Summer Pasta

Every Saturday I make the weekly grocery list. I try to only go to the grocery store once a week, on Sunday mornings. I find that is the perfect time of the week to go to the grocery store (especially in my conservative neighborhood) because many people go to church that time of day. I've cut our grocery bills by quite a bit by limiting the number of times we go to the store. If I go to the store more often, I see more things I think we need and end up buying wasteful food that isn't necessary. Even if it might be yummy.

Whenever I make my weekly list I ask V if he has any requests. Usually he doesn't, or it's something silly that I ignore. But this week he requested fish. I don't like fish, it smells bad and has a weird consistency. But, V is normally willing to eat whatever I make so I figured I should make something he specifically requested. I looked online and found a recipe for slow-roasted salmon. You roast the salmon in the oven for 20 minutes with salt and pepper and a sprig of dill sitting on top to infuse the fish. However, that's not how he cooked it.

It's now Thursday and he just ate the darn salmon. Thankfully it didn't seem to get bad and I frozen the chicken I had purchased to make skewers this week. He just wanted grilled salmon. Fine with me. No mess and less heat in the house.

While I was wandering through the grocery store I found that it actually carries heirloom tomatoes. Not a bunch and they are hard to find but they are there! So I picked up some angel hair pasta and figured I'd make a light summer pasta to go beside the fish. I put 3 glugs of extra virgin olive oil in a skillet and heated it with one finely minced clove of garlic. Basically I wanted the garlic to cook because I was afraid the raw garlic would be overpowering. Then I took the skilled off the heat and tossed in the large-diced tomatoes with salt and pepper. I let that sit about 10 minutes. The salt and heat brought out some tomato juices. Then I tossed it with the pasta. It was pretty tasty but I felt like it was lacking something. It didn't quite satisfy me. Maybe the raw garlic would have been better? Or basil? I can't figure it out. But it was still pretty decent.