'Cherry Tomato Sauce with Cheat's Fresh Pasta'

Hello! This was a really delicious dish and it was really quick and easy to make. This would be perfect for a quick family meal! It serves 6 with quite a bit left over. 

~Ingredients: 1 and a 1/2 pints of ripe cherry tomatoes, 4 cloves of garlic, a small bunch of fresh basil, 1 pound of fresh lasagne, salt and pepper, olive oil, 2 pats of butter, 1/4 cup of balsamic vinegar, 4 ounces of parmesan cheese.

(I didn't have fresh pasta so I just used regular penne pasta and it still turned out really well).

So 1st I chopped all of the tomatoes in a half and measured out the 1 and a 1/2 pints of them. I just left them in a bowl until I was ready to use them later. Then I put the pasta on the stove, there is so much of it so waiting for the pasta to boil will take some time, so I used this time to chop everything else. I chopped the garlic, and then I grabbed a bunch of basil, took off all of the leaves (I put them aside for later) and chopped all of the basil stalks. When the pasta was actually cooking, I started to cook the sauce. In a large frying pan on a medium heat, I added a couple of lugs of olive oil and the garlic. When the garlic was brown, I added the butter and waited for it to melt. When the butter was fully melted, I added the tomatoes. After stirring it, I added the basil stalks and half of the basil leaves. After stirring, I added the balsamic vinegar and some salt and pepper. I left this to cook, turning it to a low heat for the last few minutes while the pasta was still cooking. While it was still cooking I grated all of the parmesan. When the pasta was finished I drained it and added it to the saucepan. I gave it a good stir and added half of the parmesan. I stirred it and added the rest of the basil leaves and some salt and pepper. Then it was ready to serve :). It was so simple to make but lovely to eat! I just served it with a plain side salad.