Okay. I admit that it wasn’t much of a valentines day dinner by most external standards.

But by the time Friday night rolled around, we were both interested in something simple that would use up a few leftovers.

Simple. I started a pot of water heating to cook some pasta. Then I chopped a low-fat chicken sausage and tossed it into a hot pan with a splash of olive oil. After the sausage browned, I dropped in some thinly sliced fresh garlic, followed by the remains of a large bunch of kale, cut into smallish pieces. I added some Fresh lemon juice and a bit of water, and let that kale steam a bit. Meda found some fresh basil from our last visit to Tamura’s in Hauula. When the water boiled, in went about two cups of penne pasta, a pinch of salt, then cooked, covered, for the requisite time, ten minutes or so.

Meanwhile, Meda chopped a few leftover mushrooms, a few olives, and I added a very hot thai red pepper, chopped, and some anchovies found in the refrigerator. When the pasta was done, I mixed all the ingredients, poured into a pyrex pan, added a few slices of fresh mozzarella cheese leftover from our last pizza, and popped the whole thing into a moderate oven until the cheese melted (it didn’t take too long).

Meanwhile, Meda mixed up a nice green salad. We opened a bottle of wine. Red in the valentine spirit.

Ahhhh. Leftovers.