Survival Cooking Part II

It is important to include vegetables in a healthy diet. These do not all have to be normal vegetables.

Sunday night I hit up Kroger after a parkour/acrobatics training session and acquired, among other things, nopales. Don't feel bad if you don't know what they are- even the guy at the register didn't know the name (a sure sign you're buying sufficiently unconventional food). Nopales are cactus leaves, typically incorporated into certain Mexican foods. Or, in our case, pasta sauce!

Recipe- buy a bunch of vegetables that sound good, tomato sauce, and an unusual ingredient, simmer well, and top with a weird cheese.

Thus, we had spinach and cactus pasta with goat cheese, a remarkably good dish with a lot of powerful, complementary tastes.

Note- these ingredients also make a great sandwich! It's just like swiss with lettuce and tomato, only goat cheese with cactus and spinach. :P