Vegetarian, Vegan and Animal Rights

it comes from my super practical mom when I was very young and she a poor military wife w/children. She made some burger dish (though the burger was often deer meat) with tomatoes, onions and bell peppers... and slices of green olives mixed with macaroni. The olives took away the blandness of the dish and lessened the need for salt.

Much later in life I found that a jar of green olives isn't a pricey item, you can store them for some time and that they are a great "third item" for my dish when the fresh greens aren't available, it also takes a while to go through a whole jar... I live in the northern Rockies so "winter fare" (as in canned/preserved produce, stored pasta and grains) is a necessity. Olives make for a cheap substitute for fresh greens to some degree and work well with the not-really-cooked garlic.

If you let the onions brown some before adding the wine it makes the flavor really nice.

Glad you want to try it, let me know how it goes or if you like it.

2na