Sundays are for eating pasta.
Junior year of college I was finally able to move on up from the prison cell like dorm room my roommates and I were crammed in, to the nice upperclassmen "luxury" apartments. I use the term "luxury" seriously. To this day, I swear I will never be able to afford the penthouse apartments my school housed us in with skyline views of Boston. The apartments came with kitchens, which naturally meant, unless you were a Saudi prince, your parents dropped your meal plan privileges. I was fine with this given my hobby of cooking. However, life on your own Junior year meant loosing one key, crucial, absolutely necessary cooking ingredient...Wine. See I technically am a year younger than my fellow classmates. No, I was not some sort of gifted child that skipped a grade. My parents just thought I was ready to go to school haha and off I went. Being a year younger meant I was living the dream of cooking for myself, while being 20 years old not 21. I could not purchase wine for cooking. I know this is tragic story...I should have prefaced that. Like most underage college students I used to pander the streets begging people to please buy me beer for my chili, cabernet for my coq a vin, chardonnay for my picatta, vodka for my penne. PLEASE anything! This might be a slight dramatization. But still, life was rough at the tender age of 20.
Now, 24 I face similar challenges. Yes, I can buy alcohol, but given that I recently moved out of my parent’s house, I no longer have that endless supply of wine to use as I please. I also use "endless" seriously. My parents are very Italian; We like wine. I'm also cheap, so if I'm forking out the cash for wine, you better believe I'm drinking it by myself on a Friday night. Needless to say, cooking with wine is still something I yearn for in my life. So when I get the chance, I "treat" myself to this ingredient.
Which brings me to my recipe. Hearty gnocchi with sautéed mushrooms, spinach, sun-dried tomatoes, topped with fresh parsley and a sprinkle of feta cheese. It's also super quick to make if you happen to have gnocchi on hand. I quickly whipped this up today right after church.
Now, 24 I face similar challenges. Yes, I can buy alcohol, but given that I recently moved out of my parent’s house, I no longer have that endless supply of wine to use as I please. I also use "endless" seriously. My parents are very Italian; We like wine. I'm also cheap, so if I'm forking out the cash for wine, you better believe I'm drinking it by myself on a Friday night. Needless to say, cooking with wine is still something I yearn for in my life. So when I get the chance, I "treat" myself to this ingredient.
Which brings me to my recipe. Hearty gnocchi with sautéed mushrooms, spinach, sun-dried tomatoes, topped with fresh parsley and a sprinkle of feta cheese. It's also super quick to make if you happen to have gnocchi on hand. I quickly whipped this up today right after church.