Hi guys! Just a quickie recap of dinner last night. I was pooped, but you know I wanted nothing more than to cook in my kitchen and make a fabbo meal. When I’m super tired I run towards comfort foods. Being tired and worn out is what sends me to comfort food land. Not sadness, or stress, or being overwhelmed with projects. It’s being dog-ass tired. What makes you reach for comfort foods?
One of my new favorite comfort foods I make is my pumpkin pasta which is cheesy creamy goodness and loaded with veggies. Sometimes I call it pumpkin mac’n cheese. I’m going back and forth on names because I can’t fully decide what to call it!
Can you tell which side is Scott’s? 
Creamy pumpkin made the sauce that I thinned out with a bit of chicken stock. You can totally use veggie, wine, or even mushroom stock to thin it. I just prefer chicken. Veggies include!
- Sundried tomatoes
- Artichoke
- Carrots
- Onion
- Zucchini
- Chopped spinach
- Roasted garlic chicken sausage
- Topped with really good quality cheddar
Holy delicious, right? Whole wheat penne is the pasta of choice for me. It holds sauce really well and I just prefer it over an elbow or rotini.
Scott and I watched some Kathy Griffin and sipped on some wine:
We had this leftover from our trip! It was a blend wine from Spain. And then I got out a munchie just because.
Popcorn! Perfect light snack for the evening. I conked out in bed by 10:30! 
Being tired definitely does it for me. I go straight to comfort foods, especially after a long and difficult day of classes. I’m also guilty of distracting myself from being stressed out by cooking elaborate meals, instead of doing hw
The pasta looks ahhhhmazing!
Mmmmm pumpkin yuminess!
That pasta….OMG…I have to make that! I love all things pumpkin!