Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Pasta with Wilted Greens

Here's another entry for the Food Stamps Challenge Adapted from The $7 A Meal Cookbook by Linda Larsen
Total cost about $2

Pasta and Wilted Spinach
6 slices Turkey Bacon ($.69 per pound 22 slices per pound = $.18
1/2 onion (used free wild onions from the yard)
1 pound spaghetti or any pasta (BOGO $1.39 plus $1.00 off coupon so $.20 per pound)
3 eggs beaten ( $.12 each so $.36)
1/4 C heavy cream (1.79 per cup) so $.45
1/2 C Parmesan (divided) This is about $.50 when using the Costco purchase
1/2 tsp Garlic salt
1/8 tsp pepper
2 Tbs sugar
2 Tbs white vinegar
1 Tbs apple cider Vinegar
4 Cups chopped baby greens from the garden (free.  I got bored in January and during a warm day I took 2 year old seed packages that I bought for $.75 at the Ace Hardware at the end of the growing season when we first got here and then stored in the freezer, and strew them in the ground wherever there was a bare space.  I used these for plants last year but still had some left over.  Greens growing EVERYWHERE is the result.
Bring a pot of water to boil for the pasta. And cook according to directions while doing all the other stuff
chop and cook the bacon--if using the turkey bacon you will have to add some oil
add the onion to the almost cooked bacon and cook til almost soft.
I Added all the vinegars, sugar, and seasonings to the cooked onions and bacon and brought to a boil.  I added the chopped baby greens and stirred around a bit to cook and wilt, then shut off the heat, but left the mixture on the burner to further cook down the greens which take a little longer to cook than spinach.

Beat the eggs, cream and 1/4 C parmesan cheese in a small bowl
When the pasta is done, strain  and place in the bowl you are going to use to serve it in and it toss with this stuff for 2 minutes.
Add the greens to this and stir. top with the rest of the parmesan cheese, or put that on the table for people to add what they like.
The verdict was yummy and this made enough for 6 - 8 servings.

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