Food Again

Tomatoes and oregano make it Italian; wine and tarragon make it French. Sour cream makes it Russian; lemon and cinnamon make it Greek. Soy sauce makes it Chinese;garlic makes it good. ~ Alice May Brock

Assorted bell peppers, medium onion, asparagus, roma tomato and garlic. Fresh basil would have been good, but I didn't have any.

Sauteed in a generous amount of olive oil and seasoned with coarse salt.

A nice piece of aged Italian grating cheese

A lovely old bowl that I acquired when I acquired Mark.

Tossed in lovely old bowl with linguine.

Food

When baking, follow directions. When cooking, go by your own taste.

Laiko Bahrs

This is an easy, flavorful spaghetti sauce. I'm not able to give exact measurements because I toss things in and it always comes out a little different each time. Sometimes it's so good you can't believe it and other times it's just good. Modify to your own taste.

I use a pound of ground turkey or pork

Medium onion coarsely chopped

8 cloves of garlic coarsely chopped

Fennel seed, I put about a palm full in

I saute the first ingredients in olive oil until the meat is browned

Add two cans of diced tomatoes & a can of crushed tomatoes. I put about 1/2 can of water in also.

About a palm full of dried basil (more if using fresh)

I like some bite so I use crushed red pepper too. Use what your taste likes, or not at all.

Salt to taste

I use garlic stuffed olives or dark olives. I'll also use capers.

I let it simmer for 30 -45 minutes. Until it is thick.

Really easy and better than anything you will buy in a jar. And adaptable to individual taste.

More On Food..........

Eat, life's too short to be miserable.

ME : )

I am cursed. I love food, good food, not junk. I don't eat fast food, rarely have takeout. I cook. And I eat. And I look like I cook and eat. Cooking for me is like playing for someone else. It makes me happy and people eating makes me happy. I tell my horses, mangia, mangia. Have a little nosh, do you want some more? Of course, no one needs to tell a healthy horse to eat! My perfect audience.

I did a quiz on FB about where you should live and it came up Italy, based on my need to have a city and culture near, while I live in the country. And food.

This is something I came up with a long time ago. My husband, the meat eater, likes it, but likes it better with portobello mushrooms. They are a firm, meaty mushroom and they trick his taste into thinking he has meat. I always keep them on hand, but I was out. Poor Mark.

So, this is it:

You can wilt fresh spinach or use frozen chopped, which I did here. Fresh is very good, but I don't always have fresh produce on hand when the spirit moves me.

6 cloves garlic

olive oil to cook the garlic and spinach

enough cream or half & half to make a sauce

about 1/2 cup of grated cheese, parm, romano, etc.

portobello mushrooms, if you are inclined

salt to taste

any pasta you like 

a little cheese on top