On the other hand, I don't know why it rarely seems to work out that I just do it by the book, use every ingredient called for, and FOLLOW DIRECTIONS. Well, first off, pancetta does not seem to be an ingredient in our Natural Foods Store. And, I prefer not to buy pork products from other sources. Therefore, we (in the royal sense) used prosciutto instead. Also, as you may be sick of hearing, I have certain greens to use up every week from my CSA box. Those did not include spinach this month. Everything else, yes. So, we were creative here as well, using mizuna. The Good Lord saw fit to give us such an amazing selection in the greens department of creation. What variety! I just love it. The milk around our house is often soy milk, and as for the bread, what I had cubed in my freezer was pretty close, Kalamata olive and Rosemary French, rather than Italian. But, hey France is very near to Italy. And those extra yummy little bits could only help, right? Then, I'm all ready to go and discover, oh woe, no onion at hand. But, we had some lovely shallots. All my substitutions worked out well, still here is the recipe as given:
