Tri Traveling Foodie

photo taken by Brendan Giusti Everything tastes great on the grill! Ingredients: 10 medium size spears of asparagus olive oil 1 tsp. sea salt black pepper to taste Directions: Coat the asparagus spears with olive oil. Sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste. Wrap 5 spears at a time in foil. Twist the ends of the foil closed tight. Place on the hot grill and let it cook for 10-12 minutes or until tender. Enjoy!

If you like Lasagna, you will love this easy pasta bake. I created this dish because making I love lasagna, but it takes so much time to prepare. This has the same flavors and is quick to make. I recommend making your own tomato sauce, but you can use canned as well.  Ingredients: 1 pound spiral noodles (1 box or bag) 1.5 cups of ricotta cheese 1 small ball of fresh mozzarella cheese diced into 1 inch pieces 4- 6 cups of tomato sauce (see recipe under December 2012) 4 sweet sausage links Parmesan cheese to taste 1 tsp. sea salt Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bring a pot of cold water to a boil, add 1 tsp of sea salt. Then cook your noodles for 8 minutes. They should be almost cooked. Drain the noodles in a colander and set aside. Slice the sausage links into bite size pieces and saute in the same pot with 1 cup of water. The water will evaporate and then the sausage will become nice and brown with out using any oil. In a large casserole dish a

If you have never loved or liked brussels sprouts, give this recipe a try. This is the most tasty way to prepare this vegetable, and it is very healthy for you. Ingredients: 12-15 fresh brussels sprouts olive oil 6-8 cloves of garlic 1tbsp sea salt Directions: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Rinse the brussels sprouts with cold water. Pour a good amount of olive oil in the bottom of a small casserole dish. Stir in the brussels sprouts so they are coated with olive oil. Press 6-8 cloves of garlic into the casserole dish and add the sea salt. Stir the brussels sprouts around so that they get coated with the garlic and the salt. Cover and bake for 1 hour (Stir the brussels sprouts after 30 minutes of baking). Voila!