simple pasta sauce with tomato, butter, and onion

June 28, 2015 radish*rose 0 comment

This is so simple that it seems it couldn’t possibly work. My favorite kind of adventure! How could something with only three ingredients taste so good? (Five if you count the pasta and Parmesan.) But it does! Really, you’ve got to try it for yourself. You can’t beat the convenience – in fact, I bet you have all these ingredients in your pantry right now. Or if you don’t, start keeping them on hand and then you can always make a tasty pasta on short notice. Indeed, I made this on a chilly, rainy summer evening, accompanied by a big green salad and a glass of wine, and it was just the thing. Continue reading

bowtie pasta with shrimp, olives, and rosemary

January 2, 2015 radish*rose 1 Comment

Here’s a simple, delicious, and healthy pasta recipe for you. I like to add fresh spinach to a lot of my pasta sauces, because who couldn’t use some extra greens in their world? This is adapted from the wonderful School of Fish cookbook by Ben Pollinger, Executive Chef of Oceana. Continue reading

fancy tuna pasta with lemon, capers, and pine nuts

May 4, 2014 radish*rose 0 comment

What’s fancy tuna? Fancy tuna, at least in my head, is the kind from Spain packed in olive oil:

fancy tuna packed in olive oil :: by radish*rose

I always would see these pretty cans in gourmet shops like Grand Central Market or Eataly and think, “But it’s packed in olive oil. HOW DECADENT. What on earth do you do with that?”

I am happy to report that it is indeed decadent, but guess what. It makes perfect sense in pasta sauce. You would probably be adding some olive oil to your pasta sauce anyway, so why not start with the fancy tuna in olive oil and only need to add a little more? Continue reading