What we are eating in Sicily

Well, guess where we are....we are in Sicily now!!!   I am writing this, sipping lovely glass of vino and looking at Mt Etna!  Weather is lovely, sun but not too strong with nice breeze, temperature around 24C. The place is surrounded by vineyards and just relaxing. What else can we ask for???

Enjoying local wine with local Pistachio with a view of Mt Etna. 

Daughters, Emily and Maria are already asking what we have had for lunch earlier when we arrived. In our household, the first thing we ask each other, after hello, is 'what did you have for lunch or dinner?' Yes, we are all obsessed about food in our house....but in a good way.

Anyway, my husband and I had a light and quick lunch to share between us.  The hotel knows we don't eat meat so they made us local pasta dish, pasta alla norma - tomato sauce with aubergine (or eggplant). The pasta was handmade and cooked perfectly al dante dressed with very delicious rich tomato sauce with aubergine with a hint of basil. My husband does not like aubergine but he really enjoyed this one. And I really liked the pasta - handmade pasta tastes so much nicer and this one was well coated with the sauce.

This pasta dish was one of my 'To Eat' list in Sicily so I can now cross this one off the list already!

We also had grilled vegetables - sliced grilled aubergine and green and red peppers. Olive oil dressing was really rich in golden colour, with touch of dense but sweet balsamic vinegar and some crushed garlic. It was really tasty exactly as it looked and we mopped up all the dressing with lovely Sicilian bread. 

We are meant to get fish for dinner. I wonder what's for dinner....