Archive for the 'Pasta/Pizza/Pulses' Category
Asparagus Pesto
I had no idea if this was going to work, partly because I’ve never seen asparagus pesto before and partly because my previous experience of trying to make pesto in our Tragimix (or Mini Magimix to give it it’s real name) was very trying. We had about eight stems of very tired looking asparagus lurking […]
Read More..>>Deja Vu… times two…
Since cooking the spaghetti with anchovies on Wednesday, we’ve eaten it again twice. Stephen cooked it on Thursday with asparagus and then I had the original version again on Friday. We’ve tweaked it slightly by using better anchovies and more chilli but the basic recipe remains the same. This doesn’t make for very interesting reading […]
Read More..>>Spaghetti with Anchovies, Garlic, Chilli, Lemon and Basil
I had a spaghetti craving last night and while thinking about what to cook for dinner this evening, we came up with this. While the spaghetti was boiling, Stephen fried some garlic and chilli. After a few minutes, he added the anchovies and cooked them down. When the spaghetti was cooked, we threw the garlic, […]
Read More..>>Spaghetti with Broad Beans, Prosciutto, Roasted Cherry Tomatoes, Pine Nuts and Basil
Kerri thought of this recipe when we recently made some disappointing asparagus spaghetti and we tried it last night. We roasted some cherry tomatoes, steamed some broad beans, toasted some pine nuts, grated some parmesan, tore up some basil leaves and cooked some spaghetti. When the spaghetti was done, we mixed all the rest of […]
Read More..>>Asparagus Spaghetti
We weren’t sure what to eat tonight so I had a quick look online and this recipe from Waitrose caught my eye; the picture looked good, the flavours sounded interesting and Stephen agreed so we were all set. It was really disappointing though, there was very little flavour and the overall taste was bitter and […]
Read More..>>Impromptu Sausage and Mustard Pasta
Ingredients: See method. Method: Wander around the shop wondering what to have until you see some nice-looking sausages. Buy them and take them home without much idea of what you are going to do with them. On the way, mull things over and decide on some sort of pasta-related dish. When you get home, open […]
Read More..>>Pizza
We used to cook pizza quite often but haven’t done so for a while. We recently bought an electric whisk which came with dough hooks so we were keen to try them out and see if they made the dough preparation any easier; I tried them today and they didn’t…I ended up kneading the dough […]
Read More..>>Spaghetti with Bacon and Cabbage
When I arrived home this evening, I arrived to the wonderful smell of lardons frying. Kerri was making spaghetti with lardons and cabbage. When the lardons had fried for a while, we added sliced red onion and crushed garlic with a good grind of pepper. We cooked these until the onion had softened, then added […]
Read More..>>Puttanesca
After the elaborateness of last night’s Thai dish, Stephen made us a simple puttanesca for dinner this evening. It was delicious and even better because he washed up afterwards too!
Read More..>>Vongole
This is one of my favourite pasta dishes but oddly, we’ve never cooked it. I’ve been thinking a lot about quick dishes lately as we both often get home late and this seemed ideal; and ideal it was – quick and tasty which is exactly what we were trying to achieve. Fry some garlic and […]
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