pasta night

Today Haley and I visited the North Park farmers market, the first time in a while.  We used to go weekly, as we had a share in a CSA with our old roommate Lauren and would pick up our produce box there and in addition would leisurely browse the booths that had amazing food and crafts. 

Going today was a delight as always and we stopped at my favorite booth, the one that sells homemade pastas, pesto and hummus.  Although I have a pretty well stocked fridge and pantry at the moment, I wasn't able to pass up the fresh pasta (lemon basil fettuccine), and one sample of the walnut basil pesto had me ripping money out of my wallet.  Remembering that I had a plethora of veggies at home, I got out of the market relatively cheaply, but still had a great time looking, and sampling. 

At home I cut up zucchini and yellow squash and put them in a wok with a bit of olive oil and sea salt and a splash of balsamic vinegar. I cooked these until browned and a bit caramelized. 

I also found a portabella mushroom in the far reaches of the veggie drawer and cut it up in thick slices, mixed together olive oil and balsamic vinegar and let it sit in the mixture for several minutes before cooking it on medium high heat until both sides were browned.

Because I was using fresh pasta, it only takes a minute or two to cook, so once everything else was done, I put the pasta in the boiling water, pulled it out soon after, and liberally spooned the pesto over it to finish.  Delicious.