Pasta with Puttanesca Sauce-New York Times Recipe

 

Pasta with Puttanesca Sauce

3 T olive oil

3 cloves of garlic peeled and smashed

3-5 anchovies

28 oz of cannedplum tomatoes or 3 diced med tomatoes

Salt and pepper

1/2 cup pitted black olives chopped

2 T capers

1lb linguini (or if doing low carb or less flour diet,  spag squash)

Chopped parsley and basil

 

Step 1  Bring pot of water to boil for pasta. On separate eye, saute 2 T of oil with garlic and anchovies over med heat in saute pan. Cook til garlic is golden.

Step 2   Drain tomatoes, add to saute pan with salt and pepper. Raise temp to med high and stir until tomatoes start to break down. Stir in olives, capers and red pepper flakes.

Step 3  Cook pasta, put on sauce, add remaining oil and garnish with parsley and basil chopped.

Bon Appetit!

Vegetable Frittata with Swiss Chard and Potatoes

Vegetable Frittata with Swiss Chard and Potatoes

3 medium sized red potatoes thinly sliced

1 clove of garlic minced

2 T of olive oil

1 cup of chopped tomatoes 

4 T chopped chives

1 cup of chopped swiss chard or spinach

2 -3 T of fresh basil (I used purple Thai basil and African basil)

8-10 eggs

3/4 cup mozzarella cheese 1/4 cup cheddar cheese

1/2 cup of milk

salt and pepper to taste

1. Saute potatoes in olive oil in a saute pan for 7 minutes. Add garlic the last 2 minutes so that the garlic does not burn.

2. Whip eggs and milk for 7-10 minutes.

3. Spray casserole dish with non-stick spray.

4. Pour in egg mixture.

5. Then layer all vegetables potatoes and herbs on top.

6. Add your layer of cheese.

7. Put in 375 degree oven and bake for 45 minutes.

Enjoy! We had ours with Canadian bacon and a fruit salad.

Comfort food during Corona virus times...Turkey Meatloaf

Turkey Meatloaf (Ina Garten's Recipe)

Preheat oven to 325 degrees

1 chopped onion

1 T olive oil

1 tsp Kosher salt

1/2 tsp pepper

1/2-1 tsp fresh thyme chopped

2 T Worcestershire sauce

6 T chicken stock

1 tsp tomato paste

2 lbs ground turkey

3/4 cup of bread crumbs

1 1/2 eggs

6 T ketchup.

My son asked for some meatloaf for dinner tonight. Some comfort food during these stressful times of the Corona virus. I wanted to say yes, but I didn't feel like eating something higher in fat, either. 

So, I found Ina Garten's recipe. Not too fatty but plenty tasty. It's so good. Try it!

Saute onion in the olive oil. Then mix with the rest of the ingredients (but not the ketchup). Make a loaf of this mixture. Place in oil sprayed glass casserole dish. I wanted to sculpt something inappropriate, but that's me. Do what you like. Then, spoon on the 6 T of ketchup to top of loaf. Make for 1 hour 15 or 20 min at 325 with another pan of water below it to keep it moist. 

Enjoy with potatoes, salad...

Bon appetite.

Chickpea Salad

I first made this salad sometime in the mid nineties. I was headed to a bluegrass festival somewhere an hour south of Richmond, VA, as I remember. We were planning to grill a lot and this seemed like a nice side to bring along. The original recipe is from Fannie Farmer cookbook. I've changed it over the years depending on what I've had in the fridge/garden/cupboard...

Make you own variation! It's good.

Chickpea Salad

1 can of chickpeas

2-3 radishes 

2 T fresh parsley

1 T fresh basil

1/4-1/2 tsp chili powder

1 tsp minced garlic

2 T lemon juice

1 T olive oil

salt and pepper to taste

Drain chickpeas reserving 1 T of canning liquid. Slice radish however you like. Mince parsley and basil. Add all other ingredients, including reserved chick pea liquid. Toss. Let marinade one hour before serving. Unless, you are starving that is... Then, eat it whenever the heck you want!

 

Bon appetite! 

Random Stuff I Tossed Together...

Stressed out, hungry....what's a girl to do?

Random Stuff I Tossed Together

Grab 3 random veggies from fridge, toss with olive oil, garlic and salt and oven roast 375 for 30 min

Make rice in rice cooker 

Grab bag of shrimp out of freezer, boil half way in shallow saute pan, adding chopped kale at the end and drain

Then saute everything including the roasted veggies in a tiny bit more evo and serve with rice

Enjoy!

Hoppin' John for New Year's Day

Hoppin' John

I'm eating some Hoppin' John today for good luck for 2020. I've tried several recipes over the years and am always leaning towards the vegetarian version for some reason. Maybe I over indulged in richer foods over the holidays... And this is my healthier recipe with a bit of spice!

Ingredients

2 T olive oil

1/2 large red pepper diced

4 oz chopped green chilles

3 stalks of celery diced

2 carrots diced

3/4 cup chopped kale

2-3 cloves of garlic minced

2 tsp smoked paprika

1 1/2 tsp chili powder

1 1/4 tsp kosher salt

1/4 to 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper

1 can of fire roasted tomatoes

1 can of black eyed peas drained

Saute first 7 ingredients til translucent.

Then add can of tomatoes, spices and drained black eyed peas.

Cook at low heat for 20-30 minutes.

Serve over Jasmine rice and with cornbread if you like. 

Happy New Year!