Food Fad

I am so obsessed with my latest food fad that I want you to be obsessed too...

One of the more recent Roman events in my life is that I started eating tomatoes. Those of you who know me well are well aware that this is nearly unbelievable / remarkable. Really. I'm not chomping on them whole and raw or anything, but they've entered into culinary consideration for me. And when they're served to me, I don't have the same inward cringe I once had.

In the aftermath of my newfound appreciation, I threw together a dish that = my newest food fad. I LOVE IT. I will try to formulate it recipe style and I encourage you to whip it up yourself because the goodness is SO STINKING GOOD.

I don't think in terms of servings or measurements - so I'll do my best. This quantity I think could serve 2 people.

1. Start some salted water boiling for pasta
2. Finely chop up 4-5 beautiful cherry tomatoes and saute in olive oil with several garlic cloves and pine nuts and plenty of freshly ground salt
3. Let the tomatoes reduce down and add chopped zucchini (about 1/2 a zucchini) and perhaps a splash more olive oil - stirring here and there so nothing fries into oblivion - feel free to be liberal with your olive oil! :-)
4. When water has come to boil during this process, add your pasta - which I heartily insist should be a fresh pasta, called fusilli which looks like this. (cooks about 6 minutes)
5. When pasta is cooked, throw into the frying pan with your veggies and mix together
6. With heat still on, crumble liberal amounts of a really good feta into the pasta (not one of those tubs that sits in a grocery for months... a fresh fresh block of it that you have to use up in a few days and tastes like heaven!) and stir in until mixed thoroughly with pasta
7. Taste and add salt if needed

... take the rest of your feta and make a yummy salad with walnuts, fresh ground salt and pepper, some balsamic and olive oil

yum! voila! deliciousness.

Please tell me if you try it and what you think. If you're intimidated... I will just have to make it for you when I get back to America!

<3 Elizabeth