Mama, gargle with salt water, okay? And eat garlic!
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May your Tuesday and all days of this week be kind to you and if you have a sore throat, may it get well! They are the pitts! Keep warm between these weird season changes.
Mama has not been sick at all since before Covid, but then again, she does not live in a large city where who knows what is always flying around, but no one is complaining. Probably just the body saying, take a rest and put your feet up for a couple of days and DO NO READ THE NEWS! And eat pasta….
But that’s hard for mama, and please feel free, aways, to ignore our FYIs. But this one is a doozie…
Make your Tuesday ticklesome (and full of Treats, for you know who at your house–or you know whos)…
Mama is making penne all’arrabiata for lunch..hot peppers and garlic and tomaotes. A sure cure…
Penne all’arrabiata (easy, simple)
Any short pasta for however many you are. Mama used about 200 grams each.
1/4 cup olive oil
5-6 garlic cloves, chopped medium
1/2 a pepperoncino, chopped fine or 2 pinches of pepperoncino flakes, depending on how hot you like the sauce
1 large can San Marzano tomatoes or 2 small ones
Salt to taste and add a little chopped fresh parsley if you like it.
In a skillet, heat the oil and sauté the chopped garlic and hot peppers just unti the edges of the garlic take on color. Add the tomatoes, puréed, and simmer until the sauce is thick and shiny. Serve over pasta with no cheese, s that is the tradition, but if you want pargimiano, go for it.
Penne all’arrabbiata
