Why hobbit food you ask?

Have you ever wondered what hobbits eat? This question never occurred to us until one Sunday night where we used left over boiled, mashed up tubers to cover a hard boiled egg. We took this concept from a Guyanese dish known as Egg Ball. Which really is a hard boiled egg covered in a single root called cassava. After we fried up these tuber balls and were sitting down to devour them Tony said, "Sara, you cook like a hobbit and it's awesome" which then turned these tuber balls into hobbit balls. This also got us thinking, "what else have we cooked that's been inspired through the use of local ingredients and cuisine?" From this our blog was born. But if you're actually looking for foods that hobbits eat you won't find them here. But we do hope you enjoy our creations!

Sunday, August 14, 2011

“Mom's” Guyanaed Pasta


Back in the states we used to cook a dish we called “Mom's Pasta” pretty regular. (Named after Chel's Mom). It was an amazing dish dealing with noodles, broccoli, olives, snap peas, bell pepper, italian sausage, and pine nuts with some olive oil and seasoning for flavor. (sometimes parmesan cheese) We had a craving for it recently maybe because it's been 18 months and our culinary minds have been stretched to the limits, or maybe we wanted a piece of home. Anyway, we had to modify the recipe a bit, but it came down to one of the most delicious and simple dishes we could possibly make.

Pasta
Onion
Garlic
Cut up (chipped as they say in Guyana)Bora (asian string beans)
Shaved Carrot
Cut Olives
Corn (we used canned)
Diced tomato
Olive Oil
Seasoning (Salt or Adobo or Bragg or whatever you want really)


Boil your pasta.

Cut up and Saute the onion and garlic in Olive Oil

Add the Chipped Bora and Carrot (a few minutes)

Add Corn and Olives

Add the Tomatoes

Stir in the cooked pasta. Add more olive oil if you want for a nice sauce and your seasoning.

Fry and stir for a few minutes (but not so long as the veggies start to wilt. You still want them to have a crunch.)

Serve.

Simple and delicious!


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