Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Quick Pesto Fettuccini



Due to my work schedule, It tend to come home late in the evening.  I haven’t been getting home till past 9pm lately and instead of purchasing take-out food, I try to save money by whipping up something I find in my fridge.  I love grocery shopping, much more than clothes shopping.  I can spend hours in a grocery store, no, I DO spend hours in  a grocery store.  I enjoy going through each aisle and looking at all the different ingredients there.  I do have a grocery list I follow, but there are always other enticing foods I check out. 

This night I saw that I had 1 Zucchini, some mushrooms, onions, thyme (I had a lot of thyme leftover from my braised ribs dish)  half a tub of sour cream and an opened jar of pesto sauce.  There I also remembered I had some remaining fresh fettuccini pastas from a few days earlier, I decided to make a quick pasta.  I didn’t have any meat except for Chorizo but I thought it would add good bite to the dish.  
  
I cut the Chorizos and  zucchini in thin long strips so that they resemble the fettuccini not to mention it will be easy to twirl with the pasta.  

I put all the vegetables and thyme in a pan and cooked it till slightly tender 

I then added sour cream and pesto sauce and combined everything all together 

I then added the cooked pasta and VOILA! Dinner. 


This was creamy, and slightly tangy and from the sour cream.  My roommate enjoyed it very much.  I also added a few tablespoon of pasta water to thin the sauce a bit cause it was a bit too thick.  I like being creative and not always follow a recipe.  I guess this is the excitement in my life. 

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