Some Italian Comfort Food

I did a good job of staying glomped to one of my Italian cookbooks. I made a couple of salads, one is a tomato mozzarella salad with balsamic vinegar and fresh basil,the other is a salad with greens, oranges (I chose mandarins, they’re my favorite orange of choice due to their distinct flavor), black olives and added some bleu cheese with a orange raspberry vinaigrette of my own creation. The noodles are in an Alfredo sauce with smoked Italian ham, peppers and onions with some pesto mixed into the cream sauce…. and corn. I think the only recipe I didn’t stray too far from was the tomato mozzarella salad. The other two were modifications of a couple recipes to suit my leftovers. I also experimented with a new omelet recipe today! Unfortunately the omelet didn’t last long enough to take pictures. But I cut up a hatch chile and some onion and sauteed them with some Italian ham and olive oil, then folded them inside the omelet with some melty bleu cheese and it was great!

I think we’ll have plenty of leftovers over the next couple of days. :rick: