Here is an idea

Thursday 4pm

While I was searching in the larder for walnuts I found a packet of dried apricots left over from when Nicolas mum visited. So here is an idea for a pasta dish. I quite liked it even though Nicola described it as " Christmas Pasta " !

- Cook some pasta, enough for one piggy person
- slice a clove of garlic, fry gently in olive oil until just browning.
- take off the heat and pop in a sprig of Rosemary
- Add a handfull of walnut pieces and a handfull of dried apricots cut up into fat matchsticks
- stir and leave to warm through
- slice up a courgette again into matchsticks and fry quickly so it speckles brown but hopefully retains some bite.
- add to the apricots etc and keep warm
- drain the pasta mix all together, discarding the rosemary, and eat.

slices of crispy garlic and a mild rosemary flavour seemed just right today, even though it is the middle of winter, perhaps Christmas pasta is correct.