Linguini with Clam Sauce

What do we make on nights when we're UBER busy and need food fast? Or nights when we want a "no stress" feast that we can sit back enjoy with some crusty bread and a bottle of wine?

This is it. It's 20 minutes from start to finish. Perfect for meatless days during Lent. And the ingredients are cheap and easy to find. These days I keep canned clams & clam juice in the pantry, and we always seem to have a bottle of white wine (though you can leave that out, too, if you like). I usually drain my clams to remove grit, but I will sometimes use some of the clam liquor in the pasta sauce if it looks fairly clean.















Linguini with Clam Sauce



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Pear Burritos

This recipe was inspired by something I found in the Whole Foods Market Cookbook, and was enhanced by the roasting techniques I've picked up in one of my all-time favorite cookbooks, The Roasted Vegetable (Andrea Chesman). I adapted the original recipe by cutting down on the size of each burrito, increasing the amount of pear syrup slightly, and adding a lovely cinnamon sugar coating.

It turns out the recipe is really as delicious as it sounds. The pears caramelize nicely in the hot oven, and they pair beautifully with the marscapone, which melts into a lovely sauce inside the tortilla packets. The pear syrup is a nice accompaniment for the crisped burritos, flavored perfectly (and subtley) by the cloves, cinnamon, and orange peel.

Pear Burritos - Lo-style


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