sunday lunch

Today was one of those overcast days and it is now past 5 o'clock and I am still not out of my pjs. That's okay I got a lot done today.  I made lunch from items that needed using. I made roasted cherry tomatoes with whole wheat pasta and roasted garlic.  I would put up my own picture if I had charged my camera.  Oh well...This is one of my favorite recipes.  It is especially good for the summer time when you are up to your ears in little tomatoes.  


This is what they look like when they come out of the oven-minus the skewer.   You can use those that look all shriveled up and they taste just as good.  I just poured the pint of tomatoes into an oven safe dish that I had cranked up to 450.  I added a dash of sunflower oil, pinch of seasalt and dried rosemary.  Then I went upstairs and forgot about them until I smelled them.  You can't really mess these up- unless you really forget about them and come back hours later to black nuggets. I turned off the oven and decided that I wanted some roasted garlic to go along with it so I threw three cloves onto the pizza stone that was already hot and forgot about them too.  I never turned the oven back on and when I opened the door a bit later they were nice and soft.  Boil up whatever pasta you have on hand and you have yourself a delicious and light lunch. I really do love maintenance free cooking.  The creativity is endless.  You can add tuna, zucchini, capers, quinoa whatever you happen to have on hand that needs using.  Experiment.  Tell us how you adapt this meal to make it your own.