)


Music listened to while blogging:
Nada

Current Motivation:
Getting this done

Current Craving:
Oreos (but I don't have enough change to purchase any).

"Green" pasta and pesto! Recipe 28

Ah, the things we don't realize are not vegan.
 
This weekend my veganization will be Green Pasta w/Pesto.   We're starting 'green' month here at RoVL.. and we're starting it off VERY green! 

Traditional egg noodles? Well, there's egg in them there noodles!   My noodles are going to be made (by hand) with flax and spinach.. (no green food color here!)
Traditional pesto?  Filled with cheese.   And, we can't have that!

So, I'm proud to announce - I'm veganizing pesto and pasta.  (You can't stand the excitement, can you?)

You might find it odd that the first time I was exposed to Pesto, my boss, Debra and her ex Laura had made it for myself and my BFF. (I recall her even sending us home with a lil container of it.  It was yummy!)  I think I was 22?  I didn't eat pesto before the age of 22! 

Let's look at the origins of Pesto, shall we?

"Pesto (Italian pronunciation: [pesto], Genoese: [pestu]) is a sauce originating in Genoa in the Liguria region of northern Italy (pesto genovese) , and traditionally consists of crushed garlic, basil and European pine nuts blended with olive oil and Parmigiano Reggiano and Fiore Sardo (pecorino sardo). The name is the contracted past participle of the Genoese word pestâ (Italian: pestare), which means to pound, to crush, in reference to the original method of preparation, with marble mortar and wooden pestle. However, the ingredients in a traditionally made pesto are not "pounded" but "ground" with a circular motion of the pestle in the mortar. This same Latin root through Old French also gave rise to the English word pestle."

Ok, I'm now officially hungry!

So, let's do the numbers on this beautiful little dish.

Traditional:                                       Vegan:
                                One Serving
Calories – 358                                     106
Total Fat  - 23g                                     9g
Cholesterol  - 9mg                                0mg
Sodium  - 217mg                                118mg
Total Carbohydrate - 27g                      18g 
Dietary Fiber  - 2.5g                              2g
Protien – 12.2g                                     8.5g
ww pts: 10                                            5



And there we have it.
So, tomorrow night I'll hit the grocery with my girl.. (and look, I said it again, didn't I?   It's not like we've not been on 21 or so dates, and haven't known each other for at least 300 years or anything, lol.. I think it's safe to say it now.)    So for our 22nd date we're going to the grocery store!! :)   Hahah, but not before she takes me to Chipotle.   :P   And we're going to buy goodies for my veganization, which she raised her hand first on and gets to be treated to on Sunday.  What's more, is this ladybug of mine is going to try her hand at vegan alfredo (the hard way) for me on Saturday.   (Does she get any better folks?  She's a carnie and she's coooking vegan for me! <3   That's a keeper.)    I'll stop basking in a love glow now.. let me get back to business.

This hard work starts on Friday with spinach noodles... kneaded, rolled out and cut by hand.  
Then, continues into Sunday with the creation of the pesto... and ends when the last noodle is sucked up.
It's going to be good..
Yoga, Pesto and ---shh I'm not telling anyone about this next thing until I can show it to you!

*sneaky mc sneakerson*

Keep it real peeps..Kanye West is playin' on my Pandora.

See you Sunday - er Monday, or whenever I post again!

Music enjoyed while blogging:
Pandora Radio - Sheri's Shoobop - Currently, Kanye West "Heartless".


Current Craving:
Pasta


Current Motivation:
Loving Life.