Lazy Sunday

Usually I pride myself in making the nice Sunday dinner. Today I just couldn't do it. After a filling breakfast at B&H Dairy (blueberry blintzes, boiled perogis, apple/pineapple juice juiced on the spot and coffee), lunch wasn't happening. Which means dinner happened at 5p.

I recently received Mark Bittman's How to Cook Everything and he has a great simple recipes for pasta sauces. Knowing that there was a jar of Eataly anchovies in the pantry, I got to it. My inspiration was a combination of his Puttanesca and Tuna sauces.

I poured a generous amount of olive oil into a saute pan, added chopped garlic that cooked until it was just brown. I then added in about 4-6 anchovies, mashing with a force as they cooked so that they almost liquefied into the sauce. I then added a small can of tuna, coated it in the oil and the sauce was done. Poured the sauce over some linguine, added some black pepper and it was delicious.

My husband, being averse to canned tuna, wanted something more "normal". Sticking with my lazy theme, not wanting to make sauce from scratch, I decided to amp up canned sauce. I used store bought sauce, added to it olive oil, balsamic vinegar and a handful of grape tomatoes, crushing them as they cooked. Rave reviews!