When I posted about baking I felt inspired to cook dinner for family. However, I did not turn to Smitten Kitchen, instead I turn Giada DeLaurentiis. She is a personal favorite of mine! I love Italian food and usually turn to her when I need a good pasta dish. I perfected this recipe last year during student teaching. When I wasn't having a turkey sandwich for lunch, I would take the leftovers to school. The other teachers thought it looked good too. I thought I share it on my blog and actually take pictures this time. Just a FYI, the photos aren't that great but at least I posted some right?
Penne with sausage, artichokes, and sun-dried tomatoes. The link uses a different pasta and it works fine. (
Here is the link from food network)
Cutting up the garlic
Cooking the sausage in the sun-dried tomato oil
Wine with the super cool Wine Rabbit (if your avid wine drinker get one)
The cork!
It was so cool I had to take a picture, oh and proceeds from the wine go to help Dress for Success which helps woman get into the work place. Good wine and they have a bunch of different types.
The artichokes, tomatos, wine, broth, and garlic cooking.
My Dad took a break from football to help with the cheese.
Back to football. We watched the Packers/Chargers game and the Raiders/Broncos game.
The cheese!
The table set up. My sister's spot has become where we put our mail.
My cake from yesterday :) It's almost all gone. My mom, dad, and I has a piece for breakfast, we have no shame.
I realized why I don't do a cooking blog. Food photography isn't as easy as it looks. I probably could have posted the recipe instead of the link to show changes I made but I rarely ever make changes. You could follow my pictures better too. Oh well! Hope you all like it :)