My garden’s been going nuts lately (good thing!), and I found myself needing to prune a whole lot of herbs. Aside from mint, which I made into tea, I had shallots, garlic chives and sweet basil to use up. So I thought… hmm… time to try making homemade pesto! This recipe has similarities to another [...]
Tags: boiled, dairy, food-processed, gluten free, nuts, pan fried, pasta, quick, vegetarian
I finally managed to find some nice fresh shitake mushrooms today. I LOVE them, they have a different texture to button mushrooms and go very well in pasta dishes in my experience. I decided to whip up a light pesto pasta with them tonight, recipe follows! It’s based on this pesto pasta recipe. The hubby [...]
Tags: boiled, gluten free, nuts, pan fried, pasta, quick, vegetarian
I made this easy recipe when having some friends over on holidays. I was really flattered when one of them asked for the recipe, especially as he’s a bit of a fussy eater (we love him anyway :-P). Ingredients… (makes 3 servings) * Spiral Pasta (enough for 3) * Garlic (pre-minced) * Parsley to season [...]
Tags: meatballs, not gluten free, pan fried, pasta, quick
This is a recipe I made up based on a recipe on the side of a Leggo’s pasta bake sauce bottle. I made it for my hubby & his family, and it went down very well :-) Ingredients (serves 5) * 1 cup mixed frozen carrot, corn, peas * 3 cups short pasta * 1 [...]
Tags: chicken, not gluten free, oven baked, pasta, quick