By VICTOR E. SASSON
EDITOR
I stopped at Whole Foods Market in Paramus to pick up naturally raised oxtails for the meat eaters in the family, and grabbed a copy of "The Whole Deal," a store publication with coupons, recipes and other advice.
As I was leafing through it at home, I got a kick out of "10 things to do with pasta sauce (beyond pasta)."
I have lots of bottled sauce around -- 40-ounce bruisers from Victoria and Paesana -- and smaller jars from The Silver Palate and ShopRite.
So on Saturday morning, I tried the first non-pasta suggestion -- Eggs in Purgatory.
I simmered 1 cup of Silver Palate Tomato Basil sauce and a little olive oil in a small pan, cracked open two organic eggs and topped them with shaved Grana Padano Cheese, black pepper and dried Italian herbs.
I found a glass cover for the pan that helped cut the cooking time.
One cup of pasta sauce for two eggs seemed like a lot, but I used an 8-inch, non-stick pan and followed the recipe.
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On Saturday morning, I used The Silver Palate Tomato Basil sauce. |
Chili, Spanish rice
The next two suggestions are chili -- just add beans and chili powder to pasta sauce -- and Spanish rice.
For the rice dish, Whole Foods suggests cooking 1 cup of rice and substituting 1 cup of pasta sauce for 1 cup of water.
Then, you stir in capers, green olives and chopped green onions.
I might try this with 2 or 3 cups of organic brown rice. I have capers, pitted black olives and scallions in the refrigerator.
Fish in pasta sauce
Another suggestion I like is poaching fish fillets in pasta sauce, a variation on my own recipe of poaching cod, haddock or wild salmon in Mexican green salsa with added fresh lime juice.
On Thursday, I bought a 24-ounce jar of Whole Foods Roasted Salsa Verde for $3.99, and a 16-ounce jar of Roasted Chipotle Salsa for $2.69.
Both are free of the MSG that is now being added to a onetime favorite, La Costena Mexican Green Salsa.
The frozen Coleman Oxtails were $7.99 a pound, and each of the two packages I bought weighed more than 2 pounds.
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