As I already said other times, I love octopus 🙂 but also the small octopus are nice too and they can be perfect in this simple recipe with pasta, it’s really a summer recipe.

The recipe can be maybe either with small octopus or with musky octopus (you can recognize them because the musky octopus has only one row of suckers)

Let’s see.

INGREDIENTS (2 people):

• 200 g linguine (or spaghetti)
• 250 g small octopus or musky octopus
• 200-250 g fresh tomatoes
• a tablespoon of taggiasche olives
• half glass of dry white wine
• 1 clove of garlic
• extra virgin olive oil
• fresh parsley
• freshly ground black pepper
• salt

1. First of all clean the octopus (remove the beak, etc.).
2. Take a large pan and heat the extra virgin olive oil with the garlic. When the garlic gets some color remove i, then add the octopus. Cook at medium heat 4-5 minutes…

Yes, another sausage recipe. We are using up the last of the bulk sausage we bought this month. I have used it in many different dishes and my family is still not tired of sausage. That is the great thing. If you can make your dishes taste different from night to-night you can eat the same meat and not get tired of it because it is so different. Garlic Butter Italian Sausage Sandwiches last week (click for link to original recipe) and now a Southern Sausage and Rice Casserole.

Most families have some sort of this dish in their repertoire. Most associate this dish with a childhood memory of mom or grandma making this. That is one of the reasons I love making dinners each night. I hope when my children are older they will remember the good feelings of being in the kitchen and at the dinner table. Maybe…

I am still keeping my trip report going on Earning My Disney PhD (click for link to blog posting) if you are interested.  Since it is supposed to be SUPER hot this week our grill is the perfect way to cook right now. By Friday and Saturday they are expecting the heat index to reach 110. I never remember it being that warm here. We will be heading out only as necessary and if we go to the beach it will be at sunset.

Verdict:

These were really good sausages. My son saw them at Costco and they were all beef, organic grass fed beef. Usually more than I spend on meat but he thought they looked good and he was right! I know buy the best  you can afford but I am cheap sometimes especially after vacations. Having an organic grass fed Beef Sausage was delicious.

I served this…