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Friday, January 2, 2009

Light Pasta and a Wonderful Day!

I had such a nice day today. My workout this AM felt great, I ate a lot of fresh great food and I got my hair done! As requested ;) Here is a pic- my hair is sort of a mess because it was windy and I was running around the house cooking etc before the picture...probably should have brushed it haha ;)

I had a new lady do it and I really liked how it turned out! I am trying to get my hair all one length.
For dinner tonight I made some easy pasta.
Ingredients:
1 bag broccoli or 1 head broccoli chopped into bits
1/2 box pasta (I used organic shells)
1 can garbanzo beans/chickpeas
1-2 breasts chicken (I used one for Josh's pasta and I ate mine vegetarian style)
3 tablespoons pine nuts
1 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
sprinkle of Parmesan cheese
Directions:
Bake chicken in oven at 375 until cooked through-no longer pink (I sprinkled mine with a little salt and pepper and Parmesan cheese prior to cooking). Cut into bite sized pieces.
Boil water and cook pasta according to package directions. In the last 4 minutes, add broccoli.
Drain can of chickpeas and leave them in the bottom of the strainer. Drain pasta and broccoli on top of chickpeas (this sort of cooks/warms the chickpeas a bit).
Toast up pine nuts until lightly browned (I did this in the same pot I cooked the pasta in).
Put all cooked ingredients in a large bowl (I just put them all back in the pasta pot...I like to save dishes). Add lemon juice, olive oil, Parmesan cheese. Serve!


Josh and I are going to watch Step Brothers again tonight, I can't wait! Have a wonderful night!

31 comments:

  1. Very pretty! Your pic has inspired me to grow my hair long again! :)

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  2. i love long hair!!! mine is a few inches longer and all one layer - kind of a boring cut but i think it's classic ;) you have very pretty straight/shiny hair!! definitely keep it long while you can hehe. love the broccoli dinner yum

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  3. Love your hair! Excellent recipe too :)

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  4. Your hair looks fantastic!

    I love this recipe, I'm bookmarking this =]

    Have fun watching Step Bros!

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  5. Cute pic! I love your beautiful long hair. It is funny you mention you are trying to get your hair all one length. I just got a horrible haircut that made the right side of my hair 1/2 inch longer than the left.. sigh... :)

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  6. o0o hair looks fab! i got mine done today too, yay for pretty hair :)

    loove step brothers, enjoy!

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  7. It looks really nice! I love the color!

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  8. your hair looks so pretty :)

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  9. great-lookin locks and dinner :)

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  10. Your hair looks great!

    Enjoy Step Brothers! That movie is so funny!

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  11. Na…don’t’ worry about the photo. It’s a blog, and the best part about it…It’s real. Kinda like when people come in my your home and it’s a mess…I just say, “I live here.” Everyone gets it =). I do clean up when the kids aren’t around to undo my work =)

    Would you like a little pasta with that broccoli? Love how nutritious that looks. It’s dinner time and I’m drooling =)

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  12. your hair looks beautiful!!
    another incredible recipe :D
    have a wonderful night!

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  13. Pretty hair!

    The pasta dish looks great. Nice and simple!

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  14. Wow, your hair looks awesome - and great eats!

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  15. Your hair looks fab!! That dinner looks delicious too :) Busy girl!

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  16. Gorgeous hair! I agree with Tina, I am now totally missing my longer hair. Guess it will be a while before I get my hair cut again ;o)

    That pasta looks great! I still haven't seen Stepbrothers, but if you're watching it again I guess I need to!

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  17. Yummy dinner, and your hair looks great! I wish mine looked that good when it was "a mess". So shiny and healthy. The new lady did a great job - I think you should stick with her. Enjoy your evening with Step Brothers!

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  18. You look beautiful!!! I really love the color of your hair.

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  19. What lovely hair!!! Love the fresh veggies in the pasta!

    How did you get your group instructor certification? I was considering doing that... wanted to know what the process is like etc.

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  20. Great Pics! Great Recipe! In my mind... great post!

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  21. Your hair looks great!! It looks really shiny and healthy :D Love good haircuts..Thanks for the recipe, and that movie- omg hilarious.

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  22. your hair looks great! I wish mine would grow, im trying to get it to be all one length too...but it just WILL NOT grow!

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  23. You are all so sweet :) Thank you!

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  24. Hey girl! Your hair looks fabulous!! And so does the pasta!

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  25. your hair looks awesome and the pasta looks yummy.

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  26. yummy! that all looks so good :) i just love broccoli and pasta together!!

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  27. oh, and of course i love your hair!

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