Pinned it, Made it! Monday ~ Week 30 ~ (and Colt's 24th Birthday)

Another week has flown by and it's time again for Pinned it, Made it! Monday.  This week I do have something to share!


I tried out a new recipe.  It's called Tomato and Mozzarella Pasta al Forno. 

Here's the original pin (found on my Pinterest board What's for Dinner?):

Source:  Annie's Eats

 Here's the recipe:

Tomato and Mozarella Pasta al Forno

Ingredients

2 Tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
2 garlic cloves, crushed
2- 14 oz. cans diced Italian plum tomatoes
1 tsp. dried oregano
salt and pepper
 1 lb. pasta (tube)
8 oz. mozzarella cheese (cubed)
2/3 cup parmesan

Directions

Heat oil in skillet.  Add garlic and cook over medium heat, 1 minute.  Add tomatoes and oregano and simmer rapidly, stirring occasionally until thickened, 15 minutes.  Add salt and pepper.  Meanwhile, cook pasta.  Toss pasta with sauce.  Place half of pasta in an oiled 9 x 13 dish.  Cover with half of parmesan and mozzarella.  Bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes. 

** Note from Tammy ** I didn't have garlic cloves, so I used 2 Tbsp of garlic powder.  I used rigatoni pasta, but I would also have used penne if I had them.  And I used shredded mozzarella cheese, instead of cubed, since I had that on hand.  And one last thing I did different was to add a little Italian salad dressing.  I didn't measure, but it was probably equal to about 2 Tbsp or so (just squirted some in).  I also put a little more oregano - I used an equal amount of that as I did garlic powder - 2 Tbsp. 

Here's mine......yummy!  :)

I loved this dish.  I just love Italian and Mexican dishes best of all anyway.   I asked Jason to rate it for me on a scale of 1-10 for you guys and he gave it a 7.  He liked it.  :)   I will be making it again.  I just served a salad along with it because we are keeping it simple and frugal these days. 

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Now I'd love to see what you've been pinning and making.  Would you link up and share this week?

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I realize this post is going on today (Sunday), but it will still be on tomorrow (Monday).....and Monday (March 4th) is also my Colt's birthday!  It's his 24th birthday, actually!  How can that possibly be? He's grown into a wonderful young man.  For quite a few years, he was the one and only.  He and I spent many a day here homeschooling just the two of us when little Miss Joy made her debut when he was almost 10 years old.  He and I had quite a few adventures together.  We love you, Colt!  We're blessed to have you for our son!  Happy 24th Birthday! 

 

 

 

We'll be celebrating with Colt for his birthday tonight at his restaurant of choice!  More on that later.

 

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great week!  :)

 

♥ Tammy ♥