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 the New Girl too!! Schmidt is definitely my favorite character.. “you wanna party with Havarti??” Love it!
Oh my gosh, I love New Girl! I started watching because I’m a big Zooey Deschanel fan, but all of the characters are really hilarious! I hear you on the overheating kitchen issue – I’m on the 3rd floor of my apartment building and don’t have A/C, and turning the oven on in the summer is not fun. I just started thinking that I should compile some recipes to try out this summer which don’t require the oven!
I haven’t seen that show, but if it’s a comedy, I’m in!
I just finished last night’s episode too! It’s a good one 🙂
I am so completely obsessed with New Girl. I love every single character on that show, but I think that Schmidt is my favorite.
I love whole wheat pasta, it doesn’t even taste weird to me anymore!
I absolutely love the New Girl. I adore Zooey, she is so sweet and cute!
I tried that spinach w/ pasta trick for dinner and it worked like a charm. Thanks!
Looks like an awesome, healthy dinner! As a dietetics student I had to make one comment though. Salmon is not exactly a lean protein; it’s packed full of fat! Healthy omega 3 fat though, which you all know. 🙂
your wilting spinach technique is so creative, Julie – LOVE IT!
My husband and I both love New Girl. We laugh every time we watch it! Last nights episode was hilarious, get ready to laugh 🙂
Oh my gosh, my hubby Adam and I love New Girl, Schmidt is by far the best character on that show!!
Oh my gosh, you won’t be sorry – last night’s episode had me crying I was laughing so hard!! But maybe just because I was envisioning my friends and me during college…you’ll understand once you watch it
I love New Girl – we’ve watched it since it premiered, and get huge laughs all the time – Zooey is adorable – as are the rest of her roommates. I haven’t seen last night’s episode yet – waiting on the hubs to get home to watch it 🙂
Huge fan of New Girl! Schmidt is hilarious…. gotta go watch the episode now that you reminded me! 🙂
That show is my bf and mine’s ALL-TIME favorite!!! It’s sooo funny I die every time!
I wilted spinach tonight thanks to your tip! I love New Girl it is soo funny, they now sell a douchbag jar at Urban OUtfitters inspired from the show!
Oh my I made something similar last week using quinoa, salmon, spinach and brussels sprouts. Seeing yours makes me want it all over again. Guess I know what dinner will be tomorrow night.
Just finished watching last night’s episode, so funny! “Why is the cast of the Social Network in our apartment?”
This recipe looks simple and delicious – just my style!
Last night’s episode was hysterical! You guys are going to love it.
I love New Girl! I watched it last night and I am watching it again on my DVR right now. Yea, I’m kind of obsessed. Schmidt is the funniest character on tv and I want Nick & Jess together! Enjoy the episode and I really want to try your pasta recipe. It looks super yum! 🙂
I love New Girl! So funny. You should watch Happy Endings. It’s on tonight. It’s so ridiculous, I love it!
I love New Girl its my favorite show right now hands down! I wish it was warmer here, the sun finally came out today and we made it to about 43 degree – which feels really warm compared to what it has been!
I love New Girl! Now whenever I do the chicken dance, I have to do it the “Jess way”- with a head peck! 🙂
LOVE New Girl. It’s a good one!
Love the New Girl, but my husband thinks I’m crazy. He just doesn’t get it. 😉
I love New Girl! I also love the new show “The B—- in Appartment 23” I just watched the premiere episode and its so funny!!
My brother and sister-in-law said New Girl is great, but they only have the most recent episodes on hulu, so I can’t start from the beginning!
LOVE that show. People used to tell me I looked like her and now they ALWAYS tell me that because I have the same name as her character. I love singing the theme song. “who’s that girl, it’s Jess!” But instead of Jess I say me…..yup, I’m a dork.
I love the New Girl!!! Its soooo good!
I love the New girl and that pasta sounds so good.
So I definitely sang outloud with Winston to WICKED! Haha I love that show 🙂
me too!!!! LOVED that part!
I keep forgetting to DVR that show. I watched it once and it was hilarious! I have become a fan of canned salmon lately, I think I like it better than tuna.
new girl is the best show ever since friends!
schmidt is my favourite character, he cracks me up every show!
I love Zooey but she’s too dumb for me in that show. Or maybe it’s naive. Something about her character bothers me. But I love the guy that played Leo on Veronica Mars. So good to see him in something again!
Ok, and I loved Justin Long in that show too. But I swear I don’t watch it even though it really sounds like I do. Hee! 🙂
yeah, I can’t stand her in that show either. I really tried to give it a chance, but it’s just awkward. And I hate the word “adorkable”
Last night’s new girl was the FUNNIEST yet!! !
I haven’t watched the new ep. yet, but the one before it definitely had me laughing. Nick (with the duck): “I want to kill you…because I respect you. I think I understanding hunting!”.
I’m not a huge fan of that particular cheese but the dish sounds GOOD!
I’m totally obsessed with New Girl!!! Last night’s episode was HILARIOUS. Ahhh I can’t wait for you to watch!
I love new girl! I live in South Korea (although I’m American) but I absolutely love your blog and read it religiously. Especially princess Sadie. Anyways the pasta looks awesome too, ok I’ll stop gushing now…
I think I can honestly say that New Girl is the funniest show I’ve watched in a long, long time. I am obsessed with Zoey Deschanel’s wardrobe to boot!
Haha that’s so funny because my husband and I have watched it from the beginning and we were crying laughing over last nights episode!
Oh yes, New Girl is one of our favorite shows! It is so funny!
Such a great show. Some really interesting commentary about how it portrays women.
It’s written by a woman, did you know that? I love how they’ve started to get all meta about Zooey’s “quirky” image. Some great writing.
Like on this blog! 😉
i am OBSESSED with new girl! such a funny show. i also adore salmon. your dinner & tv watching has me jealous!
That pasta looks delicious! Salmon and veggies sound right up my alley. Our kitchen gets super hot too when we have both the oven and stove on. Really just either can toast us up really quickly!
I LOOOVE New Girl!! And I love Modern Family! Hahaha! I quote both shows all week! (:
Julie!!!! So, this is random, but I saw your sister yesterday in Publix!!!! It was so crazy, and I feel like such a creeper, haha. She was standing next to me in an aisle, and I’m like “why do I think I know—-ohhhh Julie’s sister!” Haha. But I hope she likes Bradenton/Lakewood Ranch! I know I emailed you with suggestions on places to live a few months ago, and I thought it was pretty awesome she was in my/the area!
no way!!! how cool! her job has her going to various grocery stores in that area a lot! she was actually just transferred to the st. pete area though, so she won’t be there too much longer. very cool!
Very interesting!! Aww that’s good. I’m sure that’s where she wants to be!
I am loving on New Girl! I thought I was the only one…my sister said I was stupid for liking it, so I thought well looks like I won’t be telling anyone I like that show! Thank goodness there are others. I heart Schmidt, I want him to live with me. How entertaining would that be.
That show is hands down our favorite new show too! We laugh so hard and look at eachother like “our we nuts!?” sounds like we’re not 😉