Pasta with Salmon, Sun-Dried Tomatoes, and Capers

Wow, is this amazing!

5oz whole grain spaghetti, linguine, angel hair or farfalle
2 salmon fillets, cubed
4oz sun-dried tomatoes
1/2 cup white wine (or water with white wine vinegar)
3Tbsp lemon juice
1Tbsp capers
1 clove of garlic
3/4tsp italian seasoning
1/4tsp pepper
16 kalamata or black olives

Cook pasta according to package directions.
Heat the oil from tomatoes in a non-stick skillet.  Add salmon and cook until done.  Add all the other ingredients.  Bring to a boil and cook 1 minute.  Toss the pasta with the sauce.  Serve with parmesan.

P.S. This is as good or better as a similar dish I had at restaurants before!

My biggest wish,
your biggest fear.
How can we love so many things
together,
yet
cannot agree
on one thing, that's
your biggest fear.
My biggest wish.

Merry Christmas, everyone!

 

 As usual, the photo is by the amazing katieriversphoto.com Please, check her out!

 Coming soon:

A report on our trip to DC

A story of a brave family

Recipes for eggnog and marshmallows

Guilty

I feel so bad about not posting here enough, but life just seems to be a little too hectic right now. I started a new job - my first full-time job in 3.5 years! - at the local college. We are leaving on a road trip to Washington D.C. this weekend (I have to go to the Embassy) and I still don't have all the necessary papers ready, and my bags are very much not packed. Christmas shopping is almost done. 3 gift baskets filled with homemade goodies are packed and delivered. Christmas cards are mailed. The house is decorated. I have to finish one purse a girl is waiting for, make another purse, and make 5 more pairs of baby booties some time soon. I have several things that I made a month or so ago that haven't been photographed and displayed yet, as well as a dozen pictures of new meals I cooked that await being posted here. Add to this cooking meals for a constantly hungry male who is trying to gain weight (while I'm hopelessly trying to lose it) and P90X 3 nights a week...
And I just don't function well in winter. It seems that all of my energy goes on staying warm.

A chance to win

A really cool handmade bunny. Oh, how I want one! 

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The Time Traveler's Wife. Book Review.

I have just finished reading Audrey Niffenegger's The Time Traveler's Wife, and my feelings are mixed. On one hand, it is a very engaging novel, a page-turner, an interesting blend of science fiction and romance. At different times, the story made me hold my breath, envy, smile, and (almost) cry. There is one big "BUT" though.

To put it simply, I would have enjoyed the book much, much more if the characters were, well, nicer people. I don't see how casual use of drugs, getting drunk, and (SPOILER!) sleeping with one's best friend's boyfriend/spouse on two separate occasions add to the plot. I'm not trying to ignore reality here - I know that a lot of people practice destructive behavior, but I am against making it look normal. The numeral occurrences of the "f-word" and other vulgarities seem unjustified as well.

Also, there is (in my humble opinion) a major plot issue: until Henry and Clare meet in real time, he leads an absolutely selfish yet self-destructive life. He is the kind of person I would pity, but wouldn't want to have anything to do with. And then Clare comes along, and he suddenly turns into a nearly angelic being. Just like that. "I don't believe it!" - as Stanislavski would have said.

All in all, it was a good read, but not something I would purchase, want a hypothetical teenage daughter to read, or recommend to my pastor's wife.

I'm going to try to make these for Christmas!

Cutest bunnies