This is my new favorite dish. I was making a quick dinner for me one night and just kept throwing in things that sounded good. Zane tried it and loved it too and a new favorite was born. Here are my notes on how to make it.
Boil pasta. Angel hair works great with this. I have used both rice spaghetti and regular fettuccine pasta as well.
Heat up butter and oil in a pan, add a few minced cloves of garlic and saute for a min or two. (It should be bubbly when you swirl the pan and smell delicious!) Add julienned red bell pepper and sliced zucchini. (How to cut zucchini: cut it so you see the circles and then cut in half. ;) Cook till red pepper is not crunchy any more but for goodness sakes, don't overcook the veggies. It's better to undercook with this dish than to overcook.
When pasta is ready and drained, I usually turn the burner off and put the pasta back in the pot, dumping the veggies in with it, a handful of roughly chopped fresh spinach and sprinkling crumbled feta cheese in too. Mix well and EAT! (The spinach cooks when it gets folded in with the hot pasta and veggies) One time I added julienned fresh basil leaves with the spinach too, and it was great.
Every time I've made this, so far 5 times, it doesn't seem like it's going to be very good but don't freak out and add something else, really, it's going to be FINE!
I have no idea how this tastes the next day because we always eat it all and never have leftovers.
