Last night we made an amazing pasta for dinner. It’s a recipe for Pasta with Squid Rings, (yes, I know they could have named it better – they were trying to incorporate the word “rings” because of the Olympics), that I saw in the Globe and Mail about a week ago and I’ve been thinking about ever since.
It’s basically pasta mixed with olive oil, small tomatoes, garlic, and fresh basil, and some calamari rings, chili flakes, and capers have been added. It’s really good, and frozen calamari rings are surprisingly inexpensive. It was something like $4 for a pound, cheaper than most “normal” meat. I had to convince Joanie that she would like calamari if it wasn’t deep-fried and breaded, but so long as I promised not to put any little tentacles in her food, (there weren’t any in the calamari that we bought), it was fine.