Chive and Butter Noodles

Chives, butter, and noodles. I love them separately and I love them together. Especially when they are the base ingredients in a delicious dish that I made Saturday night.

The recipe came courtesy of Pinterest, but is from This Blog here. I had to run out to a local organic store to purchase nutritional yeast, but substituted spaghetti for the soba noodles. I had never heard of soba noodles prior to this recipe and did not care to try them. Spaghetti worked out just fine. 

Tom and I loved the meal. It was delicious and much healthier than the packaged mixes you might find in the pasta isle of a grocery store. They have much less sodium, fresh ingredients, and are packed full of flavor. Trust me, this will be made again, and again, and again! I may decide to double the chive/butter recipe next time in order to increase the chive/butter to noodle ratio. 

Chive and Butter Noodles

Adapted from Anja's Food 4 Thought 

Ingredients

• Spaghetti/Angel Hair pasta (enough for two people)
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1/2 a red onion, chopped finely
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 4 tablespoons chives, chopped finely
• 1 tablespoon nutritional yeast
• Salt to taste
• 4 tablespoons toasted walnuts, chopped finely

1. Cook pasta according to directions. 
2. While pasta is cooking, melt 1 tablespoon butter in a small saucepan over medium-low heat. Once melted, add onion and cook for 2-3 minutes, until softened.
3. Add the chives and minced garlic and cook for an additional 1-2 minutes, stirring frequently. 
4. Add the nutritional yeast along with salt. Immediately add the 1 tablespoon of unmelted butter, and cook until butter has completely melted. Remove from heat.
5. Toast walnuts in oven by broiling for a few minutes. Be sure to watch them so they do not burn. Remove from oven, and chop finely on a cutting board. 
6. Once pasta is cooked, drain the water and add the noodles to a bowl. Pour the chive mixture on top and stir to incorporate the mixture into the pasta. 
7. Serve pasta on plates/bowls and sprinkle walnuts on top. The walnuts give a good crunch to the noodles. 

Enjoy!

We enjoyed the noodles along with fresh cherry tomatoes that we picked up at a local Farmer's market on Saturday. Cherry tomatoes always make my heart happy, but I must confess, they were not as the delicious as Pete's Green's tomatoes that we enjoyed last year. Oh how I miss their CSA.