Linguine Aglio e Olio Recipe

Linguine aglio e olio must be one of my favorite Italian recipes. It is a really easy recipe and can be done in less than 20 minutes. This passed weekend I got my own basil plant, which really made me want to make this. Fresh basil is perfect for this dish!

Ingredients:
Linguine
2.5oz Extra Virgin Olive Oil
5 Cloves of Garlic
Italian Long Hot Peppers
Parmigiana or Pecorino Romano Cheese

What you'll need to do first is fill up a pot with water and put it on the stove over high heat. Meanwhile, thinly slice the 5 cloves of garlic and quarter the hot peppers.

Once the water begins to boil, add in your linguine. Add a tablespoon of salt and a teaspoon of olive oil, give it a quick mix.

In a pan, pour 2.5oz of extra virgin olive oil and the garlic and pepper. Put the stove on medium to low heat. Make sure you do not let the garlic burn or turn brown. You will want to keep them white, even when served.

When the linguine is just about ready to be strained, turn up the heat on the pan. Strain the linguine and add it to the pan of garlic, peppers and olive oil; now turn the heat lower and mix.

Take a portion and put in a dish. Top it off with a few fresh basil leaves and sprinkle parmigiana or Pecorino Romano cheese over it.

Hope you enjoyed this!

AMRN Finally Breaks $12, Again

I've been covering AMRN for a while now. If you've been following me, I called a buy on AMRN on May 21st, when the price was $10.51; pretty good return. Check out the article here.

AMRN has recently come down to the lower trend line, drawn in the above chart; it popped right off of it. We now have a confirmed uptrend when focusing on stochastics, RSI and MACD. The parabolic SAR is also showing an uptrend. AMRN is above the 200, 50 and 20 day moving average. So where will this stock go? In my previous article I said that we can see a short term price of $13, and we almost hit that today! According to the trendlines, we could see AMRN reach $16 soon! Not to mention, AMRN has a price target of $24. We could see that price in July, or if it finally gets acquired.

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Udon Noodles and Fresh Tomato's Recipe

Tonight I decided to make udon noodles with fresh tomato's. All you really need is two tomato's, onions, garlic, fresh basil leaves, extra virgin olive oil and udon noodles. What you need to do first is dice a half of an onion and 4 cloves of garlic.
Dice up the two tomato's into small cubes.

Now in a pot, pour in 3oz of extra virgin olive oil and put in your onions and garlic. Put the stove on medium heat and let cook for a few minutes. Add a few fresh basil leaves into the pot, give it a quick stir. Try not to let the garlic and onions burn, you will just want them to cook and maintain their original color. The olive oil needs to absorb the flavors from the onions, garlic and basil.

Add the diced tomato's into the pot. You will want to lower the heat now, somewhere between medium and low heat. Try not to let the tomato's boil too much, you will just want it to slowly cook. If need be, lower the flame.

Cook the tomato's for about 10 minutes. At this point you can fill a pot with water for the pasta to cook. In my recipe I used Udon noodles, but you may use whichever pasta you like.

Once the pasta is done cooking, strain it and put a portion in a dish. With a ladle, pour some of the fresh tomato's over the udon noodles.

You can top it off with a few more fresh basil leaves and some pecorino romano cheese.

Enjoy!

Scallops in Tomato Sauce

I like to make Scallops in Tomato Sauce time to time. It's very easy and so delicious, there's no way anyone can mess this recipe up. I picked up a bag of wild jumbo scallops from Trader Joe's, I think they were about $11.99 for the bag.

I had to defrost them, I left them in the fridge during the day while at work. When I came home, I put the scallop bag in a steel bowl filled with cool water. Once they were fully defrosted, I pat dry the scallops with a paper towel. I then placed them in a dish, as seen above. Covered it with saran wrap and put it back into the fridge.

Luckily for the sauce, I am able to use my dads homemade tomato sauce, which he makes once a year at the end of the summer with plum tomato's. In a small pot, I added about 3oz of extra virgin olive oil. I then put in  3oz of chopped onions and 4 cloves of chopped garlic. I put the stove on medium heat and let it cook for a few minutes. Once the oil begins to bubble, I like to add a few leaves of fresh basil. Just make sure you don't let the garlic and onions burn, you will want to keep them at their original color. All we are doing here, is letting the olive oil absorb the flavors from the garlic, onions and basil. After a few minutes of frying, put about 2 cups of tomato sauce into the pot. Now you will want to cook this tomato sauce for about 15 minutes on low to medium heat. Don't let it boil too much, you need to let it cook slowly. After the sauce has cooked for about 5 minutes, put in the scallops. The scallops only need to cook for 10 minutes. What I like to do is taste one of the scallops at the 15 minute mark to make sure they are properly cooked, if not, I let them cook a little longer. Over cooking scallops can make them really tough and chewy, this is not what we want. We want them to be tender, so make sure you don't over cook them!

At this point you can start boiling water for the pasta. For this dish, I used Linguine. You may use whichever pasta you like. I even sometimes use Japanese Udon noodles. Once the pasta is done cooking, strain it and put a portion into a dish or bowl.

Pour some sauce over the Linguine and add a few scallops to top it off. I sometimes add a few more fresh leaves of basil over linguine and scallops to give it more flavor.

Hope you enjoyed this recipe!

Avocado Spread on Whole Wheat Bread

I don't know about you, but I'm not one of those people that settle for a bowl of cereal and milk for breakfast. I usually like to eat two eggs over easy, or scrambled eggs with a side of fruit and a cup of coffee. I recently came across an easy and filling breakfast idea that's not only delicious, but its also healthy. All you need is an avocado, salt, extra virgin olive oil and a slice of whole wheat bread.  

Start by cutting the skin off of the avocado and removing the pit. Put the avocado into a small bowl, begin mashing it up with a fork. Sprinkle a small amount of salt over the avocado mix and add a teaspoon of extra virgin olive oil. Mash it up a little more with your fork.

Now it's time to spread the avocado mix over a toasted slice of whole wheat bread. This quick breakfast idea is delicious and keeps you full for a few hours. You get a good amount of protein from this breakfast, so it's perfect if your on a high protein diet. You can even have a side of hard boiled eggs with this breakfast for even more protein.

Potato Gnocchi with Pesto Recipe

So much to do, with so little time. I needed to make dinner for me and my fiancee. I needed something really quick. I remembered I had gnocchi in the pantry and decided to make my potato gnocchi with pesto recipe. It literally took 15 minutes to make!

I started to boil the water for the gnocchi to cook. I put a teaspoon of salt into the water as it began to boil. Once boiling, I dumped my Gnocchi into the water and added a teaspoon of extra virgin olive oil. I let the gnocchi boil for about 8 minutes.

The pesto I used in this quick and easy Italian recipe was made by my dad who has his own YouTube cooking channel. He is pretty awesome at cooking and you should visit his site if you have a chance. Anyway, so once the gnocchi were cooked I put them in a strainer. I then put the cooked gnocchi in a dish and poured my dads pesto sauce over the gnocchi. I took the pesto directly from the fridge. Once poured over the gnocchi, the pesto will start to warm up. I then sprinkled some pecorino romano cheese over the pesto gnocchi. You can also drizzle some extra extra virgin olive oil over the gnocchi, gives it a richer taste.

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AMRN Should Continue to Follow Through

In my previous two articles I said that AMRN was going to start showing strength, and starting Thursday that's exactly what happened. I also said that we should see a near term price target of $13, or even $16! That is yet to happen. So here's why I think AMRN should continue higher. First of all look at the stochastics, MACD and RSI. They were all recently oversold where the stock price came down to a perfect buy area. Unfortunately one of my previous lower trend lines that I had drawn in was broken through, so I had to adjust it, and that's what you see above, the adjusted lower trend line. We finally got the parabolic SAR beneath the stock price which further confirms AMRN is in a new uptrend. Bollinger Bands aren't too contracted, but they have room to expand. Also the last two trading days had good volume, driving stock price higher. The bulls are in control! This is one of my favorite stocks right now and I was lucky to get into this stock in the low $8.

Good luck everyone and happy trading!