We went to a countdown to 6:00 party last night. It was a fun time, and the kids had fun with all the noisemakers. We asked Carrie what she wanted to bring, and she said “penny pasta, carrots and meat.” I put those three ingredients into allrecipes (well, I translated “penny” into “penne” and “meat” into “beef”) and the only recipe that came up was this one. We left out the hot pepper flakes in the dressing, and since there were no bean sprouts to be found at the store we used sugar snap peas instead. I also opted to not put in the green onions, peanuts or cilantro to make it a tad bit more kid friendly. And “penny pasta”? That apparently really means rotini, which is what we wound up using. So a lot of mods. But the dressing is fantastic. I’ve found my new favorite pot luck dish for the year, I think. And the best part is that my kid will actually eat it!
(You can pretend there are resolutions in this post, such as updating my blog more often and keeping my house cleaner, but it’s probably not worth it since they’ll be broken tomorrow.)