“Partay” Pasta with Lentils…

 

As all you know, I have three boys.  Four, if you want to include my husband!  At my house it’s nothing but boy things.  From cars to sports to wrestling, my boys are one hundred percent boys.  While Daniel was at hockey practice, I thought it would be fun to take pictures of Andrew and Josh at play.  This is what a typical activity that they enjoy doing with one another.

 

Yup!  This is what four and five year old little boys do to drive their mother up the wall.  They dance, yell, jump, laugh, just being boys!

 

A few months ago, Wayne watched the movie Food Inc.  Food Inc. is about the meat industry and how farmers are feeding their livestock corn feed instead of grass feed.  Corn feed bulks the animals up quickly thus making more meat and so on.  The whole process is actually disgusting and disheartening.  Anyways, Wayne has been on a quest to buy a side of beef from a farmer that grass feed their cattle.  Well, he bought a side of beef a few weeks ago and now it is ready to be picked up.  I don’t know how much a side of beef will be and I had to clear our big freezer.

Today, I emptied our freezer downstairs and stuffed everything into our fridge freezer upstairs.

And this is what I have to clean later once it’s defrosted and all the ice has melted.

I am soooooo looking forward to it…(yeah right!)

 

For supper, I decided to do something new.  This is a recipe that my mother inlaw makes, but I added my own spin to it.  My mother inlaw likes making Party Pasta.  It’s great for crowds and it’s tasty.  But I decided to make a few changes and be risky!

Partay Pasta and Lentils:

1 cup of pasta (any kind)

1/2 cup of lentils

half of a red onion thinly sliced

handful of baby carrots

two celery stalks cut into pieces

handful of snap peas

two garlic cloves minced

1 tbsp of olive oil

1 tbsp of soya sauce

 

Cook pasta according to package.  As pasta is cooking, you can cook the lentils.  I cooked the lentils in a cup and a half of water for an half an hour.  Unfortunately, I was folding laundry as the pasta and lentils were cooking that the lentils started burning!

I tried to salvage as much as I could…

 

Here’s the pasta after it is cooked.  While the lentils and pasta are cooling off, begin making cooking the vegetables.

First saute the red onions and garlic in a tablespoon of olive oil for about a minute.  Then add all the vegetables and saute for five minutes or when vegetables are tender.  Then let the vegetables cool.

Onces pasta, lentils, and vegetables are cooled off, add everything to a large bowl.

 

I also added cilantro.  I’m a big fan of cilantro and whenever I could add it I will!

Then add the olive oil and soya sauce.

For soya sauce, I actually like using mushroom soya sauce because it’s dark and thicker than regular soya sauce.

Mix and everything and put into the fridge to chill.

Here’s the finished product!

 

After making Partay Pasta and Lentils, I decided to make fish with my pasta dish.  I forgot that I had Tilapia in the freezer.

For my Tilapia, I used feta, garlic, red onion, and cilantro.

I rolled it up and inserted toothpicks to hold it in place.

Then I drizzled with olive oil and sprinkled McCormick’s Mesquite BBQ Seasoning.

I put the fish in a shallow pan and covered with tin foil and baked at 375 degrees for about twenty minutes.

Here’s the finished product with “Partay” Pasta and Lentils and of course a glass of red wine!

So, how did my awesome supper tasted, you’re wondering…well, the fish was delish, but “Partay” Pasta was eh.  The lentils had a burnt taste.  Oh well, next time I’ll omit the lentils and just stick with vegetables. 

Well, I have to go because Wayne is home from work…I must attend to him…