Fusilli Alla Crazy Bastard
Tonight's recipe was a hit in every way but one, and that one miss only really bothered the particular aesthetics of my husband. His complaint was that the beet greens imparted an unnatural color to the goat cheese and that the resulting tint of sauce and pasta was a color not to be achieved in nature. And while it is true that it looked unnatural, as a good wife, I refrained from pointing out that nature did achieve this color. (well refrained until he reads the post ;) It was pretty easy too. The steps were a bit many: two roastings in the oven at two temps, boiling pasta and sauteing the veggies and the prep work, but it still wasn't every time consuming. If you plan it right, it comes together very quickly. It takes some knowledge of you equipment. For example, the pot I was using to boil the pasta in seems to take forever to come to a boil. It is the only one but it was also the only appropriately sized vessel that was clean so ...