Today was a bit stressful! I was out in the rain with car problems. Glad it was an easy fix! After a day like today I definitely needed to do some cooking. Marc was happy with the soup we had left over (it’s even better the next day), but I wanted to cook! So, I just made simple pasta for myself. Whole wheat pasta, 3tbs olive oil, vine ripe tomatoes (gotta love hydroponics, how else could we get such beautiful tomatoes in January), garlic, parsley, red pepper flakes, and dried oregano (the oregano didn’t make it the photo shoot).
Oil, garlic, and red pepper go in the pan on low, for about 10min. I’m trying to infuse the oil with the sweet roasted garlic flavor (in a fraction of the time of roasting it in the oven) be very careful to avoid burning the garlic; thus the low temperature. As the oil is being infused I dice the tomatoes and salt them; this get’s their juices going. Then I add the parsley to the oil and season with a little salt and pepper. I put in my pasta, and the tomatoes. I’m very careful to not cook the tomatoes, but just heat them. And that’s it. I’ve had my therapy for the day, just a little time in the kitchen and —
I’m all better!
