a simple dinner – lemon basil pasta
19 Jun 2012
Spaghetti al limone is a nice summery pasta dish. But what do you do if you don’t quite have all the traditional ingredients?
This adventure began humbly with one lone lemon, garlic, and gluten-free spaghetti. After returning from the garden with a large handful of basil, I pulled out my beloved Flavor Bible and set to work. I began to assemble a mise en place of additional ingredients while waiting for the pasta to cook.
I am trying to limit the heavy dairy and knew we didn’t have cream of any sort. I did have almond-coconut milk and that pairs decently with lemon. I know that I should and could easily make my own almond milk but I keep forgetting to buy cheesecloth to strain it. I’m impressed that for once I actually remembered to zest the lemon before I cut it in half to juice! Once the garlic was saut
Hi. I'm Penny. I love penguins, books, yarn, stationary, and muddy trail running. Not necessarily in that order and not always every day. I keep a vegetarian, gluten-free, and kosher kitchen. Many of the meals I make are vegan but I won't hate you if you eat meat. 
Jun 20, 2012 @ 00:15:05
Yum! We have a prolific lemon Tree, so lemon pasta is a favorite of mine. This sounds perfect for summer over the cream based recipes I usually make!
Jun 20, 2012 @ 17:36:40
Sounds terrific!
Jun 25, 2012 @ 11:33:02
Is that one third cup olive oil? I see what looks like a code of some sort with frac13 in it.
Jun 25, 2012 @ 12:04:33
Yes, approximately 1/3. Most modern web browsers should display the fraction (the character entity) properly.