Tuesday, April 03, 2007

Recipe

So I've fallen in love with this recipe. It's easy and good. I adapted it from The Five Ingredient Vegetarian Gourmet by Nava Atlas.

Zucchini Tortellini

1 lb frozen tortellini
3 or 4 cloves minced garlic
4 small zucchini, sliced
2 1/2 tbsp olive oil, divided
1/4 tsp red pepper flakes

Boil the tortellini. In the meantime, saute the zucchini, garlic and red pepper flakes in 1 1/2 tbsp olive oil over medium heat for about 5 minutes.

Combine the tortellini and zucchini. Add the other tbsp olive oil. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.

I strongly recommend it. In the past, I've found tortellini too dry...but the zucchini is sweet and juicy and really complements it.

In heart-warming news, my sister's boyfriend rescued a small boy cat. He took him to a shelter (he already has a few cats of his own, I think) and went to the shelter a few days later to visit. He learned that the cat has already been adopted! Here's his picture:

6 comments:

His suzy said...

I'm so glad the cat was already adopted! That makes me smile. :)

Ms.L said...

Ohh I'm so glad the kitty was adopted that quick!

That recipes sounds really good!
I looooooove zucchini and your recipe couldn't be easier. I think I may make this every night;)

Bearette24 said...

Suzy - I was relieved, too :)

Ms. L - yay! You definitely should, it's quite yummy.

Caro said...

Oh, pretty kitty.

Roxanne said...

That's so sweet that he checked back on the kitty. I hope she found a good home.

I'm definitely going to try that recipe. Adding zucchini to the shopping list right now...

Jay said...

Mmm, that sounds so yummy.