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Furry's gout's playing up, we had 7 kids thru the doors over the weekend, a visit from a dog judge to check out Stella Bella Bottom Smeller, Mater Beige took a nasty fall and fractured both the radius and ulna of her left wrist, and we had junior footy presentations over in Cwazyburn.

**sigh**

Not much time left for resting OR cooking... so here's what I did last night.

Diced a red cap from AFD delivery, let it slow cook in a cast iron pan. Added 250g sliced 'shrooms ( the ones from the Farmer's Market 2 weeks ago.. they were a little wrinkled, but otherwise ok)

Add one can tuna in brine and 1/2 a container of sour cream. Heat and pour over bucatelli.

Voila! a scrummy dinner in under 1/2 an hour!

Sounds good... I would have opened a jar of Barilla Pesto Genovese!

Hope you are all doing OK now!

tuna, rocket, spaghetti and a packet of simply green tomatoes

My favourite pasta topping, also a quick one, is a gremolata type thing...

Gremolata
This is a great, zesty way to jazz up BBQ meats, fish or salads too...

Here is a basic recipe:

Finely chopped preserved lemon rind
Finely chopped garlic
Chopped flat leaf parsley (or try some corainder/ basil too)
Chopped pistachio, walnut or pecans
Finely chopped capers (optional)
Olive oil
Lemon or lime juice

Mine's half an onion, a clove of garlic, a chilli, a rasher of bacon and a tin of tomatoes.

Zoe wrote:Mine's half an onion, a clove of garlic, a chilli, a rasher of bacon and a tin of tomatoes.

another of my favourites Zoe!

I'd go with Zoe's too, only I'd leave out the chilli... cos I've already seen Pluto and it's over-rated. Chilli = Ow!

I do Absorption Pasta a la Clotilde at Chocolate and Zucchini, but without the cocoa nibs and with pine nuts. Pasta is the best for a throw-together meal tho', so quick and easy.

Zoe wrote:Mine's half an onion, a clove of garlic, a chilli, a rasher of bacon and a tin of tomatoes.

This is also fantastic with a chorizo sausage instead of the bacon.

Actually another fav of mine is garlic, chilli, onion and chorizo but just cooked off in a little nice olive oil or some butter. Great for fresh pasta as it lets the pasta be the star.

Yum!