I woke up in the crack-ass of the morning (yes, like 4AM, start feeling sorry for me now!) and made my way to JFK. About three hours later I was riding way too fast in a very fabulous corvette!
The rest of the day was spent seeing the wonders that suburban Florida had to give! I was very much looking forward to a lovely and quiet dinner with the Von Trapp family. I had decided to make a family favorite; pasta!
100. Spaghetti with Ricotta and Herbs - *Pasta*
As most of the pasta dishes in CL have proven to be, this one was really a doddle, especially with the help of a very eager basil picker!
You basically boil up some spaghetti and get the sauce ready while it is cooking.
The sauce consists of ricotta watered down by some pasta water, with olive oil, basil, lemon juice, and some salt and chilli flakes mixed in. Since I wasn't using sheep's milk ricotta, I added some parmesan to zest up the flavor.
After the pasta was done I just tossed it with the sauce and brought some parmesan to the table for serving.
The pasta was loved by all. I have to admit to adding loads of parmesan as the pasta still required it. The dish was fantastic!! Even a feisty four-year old went in for seconds!
After dinner, we decided to partake in some lovely bananas.
My, they make them big in Florida! ;)
And then we had a quiet night just chilling! Click here to see what I mean.
3 comments:
That sounds lovely Ilana. Glad to hear you're having a great time. I love the pics!!!
xx
Toots
I have to say that Ilana looked very sweet at 4am... hmmm, I may just wake her up for now on every time I go to work!!!
Love,
hmmmm... I am actually Anonymous!
Oh, no, anonymous, you better NOT be doing that!! :D
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