Easy Vegetarian Pasta Recipe ~ Zubaida Appa's Recipes

Author: Jo Whipp-Prickett

As an entrepreneur with a busy lifestyle, you require good nourishing meals. Alas, boxes and frozen foods can't compete with real homemade food but they require, well,time. You can throw a roast or chicken in the oven, grab a loaf of French bread, and open a package of prewashed green lettuce for a salad, but that gets boring even if you love meat.

You can try a jar of organic spaghetti sauce with spaghetti noodles and a salad or make quick burritos. Do I hear, "Again" anyone? Although my youngest would eat either these with or without her other favorite, mashed potatoes (from scratch, of course) anytime of the day and everyday of the week. Most of us don't really mind different food for dinner. A change would be nice, but we are already overwhelmed. Entrepreneurial families have it tough. Most of us start out while still working a J.O.B. and our home-based business. As an entrepreneur with a busy lifestyle, you require good nourishing meals.Time and nutrition are difficult to balance. There are some options though.

So what's for dinner, you may ask? Check out last nights success. I tweaked an old recipe from Nikki and David Goldbeck's American Wholefoods Cuisine. I found this little treasure in an used bookstore when I lived in Tucson, AZ. As usual I made changes. The Spaghetti with Zucchini Sauce has no zucchini. Oh well, you'll get use to my way of cooking and you may end up relaxing and letting go, too. So here you go…..

Spaghetti and Creamy Vegetable Sauce

1 pound spaghetti (I use white organic and whole wheat together, nice effect more fiber)

olive oil/butter (about 4 T. total)

2 large garlic clove, minced

1/2 a white onion, slice thin

4 large green onions (scallions), green part cut into 1″ pieces, white scallion part sliced thin

1 each large green and red pepper, slivered

4 medium tomatoes, diced

2 teaspoons basil (dried)

1/3 cup parsley (dried)

4 eggs

1 teaspoon nutmeg

pepper to taste

1 cup grated provolone cheese ( I actually used mozzarella because that's what I had in the house, but I would have preferred provolone) C'est la vie

Prepare hot water for pasta, when it comes to a boil turn on low or off until your vegetables are ready to be cooked. You'll be cooking the pasta and the sauce at the same time.

Once all of the ingredients are prepared heat olive oil/butter in a large skillet. Start pasta now. *Saute garlic, onions, scallions, and peppers for about 3 minutes until lightly colored. Now add tomatoes, the 1″ slices of the green onion, basil, and parsley. Cook, uncovered, about 5 minutes until softened.

Beat eggs. Remove vegetables from heat and stir in eggs, nutmeg, pepper, and cheeses. Stir to melt. Return to low heat for a few minutes and stir until sauce is soft and creamy.

When the pasta is al dente, (to your liking), drain and transfer to a serving bowl. Spoon sauce over pasta or serve separately.

Serves 6-8 Prep time: about 1 hour Major Protein

Note: *I actually started by sauteing 8 oz. sliced white organic mushrooms first, I set them aside until the tomatoes are done and then I sauteed the garlic, etc. This takes a little longer but I like mushrooms to have their own flavor unless I am using wine.

Well, there you go. Hope you and your family enjoys. I know it's hard to remember to take care of you. After all, how are you going to become amazing and productive if you have no energy???

Please leave a comment. Thanks and Bon Appetit.

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