Mother´s Day Pasta Salad

Nothing special about this pasta salad, other that I made it on Mother´s Day. 

- Pasta of your choice
- courgette thinly sliced and raw
- mackarel fillets
- boiled egg
- walnuts
- black sesame seeds
- grated parmesan cheese
- chili olive oil
- white pepper
- salt

Chop the large pieces of the ingridients and mixed all together, drizzle with oil, pepper and cheese. 


(Sorry no photo, I was too hungry and I gulfed it down before I even reached for the camera!)
;-)

Courgette muffins

When I read the title of the recipe I had the same reaction than when I first heard of carrot cake. I thought: "really?"

But since I have learn that I should give new flavours a go. So I did. 

I used as base recipe my friend's Zuri from AZ Atelier's. But I didn't have nutmeg and I skipped the sugar. Zuri's muffins are a sweet version. Mine are savoury. With a twist. 

Thanks for the inspiration, Zuri!

Ingredients:

2 cups of self-raising flour

1 courgette roughly chopped

2 teaspoons of grated lemon zest

3/4 of a cup of milk

1 egg

a chili, chopped

a pinch of salt

Instructions:

Mix all the ingredients, pour into the muffin molds and bake on a pre-heated oven... you know the drill. 

You can eat them on their own, or with a bit of butter, or with ham and cheese... the possibilities are unlimited! Yum!

What will your twist on the courgette muffins be? Share it, please!

15-Jan-2012 menu & sort-of-chicken stock recipe

Breakfast: cereals

Lunch: Fish (pollack in this case) pan fried with herbs & soya sauce; carrot & courgette soup

Dinner: Roasted poussin (small chicken would do too) stuffed with lemon & roasted onions and red peppers

Washed down with a glass of white wine

Sort-of-chicken stock recipe:
With the carcass & roasted skin of the poussin, I made "poussin stock" (ie. chicken stock) by boiling the remains. Now I have my very own stock! See stock recipes for, emmmmm, stock recipes)

Chicken with cashew nuts and carrot purée

Chicken
Cashew nuts
Carrots... so far so good
Onions
Courgette
Potato
Olive oil
Salt
Herbs
Butter


Peal & chop all the veggies
Boil them all, except for the onions
Fry the onions in a pan with olive oil -I used my own chilli infused one
Add the diced chicken and the cashew nuts until golden
Mash the veggies when done & season to taste with your favourite herbs
Add some butter for flavour too :-)

Serve and enjoy!

Panga with potatoes

Panga
Potatoes
Courgettes
Salt & pepper
Lime

Cut the panga into cubes, marinate in lime
Salt & pepper
Fry the courgettes in a pan & add the panga
Peel the potatoes, cut them into chunks & boil in salted water
Strain & add the fish

Panga and pasta

Panga
Onion
Courgettes
Sweet paprika
Soya sauce
Rosemary
Salt & pepper
Parmesan cheese
Pasta - shape of your choice

Cut the panga into small cubes
Salt & pepper it
Add sweet paprika & rosemary to taste
If possible, let it all marinate for a while with a bit of soya sauce

Fry in a pan chopped courgettes & onion, when golden add fish

Boil the pasta in salted water

Strain & add the fried ingredients

Add parmesan cheese to your liking

Smoked salmon pasta

As Blue Cheese Pasta, but swap the blue cheese for... you guessed!

11-Apr-2010

Blue cheese pasta

Tortellini
Onion
Mushrooms
Courgettes
Cream
Blue cheese
Parmesan cheese

10-Apr-2010