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I'm a lousy cook & as the saying goes, I could burn water. Except I don't have the patience to burn anything. My meals tend to be more on the raw side. But raw pasta is "al dente" so the family can't complain about another meal gone awry. A great reason to love pasta!
Another reason to love pasta is it gives you an excuse to drink a bottle of Chianti.
And yet another reason to love pasta - it still tastes good a day or two later. And that's a good thing because... shh..... don't tell, but I actually celebrated World Pasta Day a few days ago. Sadly, I'm at work today, not drinking wine with my left over pasta. But the fact that it still tastes good, even without the Chianti, is a great example why we should celebrate.
In case you are wondering, no, I didn't forget to add the sauce. Rather than the standard tomato sauce, I used garlic flavored olive oil. (I'm hoping the garlic will keep the zombie clowns away from me while I'm at work. Garlic does work on zombies as well as vampires, right??)
Anyway... my olive oil "sauce" is so simple to make. Just chop up a few garlic cloves (I use anywhere from 2 to 5 depending on size, what I have on hand & my energy level at the time) and add them to about a quarter cup of hot olive oil. Cook & stir frequently & turn off the heat before the garlic browns. If I can remember to save it, I add a few tablespoons of pasta water to the olive oil & stir that around. If the spouse is home, I run the olive oil mixture through a sieve to remove the garlic chunks. If he's not home, I leave the chunks in it. Add the sauce to the pasta, salt heavily (pasta ALWAYS needs more salt) and stir. Voila! Dinner in under ten minutes. Just another reason to love pasta!
Besides World Pasta Day, there's been all kinds of other exciting news in my world. First, I finally got around to blocking my Allegro sweater.
Granted, it may be next fall before it dries completely. I obviously did not do a very good job squeezing the water out of it before blocking. Honestly, I'm starting to worry that it may mold before it dries. Good grief! But hey, at least it's one less item on my very lengthy to-do list, and that folks, is pretty dang exciting!
The next exciting bit of news is....
My plant is still alive! It's survived a whole week! It's a miracle! Every year when we go pick our pumpkins at the pumpkin patch, I buy a bush. Every year, that bush dies a few days or weeks later. Obviously, my gardening skills are even worse than my cooking skills. I know, I know. What kind of southern woman can't cook or garden? Me, apparently.
I have high hopes for this bush though. And look, it has the prettiest purple berries.
Well, that's about it for the news. I know, I lead a pretty exciting life, right?
Hope you're having a happy World Pasta Day. Wish me luck battling the zombie clowns at work. Good grief, those things give me the willies!
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