Happy Valentine's Day!

My handmade Valentine's Day card for Chris

We celebrated our last child-free Valentine's Day at home (exactly where we wanted to be) making dinner and watching the latest episode of Glee (thank you Hulu.com). We also enjoyed watching my belly move with the little baby punching, kicking and doing acrobatics in my belly. For dinner, we made the most yummy pasta dish - absolutely delish! We also spent a fair amount of talking about how next year's Valentine's Day will probably look significantly different than this year!

I pulled the recipe from this site. It is absolutely to-die-for! And it's so yummy healthy too. It's like the icing on the cake.

Ingredients:

1 medium sized ripe Avocado, pitted
1/2 lemon, juiced + lemon zest to garnish
2-3 garlic cloves, to taste (I used 3 and it was quite garlicky, but if you are not a big fan of garlic use 1 clove)
1/2 tsp kosher salt, or to taste
~1/4 cup Fresh Basil, (probably optional)
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
2 servings/6 oz of your choice of pasta (I used 3oz of spelt and 3 oz of Kamut spaghetti)
Freshly ground black pepper, to taste


Directions:

1. Bring several cups of water to a boil in a medium sized pot. Add in your pasta, reduce heat to medium, and cook until Al Dente, about 8-10 minutes.

2. Meanwhile, make the sauce by placing the garlic cloves, lemon juice, and olive oil into a food processor. Process until smooth. Now add in the pitted avocado, basil, and salt. Process until smooth and creamy.

3. When pasta is done cooking, drain and rinse in a strainer and place pasta into a large bowl. Pour on sauce and toss until fully combined. Garnish with lemon zest and black pepper. Serve immediately. Makes 2 servings.

Please note: This dish does not reheat well due to the avocado in the sauce. Please serve immediately.