It was Monday night, the week of Thanksgiving, after work, after fighting the masses who also needed to do Thanksgiving shopping after work. Yikes. So, I wasn’t exactly “prepared” to
make dinner…but, well, I was hungry, as was Seth (my husband!). So, I took
inventory and put something together. The results? A nice dish—I will make on
purpose in the future...
Basically my thinking was this: I don’t have meat, I don’t
really want meat (after all, we’ll be eating plenty o’ turkey on Thursday), I
do want something green, and something with pasta. So this is what I put together:
Orecchiette pasta
(“little ears”—or tiny bowl-shaped pasta)
Marinated artichoke hearts in jars
Red onions
White wine
Fresh parmesan cheese
Chives
I sautéed the red onions in a bit of olive oil, and after a
bit, added the artichokes. After that, I added some white wine.
Meanwhile, I cooked the pasta. Once it was cook, I added it
to the red onion-artichoke mixture, topped it with the cheese and chives, and
voila, dinner was done!
Well, okay, I did make a leafy green salad with cucumber and
toasted almonds, and a light vinaigrette (actually it was just white balsamic
vinegar, olive oil, salt and pepper—and a squeeze of fresh lime).
On Tuesday I brought some for lunch, and Seth enjoyed it yet
again, for dinner! (I was out teaching…) The mark of a successful dish? First and second-day pleasure. Yay! Another one
has been added to the collection… Hope you like it!
No comments:
Post a Comment