Healthy Eating - Roasted tomatoes pasta

Hi!

I was at Whole Foods today and found these cute (and delicious) grape/ cherry tomatoes. I got a pint of each color. Aren't they adorable?

Since I need a little more complex carbs on my diet, specially before long runs, I decided to make a really easy pasta dish with these little jewels.

Ingredients:
2 pints of mixed cherry tomatoes
1 avocado
4 oz of goat cheese
1/2 cup of olives (I used almond stuffed ones)
3 cups of cooked whole wheat pasta
Basil
Olive oil, salt, and pepper to taste

Look at the great basil from our garden!


Roast the tomatoes in a 425F oven for about 10 minutes, on a dry sheet pan, until the skins start to brown and blister. They will look like this:

On a serving dish, place the cheese and the chopped olives, then place the hot roasted tomatoes (and those juices). The cheese will start to melt and create a nice simple sauce.

Add the cooked pasta and the basil, toss, add the avocados, toss lightly (so they don't get mushy), season to taste.

It was delicious, simple, healthy! And it tastes great cold too, perfect to take out on a picnic.

Try it and let me know what you think!

Love,

Sam

Farmers market and easy pesto recipe

Hi!

So, we finally made it to the farmers market in Austin, after several attempts. It is worth a visit, if you are in Austin.

The drought that hit the country is surely not helping the farmers, but we did find some great pears, peaches and cherry tomatoes. With the help from our amazing basil, we had a lovely whole wheat pasta dish for dinner.

Here is the recipe:

2 cups of fresh basil

1/4 cup of raw almonds

1/4 of olive oil

1/4 cup of goat cheese ( we found some really good one at the market too)

Salt and pepper

10 cherry tomatoes cut in half

 

Blend everything except the tomatoes

Place the mixture in a bowl with the tomatoes, a few table spoons of the pasta water, and the pasta

Toss to combine and serve

It was very tasty and simple, using our beautiful basil.

I strongly recommend growing your basil. It is so expensive at the grocery store!


Try the recipe and let me know what you think!

Love,

Sam

 

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