Cheese-peas-noodle-ease - A St Patrick's Day Marvel

Ok, so there's REALLY nothing Irish about this dish, but my teenage drama-filled-days enjoyed this tasty concoction ... and peas are GREEN... and my shirt is GREEN .... so this makes it perfect for March 17th. 

Cheese-peas-noodle-ease was something I tossed together after school for friends. You could say it was my first masterpiece. *chokes on laughter*

The nostalgic version is simpler than this grown up rendition and didn't contain bacon or onion and I used boring old mozzarella cheese. You can make it however you please, but this is what I call cheese-peas-noodle-ease.*drumroll please*

Ewww.. you're drooling! *squeegees off the blog and carries on*

This is what I used

• egg noodles
• frozen pas
• shredded monterey jack cheese
• shredded aged white chedder
• small white onion
• thick cut bacon
• milk
• butter
• salt & pepper

The cheese, peas and noodle part should be somewhat self explanatory - but the EASE part is this: You cook the peas and noodles together! (I thought that was SO genius!)

Chuck your bacon in the frying pan, fry up the onions - you can even do THAT together if you want - I won't stop you! And set the greasy goodness aside. I didn't say there was anything HEALTHY about this dish! Have you MET me? 

I like to toss the pasta into the pot a couple of minutes before the peas of course, they don't exactly have identical cook times!

Once cooked, strain the peas and noodles and drop back into the pot. Follow with shredded cheese, a touch of butter & milk to help keep the cheese from glooping (I made that word up. It's my blog, back off!). Stir until mixed somewhat fairly and toss in the pig and onion. Top with a bit of salt & pepper to taste - even parmesan cheese if you'd like. 

The end result is tasty and it was simple. 

The hardest part is remembering what to call it. 

If you call it noodle-caboodle, 

it's practically a crime and you might sleep in the snowbank. 

I don't know how it tastes with beer, but have a happy St Pat's day regardless! ENJOY!