This year I have repeatedly made a lazy man's tomato and pasta. I simply use about six small tomatoes (cut down the middle into multiple sections), add the spices, a clove of whole garlic and olive oil and cook them on the stove top on low heat while covered. Then I do the pasta separately. Sometimes, I add a little water and do the pasta and tomatoes together, but the wife likes it more with the pasta done separately. After I cook the pasta, I add the tomatoes to the top and stir it into the pasta to continue heating together for a minute. Then a bit of cheese and/or panko on the top. The seeds and skin haven't hurt me yet. With a short cooking time I can't taste the seeds and that provides a bit of roughage. It all takes about twenty minutes and is a delicious, quick dinner. I really welcome quick and simple.
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