What's Cooking?

Here are a few dinners we had in the last week or so. Well, okay these are the ones that turned out really yummy! The others I obviously will not blog about since they were only mediocre or sucked.  I had 3 nights of meals that were awesome! Stephen said I was on a role which was a super nice complement. Maybe, I'm becoming a better cook! I hope so. That is my goal.

1. Tomato and Arugula Pasta (rice noodles) with Roasted Summer Squash recipe courtesy of Farmer Jim's Newsletter. This was so super simple and Stephen loved it! Olivia kept saying that it was too spicy. I'm guessing that was because of the arugula and raw garlic...at least she tried it! I tossed her some noodles with a little olive oil and halved baby tomatoes. She liked that better. Roasted summer squash is my new favorite. I love roasting! I had never tried summer squash, though. I used the directions out of Veganomicon. I'm happy to say that I am totally caught up with all my squash from our CSA. Last year, I was so sick of zucchini and summer squash. :-) I also added Almesan on top. If you can guess it...it's parmesan made out of almonds. How genious! Thanks, Isa's (Veganomicon). I didn't get it quite as ground up as it should have been to imitate parmesan better but it still added nice flavor.  

Another note...the pic is so bad, sorry. I was super hungry and got impatient. 

2. Sunny Summer Squash Soup with side of Kale from Susan at fatfreevegan. Another great way to use my CSA squash. Stephen said "Honey, this is absolutely delicious." I couldn't believe it. I used all the optionals Susan listed on her site. I just steamed some Kale for the side. I think I should have had an additional side, though. I was hungry about an hour after I ate this. I needed a spoonful of peanut butter. I always need a spoonful of peanut butter (or two)! 

3. Mexican Lasagna (or Enchilada Casserole) from Susan at fatfreevegan. I have no idea how Susan was able to get her dish out in such a nice square. She's amazing. As you can see from my pic, it was messy but oh so yummy! The fam loved this one. I enjoyed it for days after on top of salads at lunch and Olivia enjoyed hers in whole wheat pitas. It needed some salsa when I ate it leftover. It lost a little flavor. Still a winner!