Pay Day Means Paola

Tonight was a reminder that it's probably important to store fresh herbs separately in the fridge. I had the cilantro and parsley in the same bag and ended up accidentally substituting some cilantro for parsley in my main dish, Pollo da Paola. Thankfully I've been building an immunity to cilantro over the last week and even though it tasted vaguely like the Cilantro Chicken, I think that the majority of what I added was parsley and it wasn't completely overwhelming. It's hard to say what this is supposed to taste like, but I like the light crunch from the asparagus mixed with the soft texture of the sage and garlic infused chicken pieces, so it's probably quite good.

The Peas and Proscuitto is a bit misleading since I didn't actually use proscuitto, I used leftover Calbreze salami. This salami is texturally very similar to proscuitto but a lot spicier. It adds quite a kick to the peas! With proscuitto this would be less so, but it'd be good nonetheless. I really like peas in all forms but soup (probably because of old horror movies) and this recipe is no exception.

To use up leftover Tomato Sauce from the Calzone Night I basically just poured it over some broccoli, added some cheese and called it Italian Broccoli. Simple recipes are often the best and I think that this worked out well enough to please the toughest critics (read: kids who hate broccoli.)