All day I planned to make a vegetarian Pad Thai with the rice noodles lingering in my pantry. I thought I had most of what I would need, (with a lot of substitutions) even found a substitute for tamarind paste, using lime or lemon juice with a little brown sugar. But a search through the pantry turned up no peanuts or cashews (must have eaten them during a pantry raid). That was the last straw, so I turned to tomatoes I had canned last summer, pasta, anchovies, and olives. These things I always have on hand. It was pretty good, but I'm disappointed that I couldn't make the Pad Thai. This challenge is going to be harder than I thought! So far, I think I've saved around $15.00, by not buying andouille sausage and shrimp for the Pad Thai. Not bad.Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Fusilli alla Puttancesca, or as my favorite Italian chef Lidia Bastianich calls it, Fusilli as made by Ladies of the Evening, is what I made on day two of "Cook With What You've Got" challenge.
All day I planned to make a vegetarian Pad Thai with the rice noodles lingering in my pantry. I thought I had most of what I would need, (with a lot of substitutions) even found a substitute for tamarind paste, using lime or lemon juice with a little brown sugar. But a search through the pantry turned up no peanuts or cashews (must have eaten them during a pantry raid). That was the last straw, so I turned to tomatoes I had canned last summer, pasta, anchovies, and olives. These things I always have on hand. It was pretty good, but I'm disappointed that I couldn't make the Pad Thai. This challenge is going to be harder than I thought! So far, I think I've saved around $15.00, by not buying andouille sausage and shrimp for the Pad Thai. Not bad.
All day I planned to make a vegetarian Pad Thai with the rice noodles lingering in my pantry. I thought I had most of what I would need, (with a lot of substitutions) even found a substitute for tamarind paste, using lime or lemon juice with a little brown sugar. But a search through the pantry turned up no peanuts or cashews (must have eaten them during a pantry raid). That was the last straw, so I turned to tomatoes I had canned last summer, pasta, anchovies, and olives. These things I always have on hand. It was pretty good, but I'm disappointed that I couldn't make the Pad Thai. This challenge is going to be harder than I thought! So far, I think I've saved around $15.00, by not buying andouille sausage and shrimp for the Pad Thai. Not bad.
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I'll trade you some tamarind paste and cashews or peanuts for a jar of that tomato sauce.
Too late, I'm only cooking with what I've got, and I'm on to something else!
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