Tomatoes and Potatoes Pasta Recipe | iMunch

My daughter has allergies, and has quite a list of stuff that can make her go itch. Okay, so maybe not a list, but 2 major things- Chicken and nuts of any kind.

So a couple of nights ago the dinner that our family had comprised of chicken and more chicken with some veggies. So what I did was try to check out what's in the pantry that I can cook for my little angel. Here's what I got:



Yep, it's literally tomatoes and potatoes and pasta. heheheh.. Okay, seriously, this is just your usual fettuccine pasta that's amped up with an oil based sauce, lots of garlic, thinly sliced onions, a bit of butter, salt, pepper, fried potatoes and tomatoes, laurel leaves and olives.



Here's the recipe if you want a fuss- free dinner like mine. Cooking period took about 20-25 minutes for me. :)



Ingredients:

• Fettuccine Pasta (I used Al Dente Pasta)


• Olive Oil (I used Doña Elena Olive Oil, the regular kind)


• a whole garlic,minced (this is for my taste as me and my daughter love our pasta to be very full of garlic)


• butter (around 1/4th of a whole bar)


• Olives (pitted)


• half a cup of chopped onions


• 3-4 ripe tomatoes, rough chopped


• salt and pepper to taste


• laurel leaves, or any herb you can use for extra flavor


• potatoes

Procedure:

1. Cook pasta according to instructions. :) With Al Dente pasta, I didn't need to add in oil to the mix.


2. While pasta is cooking, you can start boiling the potatoes as well. Add in a lot of salt to make it well seasoned, and if you have herbs like chives, or basil or rosemary, add it in as well so that the potatoes will have better flavor


3. Chop the tomatoes roughly, and the olives as well to make it easier to the bite.


4. Once potatoes are cooked, let them cool for another 5 minutes, then rough chop.


5. Let pasta cool off as well.


6. In a frying pan, add in your butter and a tablespoon of olive oil. The oil is to help the butter not burn easily.


7. Add in your garlic, let it brown a bit, then the onions. After this you add olives and then the tomatoes, and let it cook until the skin peels off the meat of the tomatoes. Mix occasionally


8. Mix in your potatoes and  laurel leaves, or any herb that may be lying around in your pantry to give it a better taste.


9. Of course, you have to add in your salt and pepper to taste. I was quite generous with these as they really help to let the flavors of our ingredients be released.


10. Lastly, we put in the pasta and mix it up for another 5 minutes.

You can serve this with cheese on top. I used grated Parmesan, but I think my daughter would also love this with melted mozzarella on top.

 

Happy Cooking!