Friday, October 17, 2008

a few great italian meals!







We bought fresh basil and put it to work with two great Italian themed dinners. We have mastered our pizza. Its a wal-mart pizza crust (the ones that you buy in the tube), cook it almost completely before adding fresh Campari tomatoes that i soaked in evoo
(extra virgin olive oil) and balsamic vinegar. It soaked while the
crust cooked. I drained them threw them on the crust seasoned it with
basil, onion powder, garlic powder and my favorite veganmozzarella
(follow your heart). We cook it just long enough to warm it up. Then
throw the basil on (roll the leaf up and then tear it) We love making
pizza and it was hands down the best yet!

The pasta was a mix of
whatever kinda of pasta i had left. I like the already seasoned
tomatoes in the can for this. I threw some extra seasoning in and let
them simmer in a pan. Once the pasta was almost ready i drained it
threw the tomatoes in. Then i made vegan meat(less)balls with vegan
sausage mix, gimme lean, that comes a kinda of plastic tube thing. I
just browned them in the same pan i cooked the tomatoes in. It was
really delicious!

2 comments:

Alicia said...

Looks yummy! You should try the Nate's frozen meatballs, too. They're a little expensive but they are super snacky. I'll have to try the gimme lean sausage.

nicole said...

I am going to make this pizza for sure! All the recipes look good - keep them coming!