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Spicy Farfala Pasta with Aubergines & Tomatoes

Written by Published on Updated on June 2, 2019 in Dinner, Mediterranean cuisine

My mom’s flight was cancelled on Tuesday, due to heavy winds in NL, so she was booked on a flight back home yesterday.  She arrived safely and all is well, I was sad to see her go.  🙁  So, things will slowly  start to get back into the routine mode, with a slight change this year.  I will start working part time as of next week, which I am very happy about, and I also made a couple of New Year resolutions.   I am planning on seeing them through, and hoping that I reach the goals that I have set for 2019.

The past couple of years have been hard on myself and my husband, and the one thing that I did which was wrong is to bring into the New Year whatever problems we had from the past year.  This year I promised myself I will not do it anymore, I need to be more positive about life, and it’s challenges. Before I started the blog I used to sit on the couch all day and feel sorry for myself, I felt so disappointed in myself and life and I refused to accept some things.  But now enough, this is a new year, new goals and a new perspective on life…some of my friends always tell me to look upwards and onwards, and this is exactly what I plan on doing. 🙂  (I think that it’s time to get back to food blogging) 

https://foodzesty.com/2018/10/20/one-pot-thick-sweet-potato-soup/

Back to the recipe post of the day, this is a delicious Vegetarian dish that I think you might enjoy making and eating!!  Aubergines, just love them, especially when I also add tomatoes, I love the color combination of dark purple from the aubergines, a vibrant red from the tomatoes and green from the chives.  You might even say this looks like a colorful painting. 🙂

It took me about 35 minutes to prepare this meal, and since we are a one salary income,  this is definitely a budget friendly recipe. 🙂  I try to buy Organic Vegetables but everyone already knows they are a bit expensive, but if my budget permits I do prefer to shop Organic. 🙂

 

SPICY FARFALA PASTA WITH AUBERGINES & TOMATOES

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Ingredients
  

  • 1 Aubergine cut into cubes
  • 500 grams Farfala Pasta
  • 150 grams Grape/Cherry Tomatoes
  • 1/2 teaspoon Hot Red Pepper Flakes
  • 3 cups Vegetable Oil frying
  • 2 tablespoons Olive Oil
  • Chives for topping
  • Salt

Instructions
 

  • Cut Aubergines into cubes and place into a bowl filled with salted water. Drain before frying.
  • Cut Cherry Tomatoes into halves and set aside.
  • Bowl pasta in salted water as mentioned on package.
  • In a large sauté pan add in the vegetable oil and fry aubergines until texture is tender. Set aside when ready.
  • In a smaller sauté pan add in olive oil, hot pepper flakes along with the cherry tomatoes. Sauté for 10 minutes or until tomatoes are ready.
  • Drain pasta and add into the pan with the tomatoes. Mix thoroughly until ingredients are combined.
  • Add into the pasta mix the aubergines and continue mixing. Sprinkle a dash of salt and mix.
  • Place into a bowl and top with chives, and parmesan cheese.

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

12 Comments

  1. popsiclesociety
    January 10, 2019 at 11:34 am  ·  Reply

    Yummy 😋

  2. MichaelStephenWills
    January 10, 2019 at 12:56 pm  ·  Reply

    Looks soooo good

  3. Anneberly
    January 10, 2019 at 5:26 pm  ·  Reply

    I’m going to be making this soon. Looks delicious!!

  4. Megala
    January 12, 2019 at 11:30 am  ·  Reply

    Looks so beautiful & delicious!

  5. dtills
    January 13, 2019 at 8:54 pm  ·  Reply

    I am so glad you start your job! Be sure to let us all know how it goes Sophie💕

  6. annika
    January 25, 2019 at 5:31 pm  ·  Reply

    So simple and so good! Can’t wait for summer and picking cherry tomatoes from my garden!

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