alone for dinner

my all time favorite food is spaghetti.  anyway i can get it, i will eat it, as long as it has a tomato based sauce.  i always have various types of pasta and canned tomatoes in the cabinet so that i can make this.  i probably eat it once a week and i always make it if i am on my own for dinner (unless i go to burger king and get a whopper junior with cheese).

so tonight i was on my own and i had 3/4 of a box of spaghetti and a 28 oz. can of diced tomatoes.  i cooked the spaghetti in lots of salty water and drained it.  in the same pot i added half a diced onion that i already had in the refrigerator and 2 cloves of diced garlic to some olive oil and sauteed.  i dumped in about 3/4 of the can of tomatoes and crushed them.  salt, pepper, a little sugar and some basil...simmer...simmer...simmer.   add the pasta back to the pot.  toss.  eat.

yum.

p.s.  no, i did not eat it all.

chocolate chip banana bread

last week i purchased a bunch of rather large bananas at trader joe's for 19 cents each.  i ate a few, but saved 2 with hopes that they would turn brown by my next day off.  they did!

adam's favorite flavor combination is chocolate and banana so when i saw this recipe on love and olive oil i knew i had to make it for him.

Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup of butter softened

2 eggs

2 tablespoons milk

1/4 cup water

1 3/4 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

2 brown bananas

1/2 cup chocolate chips

preheat oven to 350 F.  grease and flour a large loaf pan.  mix all the ingredients together with a mixer.  bake for 55 minutes or until dark and cracked on top.  makes 1 loaf.

i think it tastes good, but adam will have to be the final judge.

new blog

i wanted to make a blog to showcase the food in my life.  i love food!  making it and eating it.  so does my husband.  we probably talk/think about food more than almost anything else.  sad?  we don't think so.  i intend to not only post recipes that we make at home, but also to talk about our eating out adventures and my food shopping excursions.  not really on a daily basis, just when ever i feel like it.  i will also include photos when possible.  basically anything that deals with food may be included.  enjoy!