Name: Ziti with Fresh Tomato-Olive Sauce
Ingredients: 8 oz Ziti or mostaccioli pasta; 2 tb Olive oil; 2 tb Balsamic vinegar; 4 Cloves garlic, minced; 1/3 c Thinly sliced fresh basil; 1/2 c Pitted kalamata olives -OR-; 4 oz Cn sliced & pitted black Olives, drained; 1 ts Drained capers, optional; 1/2 ts Crushed red pepper flakes; 4 lg Tomatoes, halved crosswise; 4 oz Goat cheese crumbled or; 1/4 c Parmesan cheese; Salt & pepper to taste

Is there anyone among you who truly thinks their salvation hangs suspended on the thin thread of your own will-power and commitment to righteousness? I know my own soul all too well. Were it not for God’s preserving grace I would have lost my salvation the day after I was born again. “If ever it should come to pass, that sheep of Christ might fall away, my fickle, feeble soul, alas! would fall a thousand times a day!” If you do not believe in the security of your soul in Christ, tomorrow should hold little but fear and misery and perhaps despair for you. For it may well be the day you commit that sin that will forever sever you from the Savior’s love. I can face tomorrow and the day after and the day after that with confidence, because I know that He “will never leave me nor forsake me” (Heb. 13:5).

Sam Storms

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs, Dairy	Sami	Veggie, Pasta	8	Servings

INGREDIENTS

8	oz	Ziti or mostaccioli pasta
2	tb	Olive oil
2	tb	Balsamic vinegar
4		Cloves garlic, minced
1/3	c	Thinly sliced fresh basil
1/2	c	Pitted kalamata olives -OR-
4	oz	Cn sliced & pitted black Olives, drained
1	ts	Drained capers, optional
1/2	ts	Crushed red pepper flakes
4	lg	Tomatoes, halved crosswise
4	oz	Goat cheese crumbled or
1/4	c	Parmesan cheese
		Salt & pepper to taste

INSTRUCTIONS

Cook pasta according to package directions. Meanwhile in a large serving
bowl, combine the oil, vinegar, garlic, basil, olives, capers and red
pepper flakes. Place a strainer over the serving bowl; squeeze the juice
from the tomato halves into strainer. (Push on seeds with back of a wooden
spoon to extract tomato liquid.) Discard the seeds. Coarsely chop tomatoes
and add to olive mixture; toss well. Drain pasta and add to the bowl; toss
well. Sprinkle with cheese if desired. Season with salt and pepper to
taste.

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