my garden! or really, right now, my charden :) time soon though for asparagus!
needed to use:
leftover salmon from my sweetie playing for our supper at romeo’s two nights earlier
the ingredients:
salmon
half bag of shell noodles
onions
and that was about it for a while.....as i paced back and forth from the fridge to the pantry to the cupboard looking for something to make a sauce-like substance to dress my pasta. i asked our housemate if he was indeed responsible for the small amount of pesto that had been in the fridge for i don’t dare even give you my estimate how long but still smelled good and then shushed his uncertain comment on that matter so my sweetie wouldn’t hear in the next room.
a little bit of pesto
was perfect. (an alternative--i’m guessing....--would be to take green onions or parsley or cilantro and chop them up super fine in some butter or olive oil. it gives the illusion of more STUFF in there ;)
so that got my mojo back up to speed. i still had some
kalamata olive juice
left, and wondered if i was being a little too bold to throw that in, so i just used a little. (not enough to ruin it, but enough that someone might comment on that special little something....) the REAL kicker though, thanks to remembering will’s spectacular salmon meal a month or so ago, was a good sized spoonful of
dijon mustard!
heck yeah! so the onion gets chopped up and cooked on low heat ‘til i get impatient to add something else (at least a good five minutes....ten might be better, depending on what you’re adding), in this case chopped up salmon. it really wasn’t much, just my leftover serving from atop a salad. i used our biggest frying pan, so i could add the noodles when they were done cooking. of course i threw in some
garlic
and
chard
(from the GARDEN! even at the beginning of JANUARY! man i’m spoiled, but they’re cheap at the store too, as well as other greens, and they make an awesome side dish :)
that was it!
pesto dijon salmon pasta
approximate price: $3
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