In addition to couponing, I am trying to feed my family more whole, healthy foods. It’s sort of counter intuitive to couponing, as much of what you get as a coupon queen is processed and/or canned. In all honestly, if I can get my family to eat whole, healthy foods 1/2 of the time, it will be a big improvement. At some point I will try to up it to 80% of the time but I don’t want to shock their contaminated systems. The current goal is to make 3-4 whole, veggie laden meals per week.
Last night I made whole wheat pasta with broccoli pesto. I thought it was delicious. The kids were not as excited about it as I was but they did all eat some which was probably more broccoli than any of them have had in 2012.
It was super easy to make and I was able to use a few items I purchased with coupons – the whole grain pasta, broth and mozzarella cheese were all insane deals I brought home thanks to those handy dandy coupons.
I based my recipe on one I found in The Good Housekeeping Family Vegetarian Cook Book but I made quite a few changes.
Here’s what I did:
Broccoli Pesto Pasta
1 package whole wheat rotini
1 head fresh broccoli
1 cup broth (I used beef broth because I had it on hand but I think any broth would do – use vegetable broth if you want to make this a vegetarian recipe)
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
2 tbsp olive oil
2 cloves crushed garlic
salt and pepper to taste
1 cup mozzarella cheese
1/2 cup sundried tomatoes
1. Cook pasta per package directions.
2. Steam broccoli
3. In blender, add cooked broccoli, broth, parm, olive oil, garlic, salt & pepper and blend until smooth.
4. When pasta is cooked, drain, toss with broccoli pesto, mozzarella cheese, sundried tomatoes and serve. Sprinkle top with extra grated Parmesan.
Leftovers also made quite a tasty lunch!
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Kate
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