So we begin the Friday night dinners during Lent. Not someone's favorite time of the year but I am determined to kick it up a notch this Lent with dinner ideas.
We started off with that TikTok Sensation - Baked Feta Pasta With Tomatoes.
Insert crowd cheers.
Have you seen this video? As soon as I saw it I knew it would be a hit in our house.
It is so damn easy. One baking dish and one pot. Gotta love an easy clean-up on a Friday night.
This recipe is very adaptable to anyone's taste. I read that you can use goat cheese instead of Feta. And the pasta can be whatever you like. It was recommended something like a bowtie pasta but I opted for homemade fettuccini.
We loved this. Both of us went back for seconds. The sauce was so delicious. It is a good idea to save some of the pasta water in case the pasta looks like it could use more sauce once it is added to the baking dish.
Click here for the original recipe.
This was my version of the recipe tailored for our tastes.
Ingredients-
12 oz. pasta of your choice
1/2 cup olive oil
1 box cherry tomatoes (around 10 oz)
1 block feta about 8 oz
a few pinches of red pepper flakes
1/4 cup fresh basil leaves
salt and pepper
Method-
Preheat oven to 400˚F. Then toss cherry tomatoes with olive oil, salt, and pepper in a baking dish.
Stick a block of feta in the middle and add another glug of olive oil along with a few more cranks of fresh pepper.
Bake for 35 minutes or until the feta is brown and the tomatoes have burst. Then stir to mix.
Boil water for the pasta, remember to add salt!
Cook the pasta, saving some of the water in case there is not enough liquid in the sauce.
Chop the basil.
Remove the baking dish from the oven and add red pepper flakes and stir.
Stir in the cooked pasta.
Garnish with basil.
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