Stress Free Pasta

What you eat and when you eat has an impact on your ability to concentrate, your brain functions, and on your ability to bolt out of the starting blocks at the sound of the gun. All of this is important whether you're actually planning on running a marathon or just feeling overwhelmed in your everyday work environment.

Ingredients

• 1 pound whole-wheat pasta
• 4 cloves garlic, diced
• 1 (28-ounce) can whole or quartered tomatoes
• 1 jar Greek olives
• 1/8 cup capers
• 1 pound fresh organic spinach
• Fresh oregano, chopped
• Fresh basil, chopped

Procedure

1. Cook pasta according to directions.
2. Sauté garlic.
3. Add tomatoes, olives, capers, and spices.
4. Toss in spinach at the last minute so that it wilts, but doesn’t cook through.
5. Toss in pasta.
6. Serve with spinach salad drizzled with flax seed oil (omega-3 for brain and heart health) and soy sauce.

Credits

Recipe courtesy Discovery Health.