Oats in a Jar kept me full for a full five hours today! 
Yet another reason why I just adore and look forward to it every time my almond butter jar gets low. 
This afternoon was cold, rainy and just plain gross, so after work I hunkered down in my yoga room and completed Yoga Sculpt #1 from Yogadownload.com. This class was taught by my fave instructor, Dawnelle, who turned out to be a friggin’ mad woman in this class! We used free weights to deepen our poses and incorporate more cardio and strength training into the flow, and it.was.brutal. My arms are toast!
Speaking of toast…I made Goat Cheese Pasta with Parmesan Garlic Toast for dinner tonight!
Last week, when I asked you guys for goat cheese recipes, reader Lindsay sent me a link to an Asparagus Goat Cheese Pasta recipe on RealSimple.com. One look at the picture and it was over. Done. Sold!
I used broccoli and wilted spinach in the recipe instead of asparagus because, to be honest with you, I’ve had way too much asparagus lately and couldn’t bring myself to buy it at the store. Plus it was $3.99/lb – oh hells no!
Broccoli + spinach was the way to go, though! They were the perfect sidekicks to the nutty, whole wheat spaghetti I used in the dish.
7g of protein and 6g of fiber - love that!
The preparation of the meal was actually kind of disastrous. The chicken broth wasn’t whisking in with the butter and flour, so I had to transfer it to my mini food processor to get everything bound together. Then when the sauce wasn’t bubbling away like it was supposed to, I realized it was because the skillet was on the wrong burner. Oof!
After several more trials and errors, the dish finally came together and it was absolutely incredible! A grown up version of your childhood fave, mac & cheese, if you will. So fab!
Next time I’ll probably break up my spaghetti before cooking it, or use a short pasta like cavatappi or gemilli (my two faves!) because the cheesiness did make it hard to twirl the longer pasta. Somehow, I still managed.
My parmesan garlic toast was simply 100% whole wheat EarthGrains bread, smeared with a little butter, topped with a little garlic powder and parmesan cheese, then broiled ’til golden brown. Heaven!
For dessert, my knight in shining armor business clothes (aka my husband) brought me a delectable piece of brownie cake home from work. Swoon!
Aaaand now said husband is trying to put the parmesan cheese away in the spice cupboard. Oh dear.
Have a good night!
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What’s your favorite cheese? Do you like it stinky?
Brie used to be my fave, but now that I’m seeing how versatile and delicious goat’s cheese is – well, brie might be taking a hike.
And no, I loathe stinky cheese. Ooooogh!
I love almost every cheese, soft or hard, stinky or not but I really love Swiss! A classic, but delicious:)
Goat is a great cheese. I also like a sharp, raw cheddar
Haha, that sounds like something my hubby would do. Last time I found him putting the EVOO in the fridge. Oy vay! When will they learn?
Ohhhhh cheese — where to begin? I looooove gouda, feta, cheddar… The only cheese I don’t particularly like is Velveeta (does that even count?) but even that has it’s time and place!
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That looks delicious, and well worth the disaster scare! I avoided cooking disaster too, making homemade whole-wheat hamburger buns… long story! Favorite cheese… I prefer Camembert to Brie, but I love smoked gouda too…
Just wanted to let you know I made your veggie enchiladas for dinner tonight and they were AMAZING and so easy!!! Def. my new “go-to” meal!!
Blech, I do NOT like stinky cheese!! My favorites.. that’s hard! Probably raw sharp white cheddar.. the bomb!
Such a sweet hubbie! Who knows that chocolate is the way to a girl’s heart
Goat’s cheese is delicious, but I also love brie and camembert.
That looks like a really yummy meal!
I like all cheese. Seriously. I have yet to meet a cheese I didn’t like! A current fave is Morbier, a sweet French cheese with ash in it. Oh, and burrata… just try it, i promise
I’m a true blue stinker!! Love my cheese… the strong stuff.
Yummy – we will have some goat cheese left over from our pesto chicken goat cheese pizza tonight and might have to try this. I am a fan of basically any cheese other than American, Swiss or anything smoked. Some all time faves though are goat, blue, Manchego and goat Gouda. Okay, I will shut up about cheese now!
LOVE stinky cheese and brie is the only cheese I don’t like! Funny how different people’s tastes can be!
Goat cheese is my favorite. I actually had it with ramps, peppers and onions, and eggs tonight on a bagel. So delicious and fresh from the farmer’s market.
YUM! Dinner looks amazing. I’m not a big fan of cheese
… don’t judge me
Its hard to pick a favorite when I like all cheeses; brie to blue, hard to soft. I wish my husband liked goat cheese more, I’d try this and that pizza you made the other night.
Oh, speaking of cheese, I tried some of the cheese curds of this over the weekend and Yum O! I now have to go and get the parma blue. Hopefully they will expand to DM.
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I love all cheese. End of story!
Chevre is my favorite! I find a way to put it in everything : ) No brie for me please.
Your dinner looks FAB! So, being here in Japan, I don’t have a good selection of pastas- so I’ve turned to Soba in place of pasta noodles- 14 grams of protein!!! I know it’s a little pricier in the states, but I highly recommend the wheatiness of buckwheat noodles. Yum.
Dinner looks delicious (and that brownie even better!). I’m a bit of a cheese wuss – I like colby and chedder (non-scary cheese!). I can’t do Camembert or anything like that, and I really don’t like the smell of parmesan but I can still eat it. My favourite cheese would have to be cream cheese, rolled in herbs and spices – YUM!
My husband loves stinky cheeses–He tried to convince me the other day that once you get past the smell, Limburger is delicious! I don’t think I believe him, though. I myself, am a cheese coward, and I stick to things like cheddar or colby…Or Co-Jack or Mo-Jack.
That dinner looks delicious! I enjoy Goat Cheese, the first time I had it was in a little cafe in Santa Fe, New Mexico; and ever since I’ve been hooked!
that recipe looks delicious! i just bought a huge amount of fresh goat cheese from the local farmers market, so this is DEFINITELY on my menu for the week! my favorite pasta shape is gemelli too! i love it with garlic, broccoli, and parmesan. yummm! i love brie too – the stuff at whole foods with all sorts of fun embellishments is my holiday fave! (even better if you make it yourself!) and no stinky cheese for me! my mom gets a huge ball of smelly provalone and HANGS IT FROM THE POTS/PANS RACK in our kitchen! sick
Probably a really old crumbly canadian cheddar or goats cheese
I hate brie, blue cheese.
I do love all cheeses, but I have to say a good greek dish with some feta can’t be beat! Oh, and I’m so glad you tried out the dish I sent you! It looked delicious!
First of all, per your recommendation, I had oats in jar this morning. DELICIOUS. Second of all, how do you like YogaDownload? I use their free twenty minute podcasts, but I’m considering joining the website so I can download full length episodes.
Let me know!
That brownie cake looks amazing!!!!
My fave cheese is brie, but I only tend to eat that on special occasions. I also love havarti, especially on panini sandwiches. I love munster on nachos, omelettes, and to eat plain. I love feta on pizza and salads. And I love pepperjack for snacking. Okay fine, I just love cheese, but preferrably not the stinky kind.
I had to look up what cavatappi and gemelli are – love finding new pasta shapes! Reminded me of fusilli a little bit.
hahahahaha I have definitely lost my brain a few times while cleaning up and put items away where they don’t belong. Milk in the cabinet, sure. OH SHOOOT NO! haha.
I cannot even tell you how many dishes I have royally messed up by putting the wrong pan/pot on the wrong burner! Glad you were able to turn this one around. It looks just delightful!
You have been doing yoga a lot more these days! Good for you. How many times per week would you say you have been practicing?
Ben didn’t think – “cheese… in the cupboard.”
I don’t let my boyfriend put clean dishes away anymore, because he just sticks them any where they fit! And then I can’t find anything.
My favorite cheese is mozzarella. I just love it.
Mmmmm Cheese….where tobegin. I love all different kinds, but not stinky….growing up in an italian family they always had the sharpest and stinkiest provolone and I mean SHARP & STINKY!! It literally felt like it was cutting your tongue from the sharpness. No thanks, I’m over that. I also love cavatappi and gemelli pasta too. Awe, how nice of Ben to bring you home a sweet treat!!
Your past dinner looks delicious! I love how you make your own parmesean/garlic bread. I’m going to need to start doing that. My favorite cheese is regular old cheddar. Kinda boring…but so good!
Goat cheese, hello yum! I love cheese, all kinds of cheese but have to keep it to a minimum because it upsets my stomach at times.
Cheese = my favourite food! My absolute fave is probably mature cheddar but I love brie and I love stinky cheeses! Wensleydale and Stilton = amazing!
I admit that I never liked Brie until recently when my boyfriend took me out for a romantic dinner and we had their house specialty champagne brie soup. Oh wow.. I never knew brie could taste like THAT!! Hands down amazing. My all time favorite cheese would have to be munster though. Cold or melted its the BEST
Sharp cheese is my favorite. White Cooper Sharp cheese is the ONLY cheese I like in a grilled cheese!!! I am going to have to get me some goat cheese at the farmer’s market though and make that pasta! Looks yummy… and even the boyfriend said he would try it! Oh, and thanks to you I have been on a HUGE apples and peanut butter kick (and I had to buy some kiwi today too lol)! YUM!!!
I like Fontina, I also like Parmasian Reggiano!
I am trying that pasta dish this weekend.
Thanks for sharing!
I only like stinky cheese in itty bitty bits on something that can stand up to the taste… like a tiny bit of blue cheese over a nice steak and mushrooms, but very little!
I loooove stinky cheese! I’m on a big Gorgonzola kick with warmer weather…it goes so well with fruit! I also love goat cheese! Mmmmm!
I’m a huge fan of feta and smoked gouda or mozzarella.
The smoked ones are really great paired with crackers and summer sausage (gouda), or (mozzarella) in a chilled pasta salad from the Whole Foods cookbook.
Definitely NOT a fan of stinky cheese – or anything with a pungent/overly strong flavor. We were on a date once at this fabulous jazz club and wanted something from the appetizer menu, so ordered a cheese platter. It was so disappointing! I always want to love more cheeses than I do, but I just don’t. Lesson learned.
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Made this tonight, but with all the veggies in my fridge that needed to be cooked and ate or else. Carrots, zuchs, spinach and broc…and used gemelli pasta since my daughter dumped the spaghetti all over my family room. Fun times. Super YUM result. Now I can have ice cream