Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Sara's Greek Pasta

Yesterday there were no classes for MLK day. In the late afternoon I went over to make some dinner. The previous day we went to Whole Foods on Magazine to pick up some mushrooms, tomatoes, feta, olives, basil and samples, but couldn't make dinner that night due to power issues.

Ingredients for Greek Pasta Recipe

ingredients:
1 lb. unicolor fusilli, preferably tan
1 bag vine ripe tomatoes, diced
1 sun dried tomatoes, halved
1 portobello mushrooms, chopped
1 pitted olives, diced (nicoise, kalamata)
1 bunch basil, chopped
1 large cube sheep feta, crumbled
olive oil, salt, pepper to taste

salt, put a few drops oil, water. add fusilli upon boil and cook 12-14 minutes upon reboil. in large pot dice tomatoes, mushrooms. heat up in saucepan until tomatoes get happy. drain juice. drain pasta when ready, turn heat on low. put pasta back in large pot. liberal use of good olive oil. add tomatoes, sun-dried tomatoes, mushrooms, basil, crumbled feta, and parmesan cheese. Mix slowly, and serve immediately. Serves 4-6, w/ leftovers.

In other news, we had a party last Saturday night, and this is what the scene looked like a few hours before people showed up:

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