My day ended up with a wonderful penne arrabiata! I spelled it correctly this time too!


I was all primed and ready to get apples today at the Farmer's Market, and the only organic ones were Red Delicious (my least favorite) and Granny Smith. Boo hoo! I contemplated getting cider, but figured it may have been made from the Red Delicious. I like my apples tart and red. :) The green ones are great for pies, but I had a psychological thing today about having a red one. Must have been the power of suggestion from that picture of apples I posted here yesterday!


SO, today I bought a bunch of great things at the market, including tomatoes, cilantro and parsley. I'll have a salad with all those tomorrow. I went across the street and got a few things to work with in the kitchen this week: vegan/gluten free pasta, tempeh in three different flavors, whole organic tomatoes (365 brand) and lemons.


I came home and made two things: vegan hollandaise and later, penne arrabiata. Both came out really well, except that I cooked the pasta too long. I was thinking it was a tougher pasta to cook, like whole wheat and buckwheat are, but this pasta was neither of those.



My sauce came out great! Almost like the arrabiata from Louise's Trattoria! Is it true that food only tastes good if you didn't make it yourself? :) If so, that might account for it. I'll offer the recipe tomorrow. I'm too exhausted to type it! Play rehearsal all day Saturdays which only leaves me Sunday to do my laundry, correct papers and plan for the week's lessons.



ALSO, I made the vegan hollandaise which was good, but I don't really like it as a hollandaise; I think it makes a better salad dressing, so I put it in a bottle! :) I found another recipe that sounds more like an actual hollandaise recipe.



Have a great week!

Cheers and Peace...
Bev