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Spinach pasta with sundried tomatoes, leek and arugula

You know how sometimes you’re planning to make just a simple pasta dinner and then you wind up spending three hours in the kitchen? No? Well maybe it’s just me.

All I wanted was to fill my carb craving. A nice homemade pasta, with a simple olive-oil based sauce with sundried tomatoes, leek and arugula. Simple ingredients, lots of flavor, not too much work.

But then I decided to make spinach pasta. And then Eitan asked that I turn the pasta into ravioli.

So I’ve included three recipes here — one for the sauce, for those who want just a quick meal; one for the spinach pasta, for those who want higher returns in exchange for a larger investment; and one for the ravioli filling, for the truly crazy.

Coincidentally, the green pasta topped with the tomatoes and arugula wound up looking quite appropriate for Christmas. Continue reading Spinach pasta with sundried tomatoes, leek and arugula …

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Cherry tomatoes and arugula in balsamic cream sauce

I envisioned this as a sort of hot salad. In fact, many of the ingredients are the same — tomatoes, arugula, onions, balsamic vinegar. They just happen to be in a warm cream sauce.

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