Italian Feast with a little Asian Fusion

I decided to cook up a delicious dinner for Sean since he's been working so hard the past few weeks. He's been so busy and has been working long shifts for the holidays. I figure even though I'm sick and can't quite clean the apartment the way I would want to I'd give it a shot. I got a ton of dishes done, sorted laundry, vacuumed, bathroom was somewhat scrubbed down, and threw trash away. There is still a lot of cleaning to do before I can even consider decorating our home with Christmas ornaments and a tree. I want Ryu to have that Christmas spirit at home and I will most likely be doing more shopping and decorating the next few weeks. I'm absolutely excited for that !

This evening I decided to go with an Italian feast since we had a lot of ingredients that just worked out for that cuisine. I made some pasta, baked rosemary potatoes, and some tofu infused fried wontons but with some Italian flavor added to the mix. It's definitely not a very healthy meal, in fact it's quite hearty. However, I enjoyed making it and ill have enough left over so that Sean and I can take some to work.

The pictures show you what kind of meal I have put together. There's really no specific recipe since I just winged it. There are times when I get lucky doing that such ad tonight, but there are also many times when my meals don't turn out right. That can be a major bummer but I'm glad that most of the meals I have made have at least been somewhat decent. The only thing different about the meal I made this evening is that they are all vegan friendly. The sausages I used in the pasta was soy and even the cheese was soy and a pretty good brand as well. It's called Daiya cheese and Sean likes using that cheese when he makes pizza because it actually melts and becomes stringy unlike other soy cheeses out there. The flavor is also pretty tasty and this is coming from an experimental vegan, hah!

The pasta was pretty much a combo of penne, onions, garlic, soy Italian sausage, capers, broccoli, olive oil, soy milk, soy cheese, with several herbs and spices. I don't have an exact measurement of how much of each ingredient I used, but I did taste it occasionally to make sure that I got the flavor that I was looking for. If you have pesto you can add that into the pasta, but since pesto is made mainly from pine nuts I couldn't have any in there (I'm allergic).

For the baked potatoes I pretty much used three medium sized russet potatoes and sliced them. I added minced garlic, diced onions, some olive oil, black pepper, salt, rosemary, garlic salt, and viola! I baked that baby for a while to make sure that the flavor was distributed evenly while it was cooking. I made sure to cover the pan with foil so that the steam helped cool the potatoes evenly as well. Rosemary potatoes happen to be the easiest dish anyone can make. Not to mention its absolutely delicious!

Last but not least are my Italian wontons. I figure a little Asian fusion wouldn't hurt. It's delicious and crunchy. I think I would have to wait and write down the recipe for you guys and for myself. Sean enjoyed these wontons and I would love to be able to make these again some day. I want to share this yummy treat with you guys so you can make these appetizers.

I'll leave the pictures for you all to enjoy now since its getting late and its almost my bedtime, lol. Ciao!