Another Manic Monday

I dunno about you all, but Mondays are always incredibly tiring. The last thing I wanna do on a Monday is cook followed by a big clean up. As of Jan. 1st, however, I am trying to cook more and eat out less. So I decided to plan a really nice meal in order to motivate us with really following through.  Not a surprise, but at least two of these recipes came from Pinterest.  You can find the original recipe for the gnocchi here, and the original recipe for the caprese garlic bread here. I stumbled across the sage butter sauce recipe while looking for a sauce with no cheese (Chris doesn't like cheese). I know it says to add Parmesan, but you can definitely do without it.

You should start with the garlic bread cause it takes the longest.
What you need:
Baguette
5 cloves garlic
1 stick butter
1 tsp dried basil (fresh basil preferable)
1 tomato
1 ball of mozzarella
Tin foil

What you do:
1) Preheat the oven to 350.
2) Mince garlic put in a mug with 1 stick butter. Add basil.
3) Melt in microwave (if you don't have one you can melt it on the stove) pausing every 30 seconds so that the butter doesn't overflow.
4) Cut baguette in half and spread melted garlic basil butter along BOTH SIDES of the baguette.
5) Cut the tomato and the mozzarella and place them on the bread. First the tomato then the mozzarella (or other way around).
6) Bake in oven (on baking sheet on aluminum foil) for 25 minutes (or until cheese is browned slightly) open faced. 

Lets start with the gnocchi.
What you will need:
2 small potatoes (I know this doesn't seem right, but it is)
2 cloves garlic
1 egg
1 tsp dried basil
1 tsp dried oregano
pinch pepper
pinch salt
About 1 cup flour

What you do:
1) Boil water with oil and salt in it.
2)  Wash, peel, and slice the potatoes into small cubes.
3) When water is boiled add the potatoes and cook until a fork easily cuts through it.
4) While the potatoes are cooking, mince the two cloves of garlic.
5)  Strain the potatoes and put them into a bowl.
6) Mash with a fork.
7) Add the garlic and mix completely.
8) Add the egg, basil, oregnao, pepper, and salt and mix completely.
9) Add flour 1/3 of a cup at a time. Mix completely after each 1/3. When the batter gets too hard to stir transfer to a floured surface and knead the dough. When the dough no longer sticks to your hands you know its done.
10) Roll out dough do about 1/2 inch thickness.
11) Cut 1 inch strips.
12) Cut each of these strips every 1/2 inch.
13) Boil water with oil and salt, when water is boiled add 1/2 of the gnocchi. It will fall to the bottom.
14) When the gnocchi comes to the top cook for 5 more minutes.
15) Use a slated spoon to remove the gnocchi when it is finished and repeat the steps for the second half (or save it for another time).

While the second batch of gnocchi is cooking, start the sauce:
What you will need:
1 stick butter
1 clove garlic
1 tsp dried sage
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper

What you do:
1) In a medium/large pan, melt butter and garlic together until garlic is slightly browned.
2) When garlic is browned, add age, salt, and pepper and stir until mixed.
3) Add first batch of gnocchi and cook until browned slightly stirring occasionally.
4) Repeat with the second batch.