Hey! So, this is definitely not my first blog, but it’s one that I’m going to try to put a lot of effort into. I love cooking a lot. I cook something every day whether it’s at my babysitting job or for my family. Even though recipes are fun to follow, I love coming in and just whipping something up with whatever I can find in the fridge and pantry. I’ll try to add some pictures too later on, but unfortunately I didn’t take one of tonight’s dinner :/ Bummer. I just want to mention that I’m not really one for measurements, so if that’s the kind of cooking blog you’re looking for this might be the wrong one for you. I’ll try to make what I call guesstimates with some things, but for the most part I just go with the flow and by taste and stuff, so you should too! Making food shouldn’t be about such strict measurements and stuff. Just go with what your taste buds are telling you! I promise it’ll turn out ok 🙂 I hope you enjoy!

P.S. If you’re wondering what my blog title means, it translates to Food Archives. I figured since I do tend to stick to Italian influenced recipes, putting the name in Italian would be a cool idea. I apologize to anyone if it’s incorrect grammar, but I hope it’s not. I also want to mention that I do not actually speak Italian. If you see me use any foreign words in my posts, they are most likely going to be in French or Spanish, or maybe very, very, very simple basic Italian stuff, but that will be rare. Anyways, enjoy!

Pesto-Pepper Pasta

Ingredients: Bow-tie pasta, roasted red peppers, pesto, garlic, onion, olive oil, salt and pepper

Alright, so tonight’s recipe I decided to call Pesto-Pepper Pasta. I was kind of in a rush to make something fast, and when that happens I normally turn to pasta to save me. So I started with putting a pot of water on to boil with a little bit of salt and olive oil. As I was waiting for the water to boil, I took out a skillet and set in on the stove with some olive oil. I took half the onion and diced it up nicely and threw it in the pan. Tonight I used garlic that was alright diced, but you can also used whole garlic cloves obviously. I love the flavor of garlic. If you’re going to use the cloves, I would suggest squishing the clove with the flat part of the knife first. Once you do that, it’s easier to cut it up. You can also throw in the whole squished clove if you want, it’s up to you as long as you get the flavor you’re looking for. Put in as much garlic as you want. Then I had a can of roasted red peppers. I took out what looked like enough to even out the amount to the onion and garlic. I then sliced the peppers up into small chunks and threw that into the pan as well. Now I sauteed the mixture for a bit until the onions were clear. Now here comes the awesome part. So I’ll admit, I’ve never made my own pesto. As cool as that would be, still another hill I have to climb. If you know how, that’s awesome and I give you props for that. Myself, I used pre-made store bought pesto, it works that same I’m guessing, so whichever you want to use, again that’s up to you. So I spooned out a whole punch of pesto and put it in the pan with my sauteed vegetables. Now this is going to end up being the main part of your sauce, so make sure you spoon out enough pesto to cover all your pasta. After you’re done just mix it all together for a bit and lower the heat. Warning, the pesto will get kind of oily! I guess it’s the way it’s made or how it comes in the bottle, but there was a ton of oil that separated from the pesto itself. That’s normally and it’s fine, so don’t worry about it! 🙂 As soon as the water comes to a boil, pour the bow tie pasta in. Now I don’t know how long pasta is normally supposed to boil for, but just check on it and taste it and see how it’s coming along. Once the pasta is done, just drain the water, put the pasta in another bowl and pour your pesto sauce on top and voila! C’est magnifique! But seriously, it was pretty good, and the whole box made enough to feed four people with multiple servings. I hope you guys enjoy this recipe, and I hope you understand my instructions! Haha byee

Lillie