Our Lunch: Ham "Noodles" and Tri-Color Rotini

My son and I were recently looking for something to eat for lunch, but there wasn't that much in the house to eat (it was before a shopping day). So I took some of the things i had on hand and made something off the top of my head that actually turned out pretty good.

 I took some tri-color rotini that happened to be in the cabinets, and cooked it on the stove, adding a whole chopped carrot, cut into very small pieces, to the mix right after the noodles came back up to a boil.

Then, when the noodles and carrots were almost done, I took two pieces of ham and rolled them up and used kitchen shears to cut them into long, thin, noodle-like strips.

I added them to the noodle mix and continued to cook until the noodles were done and the carrots were soft.

I drained out the water, added margarine, and Aunt Jane's Mixed-Up Salt and stirred until the margarine melted.

I then took out a small portion for my son, and added a few handfuls of baby spinach to the mix.

I tried covering the pot with a lid to let it steam the spinach, but when that didn't work I put it in a bowl and microwaved it, covered, for 30 seconds.

Then I added chopped olives and gave it a good stir. It turned out really good and my son loved it, although I had to tell him that the ham was noodles before he would eat it, lol.