Well,
Am full of a streaming cold, as is Ru... Meh... At least I'm not the one leaving snot trails all over the floor and sofas, unlike my son! Bless him...
Anyway, felt in dire need of some stodgy comfort food that was quick and easy to make... and preferably spicy to help clear my nose! I have some aduki beans in my kitchen and wanted to use them to start on #2 (Do 10 recipes with ingredients in I haven't used before), but after finding out from Sarah Dixon that they need to be soaked for 24 hours before you can use them, I had to rethink my plan.
Upon deciding that I wanted sausages as comfort food (sausages are THE best comfort food, sausage and mash in cold weather, sausage sarnies when you're hungover, it's all good!), I did a quick search on the BBC Good Food website and found this Chunky Sausage and Tomato Pasta recipe.
However, as usual, I decided to change it up a bit...
I used frozen sausages, grilled them and then added them to the reduced white wine, instead of before reducing. I also added a shedload of Texan-style herbs mix from Asda to blow the snot out of me, plus some crushed dried chilli flakes.
However, at the end, it was delicious, VERY spicy, definately unsuitable for kids (what with all the spice and the wine in it), and for the first time today, I can actually breathe through BOTH my nostrils (even if the amount of chilli flakes are making me break out in hot sweats! :D )
Sadly though, I couldn't take a picture of my pasta because it disappeared all too quickly when Steve returned home from work! However, here is a picture of the empty bowl!
Sadly though, I couldn't take a picture of my pasta because it disappeared all too quickly when Steve returned home from work! However, here is a picture of the empty bowl!
Now, will finish watching Gok's Fashion Fix on 4OD, and then take Ru out to play in the garden! (And maybe head to York to do #71 Buy a digital camera...)
Love,
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