Whip It Up: The Final Week!

For this, the last week of Whip It Up, the theme was dessert. And I totally would have made a dessert, except that most desserts require baking, my oven isn’t heating properly, and the new oven doesn’t come until next week. Also, Tim and I aren’t really big dessert people, so the oven’s malfunctioning is mostly just a convenient excuse for the fact that we more-than-likely wouldn’t have made a dessert anyway.

Instead, I made the Pasta with Peppers and Mozzarella that Erin made a couple of weeks ago. Based on what she said, I was prepared to need to tweak the recipe a bit, most likely by adding some balsalmic vinegar. I figured the balsalmic vinegar would best be added at the end, so I decided to just follow the recipe then do a taste test to determine what, if anything, was needed. Come taste-test time, however, everything tasted delicious! So the balsalmic vinegar stayed in the cabinet and I dished up two heaping bowls of yummy, nutritious pasta to enjoy with a delicious bottle of wine while we watched [mother fucking] Snakes on a [mother fucking] Plane on Cinemax. (Sounds like a romantic evening, no?)

Was it easy to make? Yup! Super easy. The only snafu (snafoo?) was the same snafu (snafoo?) I always have — I started out using too small of a pot and had to transfer everything into a bigger pot mid-recipe. No big deal, really, just one more dish for Tim to wash later.

Did it taste good? At first, yes. But a few bites in the bitterness of the arugula got to be a bit overpowering. Other than that, though, it was great. I ate around the arugula and loved every last bite of pasta, peppers, and fresh mozzarella. Oh, how I love fresh mozzarella!

Would I make it again? I imagine so. Next time I’ll use spinach in place of arugula, and I bet the whole dish will be incredibly delicious.

August 28, 2008 | Filed Under Kitchen Adventures, Photos & Videos 

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6 Responses to “Whip It Up: The Final Week!”

  1. Erin on August 28th, 2008

    We made this again this week, and I figured out why it wasn’t as tasty the first time. I put in a cup of pasta water the first time when it only needed 1/2 a cup. Oops.

  2. Gary on August 29th, 2008

    I was about to say you should use spinach if the arugula is too much, but you beat me to it.
    Also, I went to Snakes on Plane in the theaters cause how could I not? Went opening night with a bunch of people (which i generally don’t like doing but with this movie, I felt it was called for). I also snuck in a decent size bottle of Jack Daniels to add to my and my friend’s coke (a-cola, not blow, that would make the movie way too intense). SO i was drinking my jack and coke getting so excited for THE line. I started having to urinate, but i wanted to hold it cause i didn’t want to miss the THE line. I finally gave it about ten minutes to the end and missed THE (motherfuckin) line. Boo me.

  3. The real jessie but secretly kat on August 29th, 2008

    It’s “SNAFU” because it stands for “Situation normal, all fucked up”. It’s also a flavor at Ben and Jerry’s (or was when I worked there) where all the letters stand for the stuff in the ice cream.

  4. Julie on August 30th, 2008

    I bent the rules too and did NOT make a dessert.

    SO THERE Whip it Up!

  5. Definitely RA | The Final Whip It Up Wrap-Up on August 31st, 2008

    [...] took a cue from other WIU participants and loved how Pasta with Peppers and Mozzarella turned [...]

  6. heather on September 2nd, 2008

    That looks amazing. I’m saving this one! : )

    Sounds like a fun night!

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