Snowmageddon

Here is a recipe for all those up north with so much snow your roof is about to cave in: For about $12 you can feed a family of four from Trader Joe’s, where I work, and most of the ingredients you may have on hand anyway. Start by boiling a pot of salt water for pasta. Cube up two partially frozen swordfish steaks and dump it into a skillet of hot olive oil. (partially frozen helps you cut it way easier) Cook until white on the first side, then flip and season with course sea-salt. Take out of pan and set aside while fish is still pink in center. In the hot oil that now had a nice fish flavor to it, throw in chopped onion. While this is sautéing, pour into a bowl a large can of whole peeled plum tomatoes, organic if possible. This is the fun part: mash each tomato to chunky bits with your bare hands. This is a Sicilian dish so have fun, pour a glass of Cab and mash away. Add partially cooked fish and your homemade marinara sauce to the hot pan of onions and stir. Simmer sauce uncovered on medium low while you cook any kind of long pasta until al dente. Continue to simmer sauce an additional ten minutes or until fish is no longer pink. Serve over hot noodles with a crisp salad and “buen provecho!”