Blogger's CLUE Day is here again....

It is time for Blogger's CLUE Society.  CLUE is an acronym that stands for Cook. Learn, Undertake and Eat.  Each month we are assigned a theme and another blogger.  Our mission is to spy on the blogger that we are assigned and find a dish to make that fits in with our theme.

This month, in honor of Valentine's Day, Academy Awards, National Heart Health Day, National Cherry Day, etc....the theme is RED.  That is a wide open category there!!  I was very excited to be assigned Debra from Eliot's Eats.  Debra and I belong in a couple of other groups together including Food n Flix which is always a blast.  I know from seeing her posts in those other clubs that she is amazingly creative and a wonderful cook.  I couldn't wait to get into her blog and sneak around.

And let me tell you....I will be going back there as soon as I get home from my trip to the Caribbean.....yep, I hate to tell you this but while you are reading this post, I am probably underneath the sea swimming with the fishies or lying on the beach with a good book or sitting by the pool with a fruity drink in my hand.  OK....I don't really hate to tell you this but gloating is so unattractive, don't you think??

Alas....I digress...Now where was I???  Oh, yeah a recipe with the theme of RED in mind.  Debra had a couple of interesting Tomato Soups, some pizzas with red sauce, a wonderful red chile sauce using dried red chile peppers that I got really excited about and then remembered that I gave Ting my dried red peppers to take home with her.  Then I found a recipe for an Oregano/Tomato Compound Butter that Debra used for grilled corn.  Doesn't that sound yummy?  I tossed mine with some pasta that I served alongside chicken and it was wonderful!!  Debra also used hers on a BLT and I can only imagine how delicious that was!!

I did make one adaptation to Debra's recipe.  I didn't have any fresh oregano but I did have a tube of Gourmet Garden Fresh Italian Herbs so I used that instead.  And since the theme is Red and I was tossing mine with Pasta, I added a full tablespoon of tomato paste.

The compound butter took only seconds to whip up.

All the ingredients are those which are staples in my refrigerator.

I have a feeling I will be making this up quite often to have on hand.

You can wrap it up in plastic wrap and it will keep in the refrigerator for a good long while.

I tossed most of it with the hot pasta and added a dollop on top for presentation.

This melted in and the pasta was delicious.

I added salt to the pasta as I was tossing but you could add it to the butter as well.

I think some garlic added in would be tasty as well but I am a garlic addict.

Herb/Tomato Compound Butter
slightly adapted from eliot'seats.

3 T. Butter, softened
1 T. Tomato Paste (affiliate link)
1 t. fresh Lemon Juice
1 T. fresh Italian Herbs
1/2 t. fresh Ground Pepper

Mix all ingredients together.  Place on a sheet of plastic wrap and twist shut forming a small roll. Refrigerate until ready to use.  Print Recipe

And here is a list of Participating Bloggers,.  Stop by and see what they created:

• Lisa from Authentic Suburban Gourmet
• Ramona from Curry and Comfort
• Christy from Confessions of a Culinary Diva
• Alice from A Mama, Baby and Shar-pei in the Kitchen
• Azmina from Lawyer Loves Lunch
• Kelli from Kelli's Kitchen
• Kim from Liv Life
• Stacy from Food Lust People Love
• Aly from Cooking in Stilettos
• Lea Ann from Cooking on the Ranch
• Anna from Anna Dishes
• Wendy from A Day in the Life on the Farm
• Jean from Lemons and Anchovies
• Heather from girlichef
• Liz from That Skinny Chick Can Bake
• Kate from Kate's Kitchen
• Christiane from Taking on Magazines
• Debra from Eliot's Eats
• Janet from Cupcakes to Caviar