It's been months since I've posted a recipe! Not that I haven't been making tons of new food, I just haven't had the mental space to keep up with the Full Of Life site. Between being pregnant, and working a full time teaching job, though food was being made, eaten and enjoyed, there was a severe lack of photographing and blogging!
However, I'm now officially on maternity leave (!!) and have plenty of mental space to jump back into my webpage. I've been super inspired today and to finish the day off, I'm posting tonight's dinner recipe.
Here's a nice treat of a creamy, flavourful pasta using a unique combination of green beans and mushrooms.
Creamy Green Bean and Mushroom Pasta
(Serves 4)
1 box of penne pasta cooked according to box directions (pictured is spaghetti but I also made penne which was much better)
olive oil
2 small cooking onions cut in half lengthwise and sliced thinly
2-3 cups fresh green beans- washed, ends trimmed, and sliced roughly lengthwise in half to make thinner
1 8oz package of any style mushrooms- cleansed and sliced thinly, stems removed
5-6 cloves of garlic finely minced
1 tbsp arrowroot flour or white flour (for thickening)
1 cup regular organic soy milk
1 veggie stock cube
1 tsp dried thyme
pepper, to taste
1 tbsp miso
1/3 c nutritional yeast
1) In a large sauce pan, sautee onions in a good amount of olive oil over med-high heat until browned and soft.
2) Add in mushrooms, green beans and garlic. Allow mixture to cook while stirring occasionally but not too much. 3) Meanwhile, prepare a small bowl with the veggie cube, thyme, flour, and pepper. Add in enough boiling water to blend everything together so there are no lumps and clumps.
4) When most of the water is cooked out of the beans and mushrooms, add in flour and seasoning mixture in.
5) Turn down heat to medium low and add in soy milk. Allow mixture to simmer and thicken. Add more soy milk if desired, and more flour if you want it thicker.
6) Turn off heat and add in miso and nutritional yeast. Make sure miso is mixed in without lumps. If you don't have miso you can use salt or tamari/soy sauce.
7) Add cooked penne to sauce, mix together and serve!
Toasted sliced almonds would be delicious on top. I topped it with toasted sesame seeds but I'd leave them off next time.
However, I'm now officially on maternity leave (!!) and have plenty of mental space to jump back into my webpage. I've been super inspired today and to finish the day off, I'm posting tonight's dinner recipe.
Here's a nice treat of a creamy, flavourful pasta using a unique combination of green beans and mushrooms.
Creamy Green Bean and Mushroom Pasta
(Serves 4)
1 box of penne pasta cooked according to box directions (pictured is spaghetti but I also made penne which was much better)
olive oil
2 small cooking onions cut in half lengthwise and sliced thinly
2-3 cups fresh green beans- washed, ends trimmed, and sliced roughly lengthwise in half to make thinner
1 8oz package of any style mushrooms- cleansed and sliced thinly, stems removed
5-6 cloves of garlic finely minced
1 tbsp arrowroot flour or white flour (for thickening)
1 cup regular organic soy milk
1 veggie stock cube
1 tsp dried thyme
pepper, to taste
1 tbsp miso
1/3 c nutritional yeast
1) In a large sauce pan, sautee onions in a good amount of olive oil over med-high heat until browned and soft.
2) Add in mushrooms, green beans and garlic. Allow mixture to cook while stirring occasionally but not too much. 3) Meanwhile, prepare a small bowl with the veggie cube, thyme, flour, and pepper. Add in enough boiling water to blend everything together so there are no lumps and clumps.
4) When most of the water is cooked out of the beans and mushrooms, add in flour and seasoning mixture in.
5) Turn down heat to medium low and add in soy milk. Allow mixture to simmer and thicken. Add more soy milk if desired, and more flour if you want it thicker.
6) Turn off heat and add in miso and nutritional yeast. Make sure miso is mixed in without lumps. If you don't have miso you can use salt or tamari/soy sauce.
7) Add cooked penne to sauce, mix together and serve!
Toasted sliced almonds would be delicious on top. I topped it with toasted sesame seeds but I'd leave them off next time.
Here's a view of the sauce before I tossed in the penne for the second round.