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Wednesday, September 21, 2011

I`m Back!!!

I fell off the frugal wagon for a bit during the summer but I`m back.  Put it down to having our house for sale and fitting meals in between getting the house ready for showings, excessive house cleaning and very little creative time.

But I`m back on track.

Last night it was a pantry meal based on a can of salmon, some rice, a jalapeno pepper, a can of cream of celery soup and some frozen peas.  It was tasty but no pictures.  It didn`t look great.  It definitely tasted better than it looked.  I`m calling it Pinougli 2.0 (Pinougli is what the kids called a casserole I made only once about 10 years ago.  They ripped up the recipe and I`ve never made it again.  Enough said).  Yesterday`s meal looked awful but it was actually quite tasty.

Tonight`s pantry meal was something a bit more spectacular.  It was `Pasta Primavera`.  And here some pictures:

2 cobs of corn, a yellow pepper, some asparagus, green beans, an onion, some linguine

These were the fridge ingredients plus an almost used package of linguine in the pantry cupboard.  Oh yes, and some fresh basil that we picked up on the weekend from Silver Rill Farm.

Boil the pasta:



Saute the veggies:

Onions first, yellow pepper, asparagus, green beans, corn from the 2 cobs...hmmm what else did I throw in there...tomatoes!  I cut up 2 fresh tomatoes to make the sauce a little rose...


Now for the sauce.  Let`s see what do we have in the fridge and pantry...


And a little Plum Merlot helps to get the job done!  For the sauce, a can of light evaporated milk and some dijon mustard to kick it up a notch.


I found a small amount of parmesan cheese left in the fridge so I threw that in there.  Added some of the fresh basil, some salt and pepper and let it simmer just a bit longer.

Finally, the linquine was cooked so I drained it and added it to the sauce and tossed it to coat it well.


Seen in passing - husband going back for a second helping and licking the bowl when it was done.  I guess I did okay for this pantry and fridge meal.

Hoping for some more inspiration tomorrow.

Until next time,
Mavis

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