Thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to publish this book. After just one cooking session (classic tomato spaghetti) with it I have fallen in love.
I decided to go with an fairly easy one to start so I could coax myself into this thing called cooking. You were right; it was simple, healthy and affordable.
Browning the 2 cloves of sliced garlic with 1 sliced red chile, chopped up basil stalks and olive oil was easy! Glad it was on medium heat so the 2 lugs of olive oil didn’t splatter on me while I was giving them a good stir. Adding the basil leaves and 14 oz. can of diced tomatos was a breeze! I then turned up the heat, added some salt and pepper. I took your suggestion of adding a few handfuls of cooked shrimp with juice from ½ a lemon. When I added the cooked spaghetti to the mix, I also threw in a handful of baby spinach.
Following your easy instructions, like stir the spaghetti into the sauce was very easy to follow. Throwing some torn up basil leaves and some parmesen cheese wasn’t burning too many brain cells either.
Thank you Jamie Oliver, for giving me the means to cook easy and very tasty food by myself. Can’t wait to cook with you again.
Anita Chow
