With company here, and finding myself in a serious funk, I am having trouble posting anything daily. In the last couple of days everything I do is unsatisfying, all the people I meet are selfish and annoying, and basically all I want to do is lay in bed and have people leave me alone. That leads me to believe that the problem is me. However, I don't seem to have any magical Cure-The-Problem-Is-Me pills.
All I can hope is that I can get some honest to goodness downtime soon. With many family birthday parties coming up, work trips and learning to can tomatoes with my mother, that is going to be a good long while away. In lieu of posting anything worth while I am going to put up the recipe that gets the most hits from my main site.
Alio e Olio (translates to "Garlic and Olive Oil")
Ingredients
Spaghetti pasta, cooked al dente and rinsed in cold water, set aside
4-6 garlic cloves, peeled and slivered (or more, I prefer to use at least 6 cloves per person, however not everyone loves garlic as much as I do.)
dried red chili flakes
cracked black pepper
olive oil
parmesan cheese
Preparation
Lightly coat a skillet with the olive oil and add the garlic, chilis and cracked black pepper. Saute until the garlic starts to turn brown, toss the spaghetti in until it is lightly coated with the oil. Server on plates and grate some fresh parmesan cheese over the top.
This dish is also good if you care to add onions, capers or anchovy paste.