This quick tasty meal is a wonderful mid week pasta and can be ready to serve half an hour after you walk through the door. It’s also another great lunchbox special: tastes equally good reheated in the microwave at work! Though pasta is low GI, particularly when cooked al dente and a little chewy in [...]
Italian recipes
Thyme seasoned mushroom and beans with wilted beetroot leaves
August 7th, 2009
Contrary to popular belief and my own intense internal desire to soak mushrooms in butter and cream every time I cook them, it isn’t a necessary aspect of making them delicious. These make the perfect Sunday brunch with some crispy toasted multigrain sourdough.
Fresh broad beans in white wine
July 20th, 2009
I really enjoy being able to take more than one bite out of a bean! You will either love or hate these beans, some really don’t like the flavour, but I only discovered them recently, and enjoy the slightly earthy, musty taste, with soft starchy texture and a tinge of ever so slight bitterness. They [...]
Buffalo Mozzarella with basil and tomato
July 20th, 2009
Buffalo mozzarella bears no resemblance whatsoever to the food labelled “mozzarella” you will find on supermarket shelves which is yellow and hard. This soft white cheese is more like bocconcini, though much bigger in size, and makes a scrumptious entre flavoured simply with basil and tomato, or even just tomato. I thought the word “buffalo” [...]
Chicken and roast zucchini pasta
June 26th, 2009
This very simple recipe combines the hearty taste of roast vegetables and white wine with the fresh tang of lemon and herbs. The zucchini can be replaced with another vegetable of your choice, such as pumpkin, sweet potato, or whatever you love best! Another tasty addition is a few anchovy fillets added to the vegetables [...]
Delicious tuna & white beans on toast
June 26th, 2009
This delicious tuna-and-beans recipe only take five minutes to prepare and is tangy and light, yet satisfying, thanks to the high protein content from the tuna and beans. The thin slices of sourdough bread provide adequate carbs to give you some immediate energy. var linkwithin_site_id = 38044; (function () { var elem = document.createElement(‘script’); elem.type [...]
