What's Faster and Easier Than Pasta? Nothing.

Cafe Drake HRV really cleaned up this past summer with a bounty of garden-fresh basil. Of course we made lots and lots of pesto and froze in small ziplock bags for emergencies such as the one witnessed above. Too tired to really put much effort into dinner and not wanting to face the arctic night air on a grocery run, yet still really really hungry, we simply boiled pasta, tossed it with the frozen pesto and reheated all over the gentlest of flames for about 10 minutes. Be sure to reserve at least 1/2 cup of the salty pasta cooking water as it helps bind the sauce and add flavor. We then rinsed some lettuce and threw onions and cherry tomatoes on top. The Moral of our Lesson: Eat Like a King without the Drudgery of a Kitchen Servant!