I have found myself eating alone a lot lately on nights when I am not working late, and Sean is at one of his night classes. I came up with this quick, easy, and yummy meal for one. This can easily be modified to make for however many people you need to feed. I think the best part is that the clean up is so easy. You use one pot, one bowl, one spoon, one fork, and a colander.
Serving Size: 1
Cooking Time: 15 min
Ingredients:
- Whole Wheat Rotini Pasta (or any short fat noodle you like: penne, fussilli, bowtie, etc...)
- Frozen Broccoli (or fresh)
- Pesto (I like to freeze mine in its container so I can just scrape off what I need)
- Parmesan Cheese (from the plastic container you can just sprinkle on, or fresh)
Cooking:
Bring water to a boil. Add in one serving of pasta (I just put enough in to almost fill up one cereal bowl, but this can vary depending on how hungry you are). Cook al dante according to package (about 9 minutes) stirring occasionally. After about 5 minutes, add in frozen broccoli, and continue boiling for the remaining 4 minutes, stirring occasionally. Drain pasta and broccoli in colander. In the meantime, scrape off about 1 spoonful (I used a large spoon) of frozen pesto into bowl. Heat in microwave for about 10 seconds. Add pasta/broccoli to bowl. Toss with spoon you used to scrape pesto into bowl until pasta is lightly covered in pesto. Dust (somewhat heavily) the parmesan cheese completely on top of the pasta. Toss until pasta is evenly covered. Enjoy!
Tips:
You may think this isn't enough pesto. For me, it is. I like that there is just a subtle hint of that delicious pesto flavor. If this isn't enough for you, feel free to add more. There is no wrong way to make this.
You can add chicken to this recipe to add some protein and make it more of a meal.
