I wasn’t overheating because dinner was spicy. I was hot because I had the oven and stove going simultaneously and our house is 80 degrees since we have yet to use the air conditioner.
The added heat from the stove top and oven did a number on the temperature of our kitchen and I was quite toasty as I prepped dinner! I better buckle up, because it’s only going to get hotter in Florida from here on out.
Though I used the stove and the oven, dinner wasn’t particularly difficult came together quite easily in less than 20 minutes.
I made a bowl of whole wheat pasta with salmon, feta cheese, green beans and spinach. (You better believe I wilted the spinach using my fancy new trick!)
The meal tasted fresh, wholesome and was nice and filling thanks to fibrous vegetables, hearty whole grains and protein. Oh baby!
Whole Wheat Pasta with Salmon
Serves One
Ingredients:
- 2 ounces whole wheat rotini pasta
- 1 handful fresh spinach
- 1 cup chopped roasted green beans
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- Pinch of salt
- 2 tablespoons feta cheese
- 3 ounces cooked salmon
Directions:
- Cook pasta according to package directions.
- Rip fresh spinach and place at the bottom of a colander. Drain cooked pasta over spinach to wilt the leaves. Transfer pasta and spinach back into pot.
- Add green beans to pasta. Stir in olive oil, lemon juice and salt.
- Sprinkle pasta with feta cheese.
- Flake salmon with a fork and add to pasta. Stir to combine and evenly distribute all ingredients.
Rave reviews for this one!
After dinner, Ryan and I entertained Sadie and now we’re off to curl up on the couch and catch up on our latest favorite show, New Girl, that we DVRed last night.
Are any of you guys watching this show?
Ryan and I both laugh out loud every single time we watch it. So many quotable lines!
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I LOVE New Girl- I watched it on the flight to and from Dubai and it was such great entertainment…no one else seems to have heard of it though! Is it popular in the US?
ooh that dish looks yummy and very easy too! How did you cook your salmon? Did you use one of your recipes?
i broiled it this way: https://www.pbfingers.com/2011/07/05/how-to-make-salmon/
Dinner looks fab! I haven’t started watching New Girl yet, it sounds funny!
Zooey is pretty adorable in that show. 🙂 I forgot to tell you, I tried your walnut oatmeal date balls, and they were fantastic! Tasty and a real energy boost!
so glad you liked them!
I don’t know how you don’t have your air on right now! I live in Gainesville, and the humidity and mugginess of the house without air during the day is just stifling! I don’t know how you do it.
80 degrees?! It’s in the 50’s where I live right now. We had a tease of 70 degree weather last week and now it’s pretty chilly here.
Dinner looks delicious! I love your wilting spinach tip!
Your pasta looks great! All of my favorite things. It looks like a must-try recipe!
I am not watching the new girl, but I love Zooey D! My husband even refers to her as his TV girlfriend.
That pasta looks amazing! Definitely trying it soon.
Wait..you don’t use the A/C? I am a Florida girl and couldn’t imagine not having my A/C on all the time…except for the few cold days a year. I’m in S. FL so I know its a tad cooler up by you, but I went to UF and I know the heat in the middle of the state! How do you function?!?! LOL
If you like New Girl you should also check out Happy Endings. It’s on ABC on Wednesday nights. It’s probably one of the funniest and most underrated shows. I cry laughing almost every week!
I love New Girl; I started watching because I’m a huge fan of hers since Elf. Modern Family still takes the cake though; that show is hilarious! 😉
Hah! That bug van looks awesome, I need one! I already have a leopard onsie 🙂 so I would choose the wine glassholder
Love the New Girl! Have you seen this SNL skit?
http://www.hulu.com/watch/328553/saturday-night-live-bein-quirky-with-zooey-deschanel
I am mildly obsessed – our younger sister Christine also shares Zooey’s love for quirky things so it cracks us up!
We’ve been watching New Girl and while it certainly isn’t our favorite show, we get a few laughs out of it. I kind of really liked Justin Long as her boyfriend! I’m not so sure about Fancyman, but at least he’ll class up their group a bit. Maybe.
Do you bloggers get compensated for posting promotional shots of shows like New Girl? Just curious because I saw the same promotional picture on another blog.
nope. if i ever receive compensation for something, i make sure to note it outright – it’s required by the FTC. 🙂
Gotcha. Thanks for the reply.