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this looks so delicious. I was surprised though to see that you used canned tomatoes instead of fresh. I'm used to seeing with very chunky salsa with marinated fresh tomatoes or more of the spicy pureed version liked you image above. in your experience, do most salsas that look like this use canned tomatoes?

looks great either way!!

Fry in oil or grill (until slightly blackened) 4 roma tomatoes, 2-4 jalapeno or serrano chiles depending upon your desire for heat, and one clove of garlic. The garlic clove can be cooked in skin by grilling the clove with the vegetables or frying. The above cooked ingredients can be mashed by hand with a mortar/pestle or blended after salting to taste (probably 1tsp) and adding one crispy bacon. I small handful of cilantro is chopped and added to the salsa. You can chopped fresh or cooked onion depending on your taste (I prefer without). This is an EXCELLENT and easy mexican salsa (ranchera) from a Mexican.

@theactivedaddy, I'd classify this as more flavorful than hot, but you can add more peppers if heat is what you're after.

@jmax, no, I just throw in the whole can.

Carbonara pasta... gotta love bacon and egg and pasta!!! YUMMY!!!

Easy italian here means also making fresh pasta in the time it takes to boil the pot of water. I use Jamie Oliver's friend Gennaro's method to make pasta in about 3 minutes - check out this podcast:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boSyVjkf4to

While the pasta rests 5-10 minutes before rolling and cutting, I pull out the food processor and mix 1 cup of toasted walnuts, 1/2 cup of fresh basil, a clove of garlic and olive oil (adding slowly, probably around 1/2 to 3/4 cup in total) until I get a decent pesto. I usually season it, adding salt and ground pepper.

Now the pesto's done, just quickly roll out the pasta, roll it up into a tight jelly roll and slice to the thickness you want...easy!

Boil the fresh pasta (takes far less time - watch it), top with sauce and freshly grated grana padano.

A very easy way to impress your date!

I like to make my own homemade pasta. It's time consuming but worth it.

I like making a cold spaghetti salad in the summer. I use whatever I happen to have on hand at the moment. Cooked spaghetti mixed with some diced tomatoes, red onion, green pepper, black olives, etc. Add some EVOO and red wine vinegar with some garlic salt, pinch or two of sugar, some salad supreme and some parmesan cheese. Yum!

Pasta Roni and Hamberhelper!I'm in dire need of a cookbook *smiles*

Making ravioli is fun!

Lasagne made with ground turkey and three types of cheese. garrettsambo@aol.com

I like to cook a lot of Giada's Pasta recipes. My favorite is the Lasagna Rolls with Spinach and Proscuitto.

Homemade macaroni & cheese