Foodies...Fast New Yorker dinner!

Being a New Yorker can be tough on the stomach sometimes. Most of the time it is so easy to pick food up on the way to and from work, but that doesn't always work on our budget, so we come up with easy quick meals that are oh so very tasty.
What you will need (for 2 servings):

• 1 pepper (I prefer red or orange, green don't have enough punch for me)
• 1/2 yellow squash, chopped
• 1 bag of cous cous (we use the kind you boil up water, pour and top with lid till it is solid, about 5-7 minutes) 
• 2 Thin n' Trim sausages, we use the Buffalo Chicken (we like it hot)
• 2 garlic cloves
• Mrs. Dash's extra spicy seasoning

Get the cous cous out of the way, boil some water, place the desired amount of cous cous in tupperware, boil water and follow instructions on bag. Cooking the other ingredients; turn stove top on low in medium sized pan, sprinkle with 1/2 teaspoon olive oil, wait for heat to kick in, mince up garlic, let simmer for a second, letting the delicious aroma fill your house. Add in chopped pepper and squash. Chop up the sausage, place in pan and let everything simmer together for about 3-4 mins on medium heat. Plate; one scoop of cous cous, and a heaping serving of everything that is in the pan. Sometimes we add a dash of Frank's Red Hot Sauce cause "I put that shit on everything." 

Rustico Kitchen!

We went to Rustico Kitchen for a Spicy Italian meal for our 3rd wedding anniversary. We had such a blast and really good food and wine. I have been meaning to blog about it so here it is.
The menu consisted of:

1. Homemade Cavatelli pasta with a spicy tomato sauce
2. Lamb chops with the chef's Daddy's sauce, which consisted of a mixture of delicious ingredients I can't remember off the top of my head (tomato based) 
3. Milan-born and vivacious Micol Negrin made it a very enjoyable and educational class with cleaniness being top priority. (note: she was not on the menu)
4. A multen lava chocolate cake with a fresh whip cream topping. 
5. 2 classes of wine, one white for the pasta dish and one red for the lambs. 

My explanation is not doing it justice and I would say you should try it out to get the hands on approach to cooking. We definitely make a better homemade tomato sauce that will knock your socks off. 

Check out Rustico Kitchen here.