Cheated a bit and had this week’s Vegan Thursday on Wednesday so I could blog about it on Thursday. But of course I’ll still be eating vegan today (the real Vegan Thursday), too.
Last night, I tried a new product and resurrected an old fave: Butternut fries!
A big bowl of whole-wheat angel-hair pasta (tossed with spices, a little vegan butter, and a lot of broccoli)
With a side of Butter(nut) Me Up Squash Fries. The fries were just as sweet-n-perfect as always. And I fell head-over-heels for the new product: Gia Russa angel hair pasta. If you’ve tried whole wheat pasta in the past and weren’t a fan of the nutty flavor, run out and buy this! It doesn’t taste like whole wheat pasta at all.
Even more exciting than my dinner was that my mom joined me for the meal. I made her the same dinner as me, and she polished it off.
Actually, I made a few changes because she doesn’t like squash fries. Sacrilege, I know! (She also had a different bowl for her pasta, but I used mine for the photo shoot.
ANY kind of Pasta is my favorite. Actually I have been trying to lighten the carb load and I have fallen in love with spaghetti squash. I SO LOVE that!
OH, It’s THRUSDAY…I guess I’ll make today a Vegan day! and LOW GI (glycemic index that I was already doing)
should be fun!
I am doing a 5 day vegan challenge after my 5 days low gi.
I’m a busy girl!
xo
*hands up high* Pasta lover!!! All kinds!!! Never met a pasta I didn’t LOVE. Being Italian does that to ya!
Totally drooling over all your eats 🙂
Yum, those butternut squash fries look awesome! I love all types of pasta, so I can’t even narrow it down if I tried. I guess it depends on what type of sauce I’m going to have. I like rotini when I make a sauce that’s full of veggies, and angel hair for alfredo type of sauces. Now I’m in the mood for pasta!
bah! totally forgot about vegan thursdays. I don’t suppose the vanilla oikos I’m currently chowing down on qualifies 🙁 meh, next week.. I gotta make a note to myself!
Good looking dinner.
I love angel hair pasta hand down 🙂
I love angel hair, thin and yummy! And that pasta looks awesome… I’m not a huge sweet potato fan myself (I know, sacrilege) but I would so mow down on your lovely pasta and broccoli.
I HAVE to run outside Saturday. I’m hoping it’s not too horrid. Friday here in ATX is supposed to be badbad but Saturday is 44 at least. Eeek!
Pasta! Bnut fries! I want your dinner!
Also, maybe it’s me, I adore the strong, nutty taste and chewy texture of ww products, even pasta. I love all pastas – traditional spags are a favorite, as well as spiral or shell for its pasta adherence.
I’m totally in for Vegan Thursdays, by the way. I eat vegan at home all the time, and I’m almost always home by myself all day on Thursdays, so it should be pretty easy. Today I had a slice of WW w/pb for breaky and I’m eating a broc slaw salad with onions, tomatos, and spinach all tossed in some Annie’s Goddess dressing. (my first time trying it!)
Dinner will be more leftover stir-fry, I think. 🙂
Oh – I meant to tell you – I got my first kabocha at the store this week, there was one left and it was 99c a pound!!
Whole wheat rotini 4 lyfe!
And now I’m craving butternut squash fries. Mmm.
I love whole wheat pasta. the other night we had multi color bow ties. Even more impressive (check out my blog) we made tortellini from scratch the other night…too much super mario bros playing! I love the brocolli overload on your pasta, the more the better.