tasty tuesday's

  So here we are again, another week, another Tuesday! I hope all your weeks were fabulous and filled with joy. :) This week for tasty tuesday I'm posting a delicious recipe I found from The Pioneer Woman - Ree Drummond's website. This is DELICIOUS! I mean, ridiculously yummy. Super easy, fairly cheap and a great recipe if you know any or are a vegetarian! (Sorry vegans, too much cream and cheese for you...mmmmm.....)  It has some greens hidden in there too, which is great because you don't always want to be fully aware that you are eating spinach, ya know? This is great for adults and kids alike so here's the recipe and let me know what you think if you try it out! (I'm going to give you instructions here, but if you'd like to follow the original directions on the Pioneer Woman website I strongly recommend it. She takes amazing pictures to help you along! I really enjoy that, so here's the link to her website and the recipe there: http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2010/04/pasta-with-tomato-blue-cheese-sauce/ )

Pasta with Tomato-Blue Cheese Sauce
 a.k.a. The best pasta dish known to man.

What you need:
   1 box of thin spaghetti noodles or angel hair pasta
   1 28oz can of diced tomatoes or cut up some fresh tomatoes
   1/2c blue cheese crumbles (use more if you like I usually use about that much and it seems great to me)
   3/4c heavy whipping cream
   4c spinach, fresh or from a bag

   olive oil 

   garlic

   Salt and pepper to taste
   Sugar (just a dash)
   Optional: crushed red pepper flakes for some oomph :)

What you do:
   Cook your noodles according to the box instructions. (But if you use angel hair this may not be step one because it doesn't take very long.) Heat some olive oil in a skillet and chop up some garlic, add the garlic to the hot oil. Pour in your can of tomatoes and try to strain it as much as possible. You want little to no juice in there. Stir the tomatoes around and let them cook for a few minutes. Then add in your dashes of salt and sugar. (This is where the red pepper flakes go in too if you want them!) After the tomatoes have cooked for about 10-15 minutes, throw in the blue cheese crumbles. Stir in the cheese until it's all melted.  Next, pour in the cream. Stir it around and shake the pan to let it really settle in. After a minute or so, taste the sauce and add whatever you think it needs. (usually pepper) Now....this is going to sound strange and may seem like it's not going to work at first, but trust me and the pioneer woman on this one! Do exactly as we say! Turn the burner OFF, throw in your spinach and stir it all around letting the heat just wilt the spinach. (You don't really want to cook it, you just want it to wilt so it stays yummy and fresh. This will be the last thing you do right before you actually serve it.) As it's wilting combine the pasta and sauce (with the still wilting spinach) in a bowl and combine until it's a homogenous mixture. When the spinach looks wilty (yes, I just made that word up) enough for you, serve and enjoy! It's that easy!

    I hope you all enjoy this recipe and have a wonderful week! Let me know if you try it and what you think! Have a tasty tuesday y'all. :)