Monday, March 25, 2013

weekend review: polenta fail & spinach pie win


Figure 1. Friday night's dinner: sausage, tomato, and arugula fettuccine alongside roasted Brussels sprouts. I roasted these sprouts (1 lb tossed in 1 T of coconut oil, salt, and pepper) at 400 degrees for 25 minutes tossing halfway through.

Figure 2. Saturday night's dinner: salmon with red pepper pesto, pepper-spiked polenta, and an arugula and mushroom salad. This salmon is one of my favorites and I love the idea of making my own pesto. This polenta, however, was a fail - the recipe instructed me to make it in the microwave - and it was so runny I had to serve it in a bowl.

Figure 3. Sunday night's dinner: roasted Sriracha butternut squash (inspired by this recipe), easy crust-less spinach and feta pie from Skinnytaste, and a fried egg. I may be obsessed with this spinach pie - you can eat 1/4 of it for ~180 calories and it is fantastic. I recommend splurging on the fresh dill.

7 comments:

  1. I'm on a serious feta kick right now, so that spinach and feta pie sounds amazing to me! That's a bummer about the polenta though. I've actually never tried making polenta before, but now I'm scared to haha.

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  2. I love every single one of your posts - I try soo many of your recommendations from your daily/weekend eats.

    xo Em

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  3. You are the queen of interesting combinations. Love it

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  4. Your Friday night dinner looks like my kind of dinner but all of them look great, will have to get out the spinach pie. Bummer on the polenta, I usually cheat and buy it!

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  5. Oh those fettuccine *sigh*... why does pasta always look so fancy, though its so easy to throw together? Beautiful dish!

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  6. The Sriracha Butternut Squash Fries sound so interesting and different! Must try

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  7. Mmm, fresh dill is the BEST! So much more crisp flavor than the dried stuff! Love the sound of that spinach pie...perfect pairing with the egg too!

    I am definitely curious about that red pepper pesto salmon dish! I'm always looking for new ways to spruce up salmon...I almost always just stick with the same boring ingredients!

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