Saturday, February 23, 2008

Bruschetta, baby

I bought a bag of pesto flavoured pita crisps today but had nothing to eat it with as they were pretty bland on their own.
I looked into the fridge and found a container of canned plum tomatoes.
At first, I was going to make salsa but personally, I feel that Italian food > Mexican food. Thus, I decided to make bruschetta. I didn't know how to make bruschetta so I had to look up the ingredients online. I didn't really follow it (as usual) but I learned that it requires olive oil and balsamic vinegar. I'm really shocked at just how EASY it is to make this delicious Italian appetizer. This is going to be a staple in my kitchen from now on. I will eat bruschetta as a snack or a meal. I loves it.

Here is my recipe for my version of bruschetta:

Serves 1-2 people (In my case, one. I ate the entire bowl of tomato goodness.)
Ingredients:
1 cup of canned plum tomatoes with liquid in tact
1/4 cup of finely chopped red onion (the finer the better to avoid bad breath)
salt and pepper to taste
a handful of finely chopped basil
3 tsp. of olive oil
2 tsp. of balsamic vinegar

Directions:
Put everything into a bowl and mix!!!

Can be used to top crusty bread, or in my case, pesto pitas. I like that the flavour of the pesto complements nicely with the bruschetta.

Sorry, no photos today. It was that good.