What better way to eat carbs than an insanely good dinner out at one of my favorite Italian restaurants. I finally remembered to take a photo of how happy food makes me before I have demolished what’s been put in front of me, and even of the food before I scarfed it!! (Not pictured, the 2 baskets of warm bread that we ate through, yes that makes 1 complete basket each, they came with yummy dipping sauce and we had to put burrata on it obviously, so it was out of our hands!) 
Check this tomato out! I mean could it be any more beautiful? It is a 4 hour tomato, meaning that is how long they cooked it. It’s on top of pesto, burrata, and olive oil, and of course was promptly smothered over the top of some warm bread.
As crazy amazing as that tomato combo was, this gnocchi was actually the best. It was the perfect consistency and they sautéed it, you could see the lightly browned edges. I’ve never heard of doing that, and it was amazing. Once again I just really want to try making gnocchi from scratch I just love it so much.
Sorry salad. By yourself you would’ve been great, made of local baby gems which I love, parmesan, and homemade croutons, but when eaten in conjunction with the above amazingness, you were quite outplayed. It’s not your fault, you had no chance!
I’ve had a really busy and stressful week and I am so excited to go join my fellow runners for a fun half marathon adventure through the city this weekend, and sleep a lot.
What’s your favorite Italian meal?
Ever slow cooked a tomato? It’s on my TBCBK list ( to be cooked by Kari list 🙂 )
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