Meal Prep Monday

Yesterday at whole foods I got some orecchiette pasta to use for meal prep monday. So after my daily Starbucks run, I decided to use up some of the left over goat cheese from yesterdays recipe and make a quick pasta for after work.

Orecchiette with Goat Cheese and Mint

1/2 cup orecchiette
1/4 yellow onion
1 tablespoon butter
1/4 cup frozen peas
2 ounces goat cheese
1/2 cup milk or cream
1 tablespoon mint - chiffonade
Salt and Pepper

Bring a pot of water to a boil and cook orecchiette for about 11minutes. While the pasta cooks, sauté the onions in butter till softened and translucent. Add the peas and warm through. Add milk or cream and cheese and heat till the cheese melts. Add the pasta and reserve a small amount of pasta water for later use. Stir pasta into sauce and let the sauce simmer while stirring. Simmer till sauce has reduced slightly and thickened. Add a few tablespoons of reserved pasta water to add more thickness. Season with salt and pepper, plate pasta or place in tupperware container and top with mint.

There are only 39 days left of the blog and I can't tell if its moving quickly or slowing down. For the most part if feels like having basically a month left isn't that much time at all, but when you put it inot perspective a month can seem like a long time. Unfortunately I won't be able to go to Maine for two weeks like I usually do in the summer, so that means 6 more weeks of working, sleeping and cooking, which can start to get boring. Maybe I could think of something exciting to do for the blog to make time move a little more quickly. Till next time,
Keep Cooking Brooklyn!