Simple Is Good

Simple is good:

Here's a brilliant dinner-on-the-fly, made-up-just-now, I-feel-kinda-genius pasta idea:

Roasted tomatoes (I got really ambitious and let mine roast for about 6 hours on super-low heat, like 200 degrees)

1 can Trader Joe's Corn and Chile Salsa

Macaroni

Freshly grated Parmesan

Olive oil, salt, and pepper

Cook the macaroni and drain, then drizzle with olive oil. Mix in roasted tomatoes, eyeballing it so the mix is about 2/3 macaroni to 1/3 roasted tomatoes. Add in about 4 tbsp salsa. Top with grated Parmesan. Congratulate yourself on your simplicity (and brilliance).

This is good. The tomatoes are smokey and a little sweet. The salsa is also sweet, and the corn adds a nice, slightly crunchy texture to the dish. The freshly grated Parmesan adds salty, savory, umami-quality. What's not to love? So simple!

Simple is good. True for food, perhaps even truer for love. I had forgotten how easy it is to be involved with someone when it's right...when you want the same thing, and it just so happens that thing is each other!

Bon Appetit!