It’s Presto Pasta Nights‘ 3rd Anniversary!
Three years of weekly recaps of pastas from around the world.
This successful event was started by Ruth, of Once Upon a Feast, back in the beginning of time (in the blog world).
I’ll admit, I didn’t start out participating….
My first post wasn’t until May of that year.
Once started I was fairly consistent, rarely missing a week until we moved 18 months ago. Lack of internet and no working kitchen made it a bit difficult.
I was just getting back into the groove, so to speak, when mon mari had his pancreas removed.
Strange as it may seem, his tastes underwent some changes as well. For the first few months he didn’t like – are you sitting down?….
He didn’t like pasta! It just didn’t taste ‘right’ to him.
He also didn’t like wine….
Fortunately, as time went on and he recovered from the surgery, (and stopped taking all the meds) his taste for both pasta and wine has returned.
He’s even started liking tuna again – but that’s another story. Let’s just say that I was able to make one of my favorite pasta dishes the other night for the first time in a long while.
This is a simple pasta full of Mediterranean flavors. Tuna is not a traditional
ingredient, but it makes a more substantial main course for our way of
eating. In Italy, this would be served without tuna, as a pasta course.
Visit Presto Pasta Nights on Friday to drool over all of the wonderful pastas
The recipe, Pasta Puttanesca with Tuna, has been updated, nutrition information added, and re-posted here: Pasta Puttanesca with Tuna.
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Yum, I love puttanesca.
Great idea to add tuna.
I use to buy such a great Puttanesca sauce when I lived in the US. Now, as in everything else, I have to make my own….
It souhds and looks delicious Katie. Hopefully mom mari loves pasta these days!!
It is inspiring to me right now to see you making all your own stuff… I am afraid the best of what i was used to is going to have to come out of my kitchen. i am so glad I found your site
And it’s always wonderful when you join in Presto Pasta Night fun. So glad ton mari is back on the pasta and wine wagon and your kitchen is ready for more.
Mmmm, puttanesca!! Thanks for the reminder to have it.
Olives stuffed with anchovies!! Cool. I’ve only recently discovered the wonders of anchovies.
-Elizabeth
P.S. PPN 3rd anniversary already?
P.P.S. Hope you weathered this recent storm all right!
Val, yes, we are back eating pasta – although not as often as I would like….
Year on the Grill, you are now going to learn the joys of expat life…. let me know if I can help with substitutions….
Ruth, me too!
Elizabeth, we always stock up on anchovy stuffed olives when we’re in Andorra…. No damage from the storm where we are now, thankfully. Just a restless night with the dogs being scared of the wind….
No taste for pasta! How horrendous. At least he’s getting it back. This looks delicious.
Joanne, it was awful – I had to cook potatoes for every dinner (in addition to the pasta or quinoa or barley or rice that I made for me…. I have my principles)