yummy easy recipe

if you miss us, here's a couple of things you can do:

rent Ratatouille the movie (the rat is me and the boy is keith...heheheheh)


and...


here's an easy pizza/sandwich recipe that I love right now:

handful of kalmata olives
handful of sicilian green olives (these are the olives that you find at good markets like whole foods...or the like)
roma tomatoes
small onion
ricotta cheese (sheeps milk is the best)
red pepper flakes
(salami slices optional)
focaccia loaf

slice focaccia loaf in half...not like slicing bread but like making a top and bottom
cut up olives/de-pit
add olives and a small amount of olive oil if olives are not coated in oil on bottom layer
cut up onion small and sprinkle on top
slice tomato (roma is best b/c not so watery) then top
add chili pepper flakes to taste
add salami slices if you want
spread ricotta on inside of top slice of bread and put on top of sandwich (ricotta side in of course!)

grill in panini pan or flip in grill pan

eat! yummers...it is like a fast pizza sandwich! the better the ingredients, the better the product - italy's food lesson. italian cuisine might seem simple but the ingredients are very planned. the wrong cheese or spice might make for a luke-warm dish. simplicity is easy and fast but takes smarts!