Sunday Dinners

When I think of Sunday Dinner, it’s always an easy, almost effortless meal that I can just simply enjoy and allow me to unwind, and that usually involves a pasta dish.

Recently, I found a local pasta company called Sonoran Pasta, which has a delicious bucatini pasta, made from scratch. I love a bucatini pasta, it looks like those pool noodles that kids use in the summer (but definitely not that large). Bucatini is usually served with a seafood dish and those thick noodles soak up the briny-ness (is that even a word?) of the protein of the sea but I love the riff of this dish made with the local produce from the Arizona locals.

I have found the BBQ grill to be the best thing for a homemade tomato based sauce. Roasting the tomatoes on the grill brings out its natural sugars, and it lends itself to create a whimsical sauce that is only achieved when heat mixes with the lycopene in the tomatoes and creates a harmonious melody. ( too much? I apologize, I just get so crazy when I talk about making homemade pasta sauce)

Take advantage of the local produce that surrounds you, it makes a simple dish into a stellar one and that is what makes a great Sunday Dinner.