1.23.2009

a new recipe

cooked ziti pasta
olive oil (whatever suits you, i prefer light)
minced garlic (i like the kind that comes prepared in the jar usually found by the produce)
1/2 large white or yellow onion, chopped
salt & fresh cracked pepper
red pepper flakes
3 cups fresh spinach
1 or 2 roma tomatoes (more meat, less juice, my fav.), chopped
herbs de provance (did i spell that correctly?)
fresh grated parmesan cheese (don't use the shelf powdered kind. also, romano or asiago might also be a good choice of cheese but i haven't tried that yet.)

coat a skillet with olive oil, you want enough to be able to just coat all the pasta. add the minced garlic to the oil and let it heat up. add the chopped onion to the pan, it should sizzle when it hits the oil. add salt and pepper, you don't need a lot of salt since the cheese will have its own. add red pepper flakes for your own amount of kick. let the onion just begin to caramelize before adding the spinach. you only want the spinach to wilt enough to be limp, not like steamed spinach or creamed spinach. then add the the chopped tomatoes, you only want these to just get a little heat and flavor from the oil. toss with the cooked ziti pasta. add a few pinches of herbs de provance and 1/4-1/2 cup of cheese. toss together and serve. delicious.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

That sounds way too yummy!!! Bravo!! I will have to go to the market to pick a few things and try it next week!

Anonymous said...

I tried it, simple and really very good. Thanks !
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