Light & Easy Garlic Tomato Linguini @KorinaMossAuthor

KORINA MOSS: The last two weeks have been super busy for me. After I returned from my road trip to Maryland for Malice Domestic, it was time to move my son out of his college dorm. Then we went in search of proper clothes & supplies for his two-week field study course in Acadia, Maine, which is less than a week away. Also keeping up with my own writing and work has left cooking on the back burner. (See what I did there?) I have a strong feeling I'm not the only one with a very busy schedule. So I decided to share what I made this past week: a quick garlic tomato pasta dish that was satisfying and light enough to have even in the heat of the summer. This is a single serving, so as always, the quantity and ingredients can be modified. I'm listing what I used. 

Ingredients: 

Whole wheat linguini

2 sundried tomatoes
5 cherry tomatoes
2 cloves of garlic, peeled

1 TBL Olive oil
1 TBL sundried tomato oil 
Parmesan cheese

Directions:

Bring a pot of water to boil and cook pasta according to package directions.

Chop sundried tomatoes and garlic. 

Cut cherry tomatoes in half or thirds.

When pasta is done or almost done:

In a pan (or use the same pot as your pasta while it’s in the colander), heat olive oil and sundried tomato oil. (You can also add or substitute with butter.)

On low, heat the garlic, sundried tomatoes, and cherry tomatoes for a minute or two while moving them around in the pan occasionally until the garlic becomes fragrant. 

Add the cooked and drained linguini and mix it in with the olive oil mixture.

Transfer it to serving bowls. Add parmesan cheese. Enjoy!

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KORINA MOSS is the author of the Cheese Shop cozy mystery series set in the Sonoma Valley, including the Agatha Award winner of the Best First Novel, Cheddar Off Dead, and the nominee for Best Contemporary Novel, Case of the Bleus. Her books have been featured in PARADE Magazine, Woman’s World Magazine, AARP Magazine, and Fresh Fiction. 

For the past several years, Korina has been on her own Eat, Pray, Love journey, which seems to have stalled at the Eat phase. When not writing or sampling new cheeses (a perk of the job), she can be found with a new favorite cozy, doing jigsaw puzzles, or discovering new travel destinations. She has an affinity (some might say addiction) to coffee mugs, loves cats, and can't pass up a new notebook or journal with all those fresh, empty pages. Please visit her website for more information at korinamossauthor.com.