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Orzo Pasta with Tomato Sauce

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Do you ever have one of those days where you just don’t want to cook?  Maybe you want to pick up that phone and order take out like let’s say Pizza, Chinese, Sushi, Indian?  I do…but I never actually do. 

Back in the days when my mom worked,  there were times when she really did not have  time to prepare dinner, she would ask us what we would want and I remember my brother and I would yell out MCDONALDS!!  but there was always a strict NO!! ufff in any case we would have McDonalds once every two weeks, which was better than not having it at all.  right?  So, one of the quickest meal’s she could put together was this  amazing little pasta all in one dish. 🙂  Which I have to admit was and still is delicious, my mom never added sweet peppers but I do.  

 

As the years go by your taste in food changes as did mine, I can’t even remember when was the last time I had McDonalds, or Burger King.   Both Fast Food chains exist here but I just can’t seem to bring myself to open up that entrance door and go in and order. 🙂  My mom is coming up for the holidays, so maybe we just might do one of those fast food eat out days together!

Have a great weekend everyone!! 🙂

ORZO PASTA WITH TOMATO SAUCE

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Ingredients
  

  • 6 cups Orzo Pasta
  • 1 large Onion chopped
  • 2 Sweet Peppers sliced
  • 4 fresh Tomatoes or 1 can Tomatoes
  • 4 cups Vegetable Broth
  • 1 tablespoon of Tomato Paste
  • 1/2 cup Olive Oil
  • Salt & Pepper

Instructions
 

  • Add Olive Oil into a large pot and sauté chopped Onion.
  • Slice peppers and set aside.
  • Add Orzo into the pot and stir.
  • Pour in the vegetable broth, along with the tomato paste, tomatoes, sliced sweet peppers, salt and pepper. If you want a much stronger taste you can always add in garlic. Continue stirring until the Orzo does not stick to the bottom of the pot. Once that is ready cook for 20 minutes on medium heat, and until Orzo has absorbed most of the broth.

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Welcome to a small corner of my Greek Heritage. Growing up in New York from Greek parents, was a challenge of its own...but the traditional food, tastes and aromas that my mother cooked always travelled me back to Greece. My mother is a wonderful cook, our house would always have that smell of home cooked food. I remember very clearly that we were only allowed fast food, once a week, that was a huge day for myself and my brother. Jumping up and down in the back car seat, laughing, just being kids. It is true that we all like to eat different foods, taste, smell, even try food that looks different than our regular meals at home and I think that is so natural. In my teens, I was not really into cooking, I enjoyed my magazines after school, listening to music, and just taking a breather. There were times that I would glance at some of my mom's recipes, more out of curiosity than to actually try to cook them. At that time I did not realise that cooking would become my passion one day. Slowly, I would start to look into my mom's recipes a bit more each day and I started to find it interesting as a hobby. Each month I would go into our neighborhood bookstore and pick up my monthly book, until one day I decided to stroll over into the cooking section. That summer was the first time I actually bought a cooking magazine....and I loved it. Cooking and baking started out as a hobby, but now after many years it is my passion. Exploring the cuisines, the spices, the oils, the scents, the variety of smells and tastes that exist. It was and still is an amazing journey without limits. So, come along with me on this adventure, and I hope you enjoy my recipes. Sophie

9 Comments

  1. Megala
    December 14, 2018 at 4:07 pm  ·  Reply

    Yes, I do love to cook easy & tasty food like this. Have a great time with your mom! 🙂

  2. dtills
    December 16, 2018 at 11:05 pm  ·  Reply

    No dinner is faster than a bowl of cereal! 😊😂

  3. annika
    December 20, 2018 at 4:30 pm  ·  Reply

    You have such wonderful simple dishes! And I feel the same way about fast food places.. can’t even remember the last time and let’s keep it that way!

  4. PlantsandBeyond
    December 22, 2018 at 2:45 pm  ·  Reply

    I don’t want to cook today for sure !!! Excellent idea , Sophieeeeee🤗

  5. Sumit Jaitely
    January 15, 2019 at 1:06 pm  ·  Reply

    I love tasty food. I hope you will also like my latest blog post about almonds barfi https://amazingshining.com/indian-desserts-badam-barfi-recipe/

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