What to Do While Preparing for a Storm?

Missy Tippens

With Tropical Storm Irma approaching this past weekend, I decided to try to use up any leftovers and produce in the refrigerator since the power was likely to go out. I had a large batch of leftover spaghetti noodles and two bundles of asparagus.

Thankfully, I also had plenty of canned tomatoes in the pantry. Thus, I made one of my favorite pasta dishes. I've probably shared some version of this before because I used to eat it for lunch quite often.

Heat some oil in a skillet. Add some chopped garlic, then add the chopped asparagus. Cook for a couple of minutes. Then add canned diced tomatoes.

I also like to add some olives or capers. This time, I added chopped kalamata olives. It adds nice flavor and saltiness that I so love! Also, to make the sauce a bit saucier, I poured in some of the olive juice. If you don't want something quite that salty, you could add pasta water (unless, of course, you're using leftover noodles like I was). :)

Toss in the noodles and let them heat through. And of course, top with parmesan cheese!! If you're part of the Missy Tippens School of Thought on Cooking, that means LOTS of it. Ha ha!

What do you like to make when you're trying to clean out the refrigerator?

P.S. 
We weathered the storm well. Lost power for about 16 hours. Lots of yard debris but no trees down, thank the Lord. We all need to be praying for and doing what we can to help those hardest hit by Irma and Harvey. One organization that I know of that gets top ratings is the United Methodist Committee on Relief. I hope you'll check it out.

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