Cooking 101

Holly was gone tonight supporting her sister Beckie with the birth of her baby. Aspen & Jessica are with my Mom up Hobble Creek Canyon on a girls retreat, and Jackson ate dinner at Julie's house. So I was left with the task of feeding myself and myself only. This combined with a fridge full of tomatoes that we haven't eaten or given away yet (we have started giving tomatoes away to family and friends - we can't keep up!!!), I decided to make something for dinner using some of the 47 tomatoes I picked (tonight alone!). With no other mouths to feed, or complain if it didn't taste good, I decided to forgo any recipes or instructions and make something up. Instructions are for wimps anyway!

I looked in the pantry and at the bowl of freshly picked tomatoes looking for something that might spark an idea. It didn't take long and I had a dish in mind - no doubt the gormet version of this idea was more than likely stolen from something my Mom made or something I saw on Mindy's blog - The Bad Girls Kitchen. Here is what I came up with...

Vine Ripened Cherry and Grape Tomatoes & Anaheim Peppers picked fresh from from our Home Grown Backyard Garden and Fire Grilled Marinated Chicken Tenders (left over from last nights dinner). All Sauteed in some Extra Virgin Olive Oil and seasoned with some Fresh, Coarsely Ground Black Pepper and some good old Table Salt. All of which was placed on top of some instant Rice a Roni Fettuccine Alfredo pasta mix. I know, I know, all you real cooks out there are screaming " Sinner! " in you minds as you read this - for mixing all those fresh ingredients with instant, preservative and sodium packed, Rica Roni - but hey - I did the best with what I had at the time! :) Additionally, although I could have handled cooking some real pasta - there is no chance I could have made an Alfredo sauce from scratch - I can't even spell "Fettuccine Alfredo" with out spell check or looking at the box!:)

It actually turned out pretty good - better than I expected. Good enough that I ate the hole plate by myself - leaving nothing but some dirty dishes in the sink. :):):)