Penne with Trapanese Pesto

Aunt J gave me this recipe a few months ago.  Wish I had made it sooner!  It is so easy and good.  You can make the sauce while the pasta cooks.  While it does have some basil in it, it is a very different kind of pesto; less of a paste, more of a sauce.  It tastes delicious even with end of winter grocery store cherry tomatoes.  I think it will be even better this summer, with better quality tomatoes.  I used one large clove of garlic which was plenty.  The sauce has a good creamy consistency, but minimal dairy (some parm cheese).  The recipe is originally from Lidia B, and she has some good guidance on the order to process the ingredients that I will follow next time.

PS I am digging the camera on my new phone!

Pinto Beans with Chiles

I made these beans to go with the tacos.  They are very flavorful and delicious.  I like that you can prepare the chile mix in advance and then it only takes about 10 minutes to cook.  I think you could swap veggie broth for the chicken broth, if you wanted to make them vegetarian.  I ate these as tacos today.  Yum!

Baja Light Grilled Fish Tacos

I am slacking on the pictures.  Sorry!

We made these last night for dinner and they are quite good, and quite easy to prepare.  I used cod as suggested, and fortunately on sale.  The spice rub is easy to make in advance.  Overall, this is a quick and easily prepped dish.  The fish was on the grill for five minutes and next time I would try six.  The slaw was ok, not amazing, but perhaps I should make it more in advance next time?  The tartar sauce is great.  Trying to think of what else I can use this on.

Roasted Cauliflower Salad

Sadly, no picture, as my phone died and took it with it.  Sigh.  Just look at the pretty pictures on URB blog.

I love roasted cauliflower.  It's definitely the way I prefer this vegetable.  And, this salad, with the olives and oranges, is just delicious.  I made it when I was working from home one Friday.  Such a treat all around.

Roasted Curried Cauliflower

This Tuesdays with Tory recipe is super simple and incredibly delicious. Make it, I promise you'll love it.