Continuing the theme of almost home-made meals…
This was another seriously basic dinner that turned out fabulous. It had four ingredients – two real, two from a plastic tub.
Earth Balance soy-free vegan buttery spread plus Follow Your Heart vegan gourmet cream cheese.
I boiled a cup of durum wheat pasta shells then tossed broccoli into the boiling water at the end (stems and all).
Trees and shells!
The good thing about both Follow Your Heart and Earth Balance is you get a lot of bang for your buck. I’m not talking about the price, I’m talking about how little you need to make your taste buds dance. Just a spoonful of each adds some real flavor to each bite.
Vegan. Gluten Free. Kof-K Kosher Parve. Casein Free. Non-GMO. Organic. Check out the specific stats here.
Pretty simple huh. No complaints here.
This post is really making me crave pasta shells! It looks amazing, especially with the veggies 😀
Aaah I wish England had some cream cheese with ingredients like that! Baah.
Yum! Meals like this take me back to my childhood! 🙂
I love incorporating broccoli into pasta dishes…this looks delicious!
I love this! Simple and delicious. And, broccoli is pretty much my obsession.
What shells do you use that are gluten free? I am trying to go gluten free and am missing pasta…
Mmmm I love buttery pasta w/ broccoli! That was like a childhood staple for my family and we loved it! I like the idea of adding just a touch of cream cheese and touch of buttery spread to the pasta to really bring out that salty yummy flavor!
omg! this looks freakin’ delish.
and the comments you left on my bliz-og were hilare. espesh the one about the tiffany’s earrings. omg. omg. bahahaha!
xoxo
which… reminds me that i DEF need to write about THAT story. thanks for the inspiration. i may also tell the story of the golfer whose sweatshirt i pilfered in the middle of the night before running home barefoot. oops.
so simple yet so delicious. isn’t that the best?
Hahaha. I love that story! That was the night we all set out to collect ucla athletic apparel…I came home with a national champion watch and soccer warm ups. And as I recall none of us had keys to the apt…and I broke into our home through the window. Oh midvale days…
dudeee your mama scored big for you by hoarding! i did the same and scoured the 3 tjs near me to get as much as i could but i beasted through my stash already haha
I’m all for a simple, vegan meal that involves broccoli:) Thanks for the idea!
“It had four ingredients – two real, two from a plastic tub.”
Almost as though processed foods are part of a fantasy realm. Nice
OMG! You’re like the vegan world’s Sandra Lee! “Semi-Homemade Meals Vegan Style with Elise.” You should trademark that now!
I am of course TOTALY kidding because if I wasn’t, that comment would be an insult – case in point: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=we2iWTJqo98
You would never make anything so hideous as the infamous Kwanza Cake! 🙂
hahaha…well, i took it only as a compliment (naturally, i appreciate sarcasm in my readers’ comments as i am highly sarcastic). is that kwanza cake for real?!?!