Cooking & Baking

(It's a Costco MRE) I'm still recovering from dental surgery so not eating much in the way of chewy or crunchy things.

For your dinner, try just working on it off-the-cuff. That's how I cook about two-thirds of the time these days. I developed a recipe for pasta with fresh tomatoes (cherry or regular, whatever I have on hand at the moment) and bacon which is now a staple in the repertoire. I haven't tried it, but it could undoubtedly be modified to use anchovies by adding them towards the end rather than earlier. My idea would be to use some garlic and olive oil to start, then add your tomatoes, cut up but not too finely, and cook until sort of tender It will be juicy, so you can cook down a little and/or add some tomato paste (about a tablespoon). Add your anchovies (cut up or not) and season as desired, I usually add the already cooked pasta to the sauce at this point, toss it, and then add a lot of chopped fresh basil which I grow on my deck. This is a riff on my bacon and tomato pasta. I might try it on some Friday myself.....