A Quick Lunch....Or Dinner

Just a few ingredients keep you and your stomach away from a tasty and healthy meal. This little number only takes about a minute longer than the time it takes your pasta to cook. When the fella is eating his favorite eggs and hash on a saturday afternoon, this is what I make. He won't eat it (so more for me) and I don't feel bad for eating 3 bowls of it. This is a recipe based on what you have on hand, but has two basic principles use some kind of vegetable and whole wheat pasta. Today I have arugula and rotini and used half a box of each of these. No good can come of it when I make a whole box of pasta. Ok, lets get this party started shall we? 

Here we have the stars of the luncheon show, arugula and pasta.  When your pasta is finished cooking let it sit in the colander for a minute while you add the arugula to the hot pot with some oil salt, pepper and red pepper flakes (if you can take the heat.) Let it wilt down just a bit. Throw your cooked pasta on top of the arugula and add just a bit more oil and give it a stir.  To beef up on the veggie count I added half a bag of steamed peas in with the arugula. 

TA DAAA! 10 minutes later you have something really good to eat, with little to no effort. Top off your bowl of goodness with some good parmesan cheese and start shoveling or politely savoring every bite.