Long week... busy wet Friday evening commemorating Memorial Day with tuba-Stevie and the marching band! A sweet small town parade full of local officials, first responders, and shiny red "old timey" fire engines... but now it's late, and WE'RE TIRED and HUNGRY!! And there's "nothing to eat"...
But wait!! There's pasta... when there's pasta, there's always something to eat! Even this super plain and simple pasta is a late night treat for supper!! I started by cooking my pasta according to the directions (al dente).
Now, we started with fresh garlic (4-5 cloves), black pepper and olive oil (2-4 tablespoons). That's it, tasty delicious, peppery, garlicky pasta! But then, these tomatoes came screaming onto the cutting board, ready to join the party, so, we let them!!
After draining the pasta, add the garlic and oil to the pot and let it warm up for about a minute. Add your pasta (before it seizes up into a brick) and cover with tons of fresh cracked black pepper! Toss to coat the pasta with all that garlicky, peppery olive oil. You may need to add a little more olive oil, and that's ok! It's really the sauce for the pasta!
Next, toss all those party-crashing tomatoes into the pasta and literally 5-10 minutes after you started, you have a fresh tasty simple pasta dinner!
You can keep the pasta plain with garlic and pepper, or add anything you have laying around, ready to crash the pasta party! Tonight we had tomatoes (SCORE!)... you might have something laying in your produce bin, waiting to be rescued, or even olives or roasted red peppers from the pantry... When you have pasta and garlic, you always have a fresh tasty late night dinner! So simple and one of my favorites!! YUM!
Long week... busy wet Friday evening commemorating Memorial Day with tuba-Stevie and the marching band! A sweet small town parade full of local officials, first responders, and shiny red "old timey" fire engines... but now it's late, and WE'RE TIRED and HUNGRY!! And there's "nothing to eat"...
But wait!! There's pasta... when there's pasta, there's always something to eat! Even this super plain and simple pasta is a late night treat for supper!! I started by cooking my pasta according to the directions (al dente).
Now, we started with fresh garlic (4-5 cloves), black pepper and olive oil (2-4 tablespoons). That's it, tasty delicious, peppery, garlicky pasta! But then, these tomatoes came screaming onto the cutting board, ready to join the party, so, we let them!!
After draining the pasta, add the garlic and oil to the pot and let it warm up for about a minute. Add your pasta (before it seizes up into a brick) and cover with tons of fresh cracked black pepper! Toss to coat the pasta with all that garlicky, peppery olive oil. You may need to add a little more olive oil, and that's ok! It's really the sauce for the pasta!
Next, toss all those party-crashing tomatoes into the pasta and literally 5-10 minutes after you started, you have a fresh tasty simple pasta dinner!
You can keep the pasta plain with garlic and pepper, or add anything you have laying around, ready to crash the pasta party! Tonight we had tomatoes (SCORE!)... you might have something laying in your produce bin, waiting to be rescued, or even olives or roasted red peppers from the pantry... When you have pasta and garlic, you always have a fresh tasty late night dinner! So simple and one of my favorites!! YUM!
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