I want to start today’s post off with an apology. I’m sorry for the recent lag in content. I generally plan a lot of recipes in advance, but the COVID-19 crisis made quick work of those plans. So, I’ve been rebuilding my content calendar from the ground up. And now, I have the added challenge of limiting the ingredients in my new recipes to what I have on hand. I am fully aware that you may not currently have or have access to the same things I do. So, I will be providing possible substitutions in each of my posts from here on out. With all that out of the way, allow me to introduce the first of my new (weird) normal recipes – Umami Bomb Spaghetti.

So here we are at the end of another decade and it’s hard to believe it. Or at least it’s hard for me to believe it. Perhaps you’re limping out of this past decade and feel like the next has been a long time coming. But for me, it’s a little bit of a shock. I will admit it has me feeling a touch old. But at the same time, I know I wouldn’t trade where I am at the end of 2019 for where I was at the end of 2009. So, I’ll take the extra 10 years and toast them with a glass of bubbly and a bowl of this Shrimp Rigatoni with Crab Vodka Sauce.

Today’s Spicy Mussel Marinara with Pappardelle is brought to by an excess of enthusiasm. You see, this dish came about when Bae and I discovered he likes mussels. Unfortunately, he discovered this when I had a plate of Moules Frites in front of me at a very nice restaurant. To say I was “protective” of my plate for the rest of the meal would be an understatement. And although I had to watch his fork like a hawk, I spent the rest of that evening positively elated. Sunny does not do seafood apart from fish and chips and spicy tuna rolls. I am from Nova Scotia and I have the palette to match. You can see the conflict.