My Son Looks Awful in a Dress

Disco The Kid is a friend of mine I have known for several months. We met over the net. He works as a counselor by day, and rocks out in a band at night. He's very very cool, and a super friend. Anyhow, we got to talking, and I found out not only is the man talented in the singing department, he can whip up a mean pasta dish. So, here is a recipe that he shared with me, that he developed himself. Enjoy!

I used to be a vegetarian. When you are a serious vegetarian you learn to get crafty with pasta. I came up with the name of the dish at a photo-shoot my band had done where I was dawning a little Jackie O' funeral number, hence, "My Son Looks Awful In A Dress."

The dish has been prepared correctly when the pasta starts to look like a haggardly accessorized actress. This dish is really popular at our parties, or for special nights when my wife invites the girls over for an important episode of Buffy The Vampire Slayer.

You will need 3 large tomatoes, 3/4 of a large onion, and a package of frozen spinach. One box of bow-tie pasta and two packages of four cheese cream sauce (preferably Knoor brand,) and (Lawry's) Lemon Pepper.

Boil your pasta.

While the pasta is boiling (use a drop of olive oil so the pasta doesn't become co-dependent) you want to get the vegetables prepped.

Dice the onion into small pieces. Slice the tomatoes in small chunks or wedges. Boil and strain your spinach.

On a flat pan you want to brown these vegetables. This is important because you want to cripple the garden flavors that will become too busy with your four cheese sauce so you want to mute them down a bit.

Simply sauté them in a drop of olive oil for 10 minutes on a medium flame. Dash the lemon pepper along the top of your vegetables then stir it in; this will help unify the garden flavors. Do not over cook them. When they start look a bit shriveled turn the flame off and move on.

Strain the pasta. While the pasta is in the strainer you can prepare your four-cheese sauce in the same pot. Assuming you are using the Knoor Brand four-cheese sauce packets.

You will need to prepare the mix with 21/2 cups of milk and 2 tablespoons of butter or margarine. Remember you are using two packets of the sauce because this recipe is meant to serve up to four people. Now you throw in your pasta and stir it in really well with the sauce. Add another ½ teaspoon of lemon pepper and stir it up again. Toss in your sautéed vegetables and stir this all together until the tomatoes and spinach are visible in equal parts, for aesthetic.

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