Thursday, July 9, 2009

Barefoot Bloggers - Pasta with Sun Dried Tomatoes


Brace yourselves, taste buds. We have liftoff.

This is one of the best Ina Garten recipes that I've tried. I know I've said that before, but they're all so good. Not this one.

It's great. Absolutely delicious, fresh and bursting with flavor. Laziness made me serve it as a hot pasta dish. I cut out the salt, used less olive oil, and added the basil, garlic and parmesan cheese to the food processor to become part of the sauce. Adding the basil to the sauce made the sauce a funny color, but it was easy and the flavor was fabulous. I put the chopped olives, tomatoes and mozzarella in the bottom of a medium bowl and put the hot pasta and sauce on top, mixing the ingredients together. The pasta melted the fresh mozzarella slightly. Oh baby, was it good. It's in the rotation, perfect for quick summer meals.

I have Cat at Delta Whiskey to thank for this amazing pick. If you'd like the recipe, be sure to check out Cat's blog. Or you can get it on the Food Network site here.

12 comments:

Michele said...

I'm so glad that you loved this recipe!

Unknown said...

If I had all of the ingredients on hand I'd throw this together for lunch today - it sounds so good!!

Anonymous said...

Love this. Easy and delicious!

Anonymous said...

I agree, this was so flavorful!

spike. said...

glad you loved this one- Ina does have a ton of amazing recipes!

Pamela said...

Sounds like a winner, for sure. Gotta give this one a try!

Rachel said...

i LOVE anything Ina so I'm sure i'd love this too! looks delicious!

Eva said...

I really liked it too. Definitely in my list of recipes to hold on to. Adjust based on what I have that day.

Madam Chow said...

I love Ina, and I have a big bunch of sun dried tomatoes that I need to use up. May make this recipe this week - thanks for blogging about it.

Cakelaw said...

I'm sold! I'll have to try this now.

Jackie said...

Ina Garten is probably one of my favorites. It's always so elegant and delicious. I'm getting hungry!

Jackie at PhamFatale.com

Jenn H in San Diego said...

That looks super yummy! Can't wait to try it.