I can honestly say, Monday is here way too early for me this week. I had a good, but short weekend. Our Friday night dinner with the boys was so much fun. We watched
Arrested Development (we are rewatching the season again with the boys). I love that they get most of it and quote it. It's so funny when they do that.
The boys ate a variety of sausages and cheeses with socca. I decided to go a completely different, but super easy route...sauteed eggplant with a spicy
Arrabbiata sauce from
Barilla and nutritional yeast over a bed of lettuce served with chunks of
socca. The sauce was so good!
Thick, chunky, hearty with a nice kick to it to balance out the smooth eggplant.
I love using pasta sauces for dressing.
This one was especially good since there was a little heat that was cooled down with the crisp lettuce.
Did I give you enough shots of it? Can you tell I LOVED it? I love making my sauces from scratch, but it really is nice to have some easy fixes for a quick meal. I sauteed the eggplant with a little bit of olive oil, salt and pepper. Easy and delicious!
Now, it's time to get on with this crazy Monday!
Rarely do I make my own sauces. When I bake, most everything is from scratch. But cooking? I take shortcuts... as much as possible!
ReplyDeleteLove the idea of using "chunks" of socca. Like croutons or panzanella!
ReplyDeleteI love marinara sauce on just about anything -- especially the chunkier sauces with veggies in there. It is so good!
ReplyDeleteI love Arrested Dev't -- so glad your boys are enjoying the show!
i use pasta as dressing too! The spicier the better. Now I just need to make more socca for this. Those boys are so lucky to have you.
ReplyDeleteHa - Jay and I were just talking about Arrested Development. We've never seen it but we love Jason Bateman so we were thinking we should rent it!
ReplyDeleteYum, I love a spicy sauce - that's how I make mine and have to remember to warn people ;-)
ReplyDeleteHappy Monday, Sarena! Its always good to get recommendations for good store bought sauces - its easy to buy a dud and be disappointed. Hope you have a great day!
ReplyDeleteI hope I have the type of children who appreciate Arrested Development :-)
ReplyDeleteI lvoe the thought of doing spicy marinara as a dressing. Mmmm.
ReplyDeleteperfect looking sauce and love all the pics! :)
ReplyDeleteHaha on all the shots! It's fun to love good food and share it with others. ;-)
ReplyDeleteShirley
Oooh LOVE the idea of pasta sauce for dressing - I never thought of that but I bet it's so delicious!
ReplyDeleteI always like to think that I'll make my own sauce... but I never do.
ReplyDeleteYum, eggplant! So good to see you sprinkling nutritional yeast on stuff. I remember when you didn't care for it. It's addictive, I've been eating on popcorn. So. Delish.
ReplyDeletelooks delicious!!!! socca in salad yes please!!!
ReplyDeleteI've never tried barilla's arrabiata sauce, but it really is one of my favorite types of sauce in general! Love a little spice :)
ReplyDeleteLooks like the perfect combination of stuff!
I love to use a salsa or marinara as a dressing too! I love the warm over cold crisp salad - Mmm, I think I know what's for dinner tonight! ;)
ReplyDeletewe love Arrested Development.