It’s becoming harder to find simple recipes in the book that I can pull together on a week night, just for me. They need to be quick, cheap and easy. Tonight I found a good one.
Super Squid Linguine
Before heading off to softball after work, I made a mad dash to the fish shop to grab a squid tube. Everything else for tonight’s dinner was in the pantry or in the fridge at home – it’s not often that happens, so I was a bit pleased with myself. I felt like a proper cook with her stocked larder. It’s the small things…
I made a quick marinade – chilli, parsley, lemon juice and zest, garlic and oil – for the scored and thinly sliced squid, left to sit for 10 minutes, then thrown into a hot frying pan until the squid starts to curl up into squiggles. Add some white wine and a handful of peas, let simmer for a few minutes while the pasta cooks. Drain the pasta and add it to the squid sauce with another squeeze of lemon, a slurp of olive oil and some chopped mint leaves.
And as Jamie says: “Serve! Eat!”
Xx
PS – I’m off to lunch with MasterChef winner Julie Goodwin tomorrow. Can’t wait.
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