Here's one from August 31, 2004 that exemplifies the seat-of-the-pants cooking I enjoy. Some days, you don't realize the bounty that your pantry, refrigerator, and spice cabinet have to offer until you realize that you really don't want to go to the grocery, and haven't been for a couple of weeks.
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so, i had some penne rigate and some fresh tomatoes and peppers that i got from my parents last weekend, and not much else, so i figured i'd do something with that. digging through my cabinet, i found some dried mushroom "medley"... hmmm, this sounds promising.
4-5 tablespoons(???) extra virgin olive oil
3 small tomatoes, chopped
2 cloves of garlic, minced
1 hot pepper of unknown species (one of the milder hot peppers)
1 package of dried mushrooms
1.5 cups(???) water
1 teaspoon tobasco
1/2 teaspoon basil
1/2 teaspoon oregano
1/2 teaspoon marjoram
salt and black pepper to taste
2 cups penne rigate
reconstituted the mushrooms by boiling them in the water in a small saucepan for a few minutes. combined everything but the pasta in a bowl, while the mushrooms boiled, thought about how to mix it all together for a couple of minutes, then just dumped it all in with the mushrooms. kept all that simmering the whole time i cooked the pasta, so it was thickened up a bit by the time it was ready. ran the pasta through a sieve, then tossed it back into the pot i cooked it in, dumped the sauce on top, and stirred it around for a minute.
i was amazed that i managed to get the pasta/sauce combination "just right"... i tend to have a bit too much sauce. it was mighty tasty, and even better with parmessean sprinkled on top.
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