Friday, March 19, 2010

What's for dinner?

Since returning to work I have found that my desire to make dinner has almost disappeared. The problem usually starts with the struggle to find time and energy to go to the grocery store. Then I find myself trying to throw something together with spaghetti noodles and tomatoes... again. I used to plan meals two weeks in advance, perusing recipe after recipe until I perfected the menu. When you can start preparing at 4:00, cooking dinner is much less stressful. So... I am always on the lookout for quick and delicious recipes. I meshed a couple of recipes together to come up with the dish we had tonight.

- 1/4 cup of Cream Cheese
- 1 1/2 cups of Chicken Broth
- 3 Small Zucchini sliced
- 1/4 cup of Parmesan
- Spaghetti
- 1 Tbsp of Thyme
- The zest from 1 Lemon & the juice from half
- 1 Tbsp of Flour
- Salt and Pepper

In a large frying pan, place a splash of Grape seed oil and the zucchini slices until they are tender. Set aside. Whisk the Chicken Broth, Cream Cheese, Flour, and Thyme together in the frying pan until combined. Cook the Spaghetti noodles in boiling salted water with a splash of oil until el dante. Combine the noodles with the sauce and add Lemon zest, juice, and Parmesan. Divide between dishes and add fresh grated Parm and season with Salt and Pepper. Serve.

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