Foodtopia Moments

For pranzo today, I baked Italian potatoes au gratin (with olive oil, garlic, onion and grana padano cheese). It was delicious as usual. The potatoes here are really bursting with flavor and bake really well. I also made a sauce with olive oil, fresh onions, garlic, basil and tomatoes. The sauce was inviting and rich with the tomatoes bursting with flavor. The basil provided the perfect amount of flavor accent. We used an interesting pasta today, which resembled a shell type pasta, but was closed in the middle and open on the ends. For a meat, we had chicken cordon bleu. They were prepared patties that are surprisingly popular here.