Fresh Tomato, Olive, Artichoke

yogi's Note:

My daughter works at an Italian restaurant and brought home something similar to this. We experimented and here it is. I love the fact that this doesn't need to be cooked--it's so fresh! The better your tomatoes are, the better this will be. I like to use grape tomatoes or roma. Please feel free to adjust any ingredient amounts to your taste. I love the capers in this and will usually add more, and 1/4 C oil is plenty for me. Cook time is for your pasta. (You can add very thin slivers of sweet or red onion, though I haven't tried it).

• Total Time: 35 mins
• Prep Time: 25 mins
• Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 1 1/2 cups fresh tomatoes, chopped small
• 1 (2 1/4 ounce) can black olives, chopped small
• 1 cup artichoke heart, chopped small
• 1/4 cup capers
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh basil (I like to snip it with kitchen shears right into the measuring cup)
• 1/4-1/2 cup olive oil
• 1 teaspoon italian seasoning, more to taste
• 3 -5 dashes Mrs. Dash seasoning mix
• salt & pepper
• crushed red pepper flakes, to taste (optional)

Directions:

1. Mix all ingredients, taste, and adjust seasonings to your liking.
2. Put aside to let flavors blend (not in frig!) while you cook up your pasta.
3. Angel hair works best for this.
4. I would use 8 oz, but then I like LOTS of flavor so for some 16 oz of pasta may be fine.
5. When pasta is done, drain, then immediately toss with tomato mixture.
6. Add more oil if needed.

Reviews

[Jesslyn]

Freakin' Delicious!!! I used a purple heirloom and a yellow tie-dye heirloom for my tomatoes, an olive mix (not canned), marinated (not canned) artichoke, and left out all the rest. Then I drained the juice and served it on BentSlightly's Properly Prepared Spaghetti Squash. Healthy food should not be this good. :)

[sunkist100]

It was very tasty and reminded me of a dish they serve at Johnny Carinos. I served this "sauce" with Angel hair pasta. I think it needed something, so i added parmesan cheese. I'll be making agian!!

[Kmmd]

It is high summer here in New York and I had some fresh tomatoes to use up. I didn't have Mr.s Dash seasoning so I just left it out. Went heavy on the red pepper flakes, our preference. I boiled up a pack of Buitoni's fresh fettucini and I toasted some bread on the grill and called it dinner. We ate every bit. I will make this again.