Roasted garlic pepper white wine creamy pasta

I love summer for all the great fresh vegetables that my garden provides me with.  This year our peas have done particularly well, I was looking to create a dish that utilized my over ripe peas. With a little inspiration from other moms on a Facebook group this dish was created. I love the how creamy it is, it almost reminds me of a dairy free alfredo sauce.

Roasted Garlic and Pepper White wine Pasta

Serves 6

1 yellow pepper halved

1 White onion cut in half

9 cloves of garlic

Olive oil

Coarse ground black pepper

Preheat oven to 400F

Pour a good dollop of olive oil in a glass pan and place vegetables in in. Drizzle more olive oil over top and sprinkle with pepper.

Roast for at least 45 minutes, 1 hour is better.

.304 kg sliced chicken breast

2 cups Spinach

1 cup Fresh Peas

1/3 cup All purpose flour (Can sub GF flour)

1 cup Soy milk

1/2 tsp Salt

1 tsp black Pepper

1/2 cup Daiya mozzarella shreds

1/4 cup Coconut oil

1 tbsp Dried basil

1/2 cup White wine

1 cup Poultry broth

Prepared linguine

Separate garlic from roasted veggies, mash

Slice the rest of the roasted vegetables into strips.

Toss sliced chicken in basil, salt, black pepper and mashed garlic

Pour about a tablespoon olive oil into a pan on medium heat. Fry sliced chicken until done. Remove from pan. Pour in half of the white wine, scraping the bottom of the pan all the while.

Turn off burner or turn to low stir in Coconut oil and flour making a roux and cook for 2 minutes, Do not let it brown.

After two minutes turn burn back to medium low heat and whisk in chicken broth, milk and rest of white wine. Whisk until smooth then stir scraping bottom frequently until it starts to thicken

Whisk in Daiya cheese,

Bring to a simmer

Stir in peas, turn to low and cook for 6 minutes, stirring often

Mix in chicken, sliced vegetables, spinach, stir until spinach is wilted and everything is hot and bubbling.

Serve over linguine

Sauteed spinach with mushrooms and bacon

I served this dish for a dinner with my parents, it is an easy side that has a great flavour. Do not overcook the spinach, when it is all just wilted it is done, it will still continue wilting after you take it out of the pan.

Sauteed spinach with mushrooms and bacon
Serves 5

6 cups loosely packed washed organic baby spinach
1/2 cup bacon bits
4 cups mushrooms sliced (I used cremini because I really enjoy the flavour)
5 cloves garlic minced
2 tbsp of coconut oil  plus 1 tbsp

Mix, garlic, coconut oil mushrooms in a large pan, Over medium heat cook until mushrooms are browned.
Stir in spinach and additional coconut oil stirring often, until spinach is just wilted.