Freeing My Inner Genius

It’s Tuesday, so I had a “me day.” I took dogger to the vet this morning for her 6 month blood test. She is on Deramaxx everyday for her pain due to hip displaysia and has been doing wonderfully with it. I hardly know she has displaysia. However, she is tested 2 times a year to make sure that she is tolerating the meds well. Hopefully, she can stay on it. That was the only really “un-mellow” part of my day…the rest of the day I just sat and watched tv. It was nice. I watch too much tv.

The question remains: What did I cook today? Well, there is a story here…sort of. Todd and I love this little restaurant called Revivals. It’s a great little place where the owner cooks the food and roams around chatting with customers. The staff knows us and they know that Todd wants a Black and Tan (Bass and Murphy’s) and I want a Stoli and Cranberry. Todd almost always gets the fajitas and I usually get the Pasta Devino. I was craving the Pasta Devino tonight, but Todd is at a dinner meeting in Philly and I am stuck dining alone. I felt up to the challenge of recreating my favorite dish:

Three cheese tri-color tortellini (because I like lots of color…especially in my pasta)

This is the experimental part. Sauteed chicken breast in olive oil (I only ever sautee in olive oil…I hate all other oils), then I added 2 cans of artichoke hearts, some roasted peppers (from a jar…I wasn’t THAT ambitious!), and chopped fresh parsley and about 6 garlic cloves. Oh did I mention the butter? Yep, one whole stick (next time I may use 1/2 – 3/4 of a stick). I added a bit more olive oil and a splash of white wine.  When everything was fully cooked, I threw it all in a giant mixing bowl.

Here’s my dinner:

Success!! On my first try, I have successfully recreated my favorite dish. So I skipped the spinach and sun-dried tomatoes, I didn’t miss them. Perhaps now I can branch out and try something else at Revivals.