Tinned spaghetti

Okay, that's a bit of a lie. But got you wondering right?

I love spaghetti. I cook far too much of it every time (I know, I know, measuring-schmeasuring) and leftovers of spaghetti are rubbish the next day, but what can I say, my eyes are bigger than my belly.

We had our very first organic veg box delivery in the new flat today. How exciting. I've converted back to Able & Cole, and not because I was in any way dissatisfied with Riverford, but just because I'm massively shallow when it comes to good design and content, and Able & Cole give you booklets, little notes, recipes and fun, fun, fun. It's a brand I want to dislike a little bit (though not sure why... maybe it's because I feel like they're becoming the Tesco of the veg box world - which surely negates the very point) but I just can't.

Much like brands such as Howies, they realised that to get some serious brand love and loyalty, you need to give the consumer more than just veg or clothes. You need to educate, share, entertain, engage and add value. If that's via recipes and stories or poetry and pretty pictures. Spend the money, put it on nice, thick, embossed stock, with some handwritten type and 'real people' photos. Job done. Happy consumer. Seal suckered. Dammit.

So tonight I was feeling poorly and wanted something very hot, wholesome and tasty.

4 garlic cloves finely chopped

2 teaspoons of small capers

A big bunch of real grown up spinach (non of that namby-pamby baby spinach for us anymore)

Half a red chilli (plus seeds)

A tin of sardines in oil and lemon

A tub of cherry tomatoes - quartered

A small tub of black olives

Spaghetti (adding more salt in the cooking than you might expect really helps the mmmm factor)

I'm sure you can imagine what I did with the above ingredients so I won't bore you with instructions. But note: electric hobs are the kitchen version of hell. I need a bigger pasta pan. Yes, I have woodchip in this flat, but hey, it's only til Jan and almost free. How nice is my giant teal Le Creuset...? (Even if it won't fit in the cupboard so it has to live on a hob).