mussels puttanesca over brown rice pasta

I was wandering around Whole Foods today looking for some ingredients for the mushroom pate i was going to make and passed by the fish department where they had beautiful looking mussels for $5.99 for a 2 pound bag. I quickly purchased those, and some rice pasta, scallions, and fresh parsley.

I always keep those frozen garlic cubes in my freezer, heated a deep pan, drizzled it with oil and dropped in 3 of the garlic cubes, chopped up a bunch of scallions and sauteed till the garlic was just turning slightly brown. Then i dropped in some puttanesca jarred sauce, added some hot peppers, and the bag of cleaned mussels. Covered and cooked on medium heat for 10 minutes.

In the meanwhile I dumped a bag of Tinkyada Brown Rice Squiggly Pasta with Rice Bran into boiling water with a touch of salt, and i cooked for the same 10 minutes.

Drained the pasta, and since the mussels took up the entire deep pan, I poured that mixture into the pasta pot, and heated another few minutes until the pasta had a chance to absorb the sauce.

I chopped up some fresh parsely, and mixed in on top of the pasta and mussels, and served in deep bowls.

Yum. Sorry no pix tonite - I am soooo tired.

goat cheese, sun dried tomato, and dill frittata

Saturday was my husband, Raul's birthday and we celebrated with family on sunday with a brunch. He loves eggs (which I have not eaten since I could say "no") so I decided to try my hand at a frittata - and since my daughter, Sam and my niece, Jamie were both coming and are lactards :) - I made it totally milk free with goat cheese and soy milk. Everyone said it was deelish - I wouldn't know - eggs - not my thing.

12 Eggs
Salt and Pepper, to taste
1/2 cup fresh dill, chopped
3 tablespoons olive oil
1/3 cup soy or regular milk
8 thinly sliced sun dried tomatoes
8 ounces hard goat cheese, cubed

— Heat oven to 350
— Place deep frying pan on stove and heat with 3 tablespoons of olive oil over medium heat - make sure the oil covers the entire pan
— Whisk together eggs, salt, pepper
— Add dill, milk, goat cheese and stir
— Put egg mixture in skillet and cook about 4 minutes
— Place frying pan in oven on middle rack and cook for about 8-12 minutes - until firm - do not burn!
— Slice like a pie and serve!