squash, brussel sprout, mushroom pasta and gratituesday

Here's another one of my pasta creations.  These ingredients gave an incredible flavor combination!  yum 

Add as much or as little of these ingredients as you want, but here's what I used.

1 roasted squash
1/4 onion
1/2 pint mushrooms
~15 brussel sprouts, quartered
2 cloves garlic, sliced in half (to be removed later...or you could mince the garlic)
pasta - enough for ~4 servings

Add some olive oil (~1tbsp.) to a pan over medium heat.  Let heat up for a couple of minutes.  (Note:  olive oil gives you the best health benefits when consumed unheated...room temperature.  however, occasionally I do cook with it)  Add the onions and garlic and stir for ~1 min. 

Add in the brussel sprouts and mushrooms and cook for ~4 minutes.  Salt and pepper to taste during cooking process.


not cooked yet

 Then, add in chunks of your roasted squash.  You could boil the squash or microwave it to cook it faster.  Or, you could quarter it before cooking and then sautee it until tender.  I chose to roast it because that's easy to me.  To do this, cut the squash in half lengthwise, scoop out the seeds and stuff, salt and pepper, place in a pan with ~1/2" water and roast at 375 for 45min. to 1 hour or until tender.

Toss in some cooked pasta and ~2tbsp butter.

Top with some parmesan cheese (not shown) and you have a great. healthy meal!

more please!

I imagine this pasta would be great with some cream.  To do this, I would add ~1cup at the mushroom/brussel sprouts step and then omit the butter at the end.

And for Gratituesday, I'm grateful for awesome coworkers, especially my officemate!  She is a sweetheart and a wonderful woman!  I hope to be in similar shoes to hers some day.  Having fun and nice people to work with sure makes the work day better and enjoyable!