No, I did not zest these vegetables. But I might try. I am obsessed with zest. Do you understand what lemon zest does to pasta? It’s remarkable, really. I’ve had this little zester for a few years, but never used it until recently. I kind of thought it was broken. But check out the product of my newly-found zesting skills:
Put lemon zest on your pasta. I’m serious. You will come back and thank me. Unless you do it while simultaneously using tomato sauce. I just don’t know about that.
Anyway, we had spinach and ricotta ravioli from Trader Joe’s, and a ton of vegetables to use up, so I put them together with the zest and a little olive oil, garlic and parmesan cheese:
The only problem is that the pack of ravioli, which supposedly serves two and a half people, is weak as hell. There are like nine pieces in there and since I’m a generous girlfriend and because I don’t like to listen to Chris moan about how hungry he is less than an hour after I slaved over a hot stove for thirty whole minutes, I always give him six. Which leaves me with three. Which leaves me hungry. Which leads to this:
Not always, but tonight it did. We shared. I mostly had the ice cream sandwich, but if you ever see one of these Reese’s ice cream bars, I suggest you buy it. It is amazing. It is also full of high fructose corn syrup, but everything in moderation, right?
Nice zester!!
Now Reese’s is making ice cream bars?? Jeez, that brand makes EVERYTHING these days…
reeses anything is always good
Yummy. That pasta looks AMAZING!!
And there’s NOTHING better than an ice cream sandwich
I am coveting your zester…. I could have a lot of fun with that baby…. haha
One must always save room for dessert, eh??
I need a zester. Last time a recipe I made called for lemon zest I tried scraping the zest off with a knife. Did it work? Not so much. Zester here I come.
Moderation is key! As long as you enjoy it, that’s what matters.
I saw that Tina put your blog up on carrots and cake! I agree, your posts are hilarious! I haven’t tried the zest on pasta- I will do though!
Mm, I’ve had zest before, but not on pasta - great idea! I will definitely give a try. Once I get a zester, that is.
Everything in moderation - except peanut butter and chocolate.
A Microplane grater would be your new best friend - best zester ever. Also, lemon zest with coriander and a little bit of olive oil tossed with baby spinach - best salad ever.