I wanted to make something light and healthy for dinner so I whipped up this plate of deliciousness:
Brown rice pasta with a fresh bunch of spinach, split peas, a cauliflower Alfredo sauce and topped with fresh tomatoes from the garden.
This was so good! Light and satisfying.
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Start with dried split peas (they take the longest). Rinse and gently boil with a teaspoon of salt for about 25 minutes until soft. Strain and rinse.
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While peas are cooking you can make everything else.
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Cook 4 cups of fresh or frozen cauliflower with half a finely chopped onion in lightly salted water until soft.
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Strain the cauliflower out to dry but keep the water. Let it cool a bit then blend it with about 1/2 a cup of the cooking water. Add 1 clove of raw garlic to the blend.
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Add about a 1/2 to 1 Tablespoon of nutritional yeast to give it more cheesy flavor. Add more salt and ground pepper if you like too.
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Cook pasta in a pot of water with 1 tsp salt and chop 3 handfuls of spinach. Right before pasta is done, throw the spinach in for about 1 minute. Strain it all.
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Mix it all together (you might have extra sauce so add it to your taste) top with tomatoes and eat it up!
(You can top with a little bit of raw olive oil if you want it a bit richer).