On Friday, I made Giada's Fusilli with Sausage, Artichokes, and Sun-Dried Tomatoes. I've made it before, and it's really delicious! It's pretty easy, too. It tastes liike something you might get at an Italian restaurant!
This time, though, I had three problems.
First, I had to get regular sausage instead of turkey sausage. This actually made it tasty, but it also made it a lot more fattening.
Second, I couldn't find frozen artichokes! I swear I've bought them before at Wal-Mart (which is odd) or Schnuck's. This time, they weren't available anywhere!!! At schnucks, there was a space for them, but they weren't in stock. Could they have sold out???
Third, they were out of fresh mozarrella at Schnucks. This also seems odd, so it's possible I wasn't looking in the right place (it's not my usual store). They had fresh smoked mozarrella, so I got that instead.
I thought the smoked cheese would add an interesting flavor, but it was actually too much. The sun dried tomatoes, artichokes, sausage, and garlic already had a good flavor - and the smoked cheese was too intense. It wasn't bad at all, but it's better with the regualr fresh mozarrella.
We had lunch at Crane Alley on Saturday, and I had a super tasty Turkey Reuben. I think it's my new favorite thing there! On Sunday, we had a really delicious dinner at Radio Maria. Their full restaurant menu wasn't available, but I got the Torta Maria. So good!!!
We have a work dinner tonight and then I have a knitting class tomorrow, so we won't be making dinner again until Wednesday. We have a pasta with mushroom dish and the pierogies with bacon on the menu for Wednesday and Thursday! Yum!
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