Eating Dinner With My Family

My son got to choose dinner tonight and he picked another recipe from the lovely and talented Nillawan.com .  It was another awesome dish, and surprisingly easy to make considering just how much flavor it delivered.  I think I cooked the tomatoes a bit longer than she did, but my husband has issues with chunks of tomato.  I didn't think this would be his kind of dish as feta and tomatoes aren't his favorites, but he wasn't going to be home for dinner. He got home and tried it reheated and declared it delicious!  (despite the fact of his less than favorite ingredients and it being reheated!!!)  As with all the recipes I try from my fellow bloggers, I give you a link to their site. Salmon Feta Pasta Roma tomatoes garlic basil Smoked salmon pine nuts feta Recipe and instructions here

Tonight's dish was stellar!  I found it on another of my favorite sites nillawan.com .  I is loaded with yummy sounding things and just plain cool stuff.  She calls it a guide to whimsical living.  Love that.  I can't say enough great things about this dish!  My son inhaled 2 large portions.  I wanted a second one but....  you know the first one was pretty big! Everyone at the table raved about it.  In short, make this!  And you know the drill, with my fellow bloggers, I give a link to their site.  Oh I did make one small change.  I didn't cook the salmon.  I just threw it in with the hot pasta and sauce and stirred. Smoked Salmon Pasta penne pasta smoked salmon pine nuts spring onions garlic capers cream Splash white wine Knob butter Salt and cracked black pepper Recipe and directions here

I had some Mascarpone I had bought and didn't use it for what it was purchased for, so I found this recipe in the ever growing to try file. I love asparagus and I love Mascarpone so I was pretty sure I would like it; the boys were an entirely different matter. It was a fairly easy process to make and it came together in a reasonable amount of time. Also, I'm pretty sure it could be prepared ahead of time up until the baking and then baked when you want to eat. You would need to increase the cook time. I would cover it with foil and bake 15-20 minutes, remove the foil and bake like the instructions say. The boy, did not care for it. Asparagus is not something he enjoys. My husband, also not a huge fan of asparagus, loved it. He went back for thirds! The lemon was nice and that was the only thing I worried might be off with the fish. The only thing we thought less then great was the consistency of the sauce. It was not like a sauce; it was more like a thin coating stuck on th...