Great Pasta

Made one of my favorite pasta sauces the other night. My wife made it the first time the night before she went into labor, so it has some sentimental value. She saw it on Everyday Italian on Food Network.

It's really pretty simple, you just brown a package of Italian sausage (casings removed), then throw in some chopped sun dried tomatoes, garlic, and artichoke hearts. One thing Giada did on EI was to use some of the oil that the tomatoes are packed in to brown the sausage.

While that's working you cook your pasta, I used tri-color fusili. Toss together when finished and sprinkle in some shredded mozzarella cheese. Giada used fresh mozzarella cut into cubes, but I found it got too stringy when I mixed everything together.

If you like Italian sausage, you'll really like this dish. If you're not a huge Italian sausage fan you may want to only use half a package or just 1 or 2 links.

Louisville

Took a weekend trip to Louisville and had a quite enjoyable culinary experience. Where to begin?

First had some Tilapia fajitas at Tumbleweed for lunch on Saturday. Very tasty, although I probably should have put more fish and less condiments in my tortillas.

That night had dinner at Cafe Magnolia inside the Galt House hotel. I enjoyed an open-faced Reuben that was very good. Really awesome corned beef.

The next morning went to the brunch in the Rivue restaurant atop the Galt House. I didn't get to try half the stuff they offered, but everything I did have was fantastic. Definitely a must if you're in Louisville on a Sunday.

My wife's got some new recipes she's going to try later this week. They sound pretty good so I'm sure I'll be posting about them later.