Willy-Nilly: Pasta in olive oil with "tuyo", spinach and tomatoes

Lately I have been busy studying for ... (drum roll please)... my MATH exam! Aargh! It will be in two weeks time and I am quite worried since I am not good at it. More so, teaching kids about strategies on how to develop their number sense. How can I even do that when I suck at Math myself?! I am doomed and I need a miracle! Anyways, as you can see, my post isn't really about math (pls. refer to the title :p). I am just ranting and whining because my scores on my quizzes were below average. Boo! I think my mind could only handle 50 math questions per day... so here I am taking a break from studying.

Back to my post, I am actually blogging about my newly-learned/invented-whatever-you-call-it dish. Last time, I have mentioned that I am trying to eat healthy. Yeah, you read it right. hehehe. So now, there is a conscious effort for me to stay away from unhealthy food. Even when I am busy juggling uni life and work, I still find time to cook my food than buy fast food. I think home-cooked meals are still the best. :)

Pasta in olive oil with "tuyo", spinach and tomatoes

The main ingredient of this pasta dish is"Tuyo", a salted dried fish in the Philippines. Oftentimes, it is cooked for breakfast paired with vinegar dip and fried rice. Popularly, "tuyo" is also known as a poor man's food because it is cheap. However, its yummy taste has transcended beyond its image to various social classes in the Philippines through the years.

While shopping at Best Friends, a store that sells Filipino and Asian products in Fortitude Valley,  a couple of weeks ago, I saw a bottled "tuyo" in corn oil. I have been craving for it since I arrived here in Australia so I decided to buy one and cook it with my pasta. So my super-imbentong-pasta-dish was conceived! lol

The ingredients are: 

Cooked pasta (any kind.. depends on your preference), minced garlic, olive oil, "tuyo", baby spinach, tomatoes, salt, pepper and parsley (optional).

Procedures:

Boil pasta in a saucepan and add oil and a bit of salt to enhance the taste of the pasta. The salt also makes the water to boil faster. Stir occasionally and cook until the pasta is al dente, cooked but slightly firm in the centre. Set aside cook pasta.

Preheat another pan. Add olive oil. Saute garlic, tomatoes and "tuyo" all together. Then add spinach. Put in the cook pasta and mix them well. Add salt and pepper to taste. Sprinkle some parsley if you want.

And voila! There goes the "Pasta in olive oil with "tuyo", spinach and tomatoes". Happy eating!