Sacha came home to take his driving test. He was nervous, the French driving test is not easy to pass, most have to retake it. The driving test has nothing to do with the driving test in the USA. Roughly the driving test in France cost over a thousand dollars… and if you don't pass, well add on a few hundred more, each time.
When I see drivers in France I often wonder, HOW did they ever pass their driving license?
As he was coming home around lunch time, I made polenta with spinach and roasted tomatoes, to fill the every growing and hungry man/boy.
Recipe:
Milk,
Water,
Vegetable bouillon,
Salt to taste.
In a pan add the milk, water, and vegetable bouillon. When it starts to boil add the polenta and salt in a steady stream, stir constantly until thicken (a few minutes.)
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Roasted Tomatoes:
Six tomatoes cut in half,
Thyme,
Ten olives,
Chopped garlic,
salt,
olive oil,
Place the six tomatoes (12 halves) cut side up on a baking sheet. On each tomato sprinkle to your liking the thyme, chopped garlic, salt, olive oil, put the olives near they tomatoes and bake in low heated oven for an hour or so.
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Mix it together:
with
Spinach
olive oil
and
Thinly sliced mozzarella
In an oiled baking dish put the fresh spinach leaves on the bottom about an inch thick, drizzle a bit of olive oil on top, then cover them with a third of the polenta mixture, next add the mozzarella and on top of that the roasted garlic tomatoes with the olives. Repeat the process and on top add just the mozzarella.
Bake 300 for fifteen minutes or until the mozzarella is bubbling.
(Another good Polenta with Roasted Tomatoes can be found here.)
We won't know if Sacha passed his driving test or not. He thought he did well, though his instructor (not the examiner) thought he drove to cautiously. Oh God seriously, as if that is a fault?
At least I know I filled his stomach, and he left back to school with a bag full of love in the name of food.
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What was one of your staple foods when you were in school?
Sacha comes home craving vegetables and salad. He knows how to get into my heart with a desire like that.
Notes:
The European Driving Licence
What does it take to have your French Licence.
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