Archive for April, 2009
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Penne pasta with grilled courgettes and pine nuts
Serves 4
- 4 lrg courgettes (zucchini)
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 red chili
- Juice of 1 small lemon
- 150 gms grated Parmesan cheese
- 3 tbl sp olive oil
- 400 gms Penne pasta
- lrg handfull of pine nuts
This pasta dish is a great one for when I’m stumped for something to cook. Other than the courgettes the rest of the ingredients are usually in the cupboard. It’s reasonable simple to prepare as well - not to mention really tasty.
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Smashed celariac with chili, garlic and thyme
Firstly skin the celeriac by cutting the root off then cutting from the top down to the bottom In inch wide strips reapeat this al the way round the celeriac. Once skinned chop it into 1cm squares. It’s easiest to do this by cutting 1 cm thick slices lengthways then into strips and further into cubes. Once chopped start to gently fry in a generous amount of olive oil on a very low heat, adding the chopped garlic, chilli and stripped thyme leaves. Season with salt and pepper.
Continue to fry gently for about 20 minutes until the celeriac begins to soften. Then add a small amount of the chicken stock and let the liquid cook down, continue to add a little more stock, cooking for a further 10 to 15 minutes, stirring frequently Once the celaric begins to break up remove from the heat and serve. Note that this is not meant to be mash, there should still be some texture to it.
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New look, now to get busy writing!
Back at the beginning of February I Threw away my previous design (if you could call it that!) and stripped things back to a bare bones, wireframes look. I then added a little css to at least pretend I cared. I then managed to get a few recipes and other bits ‘n bobs up. Then came a little downslide in production due too being busy, not to mention a little bored of the dull look the site had.
Well, that’s all now changed with a new look! A splash of colour and some sense to the the way it’s laid out and here we are. It’s still work in progress, but I couldn’t hold off any longer. I trust you all like it (that’s if anyone actually reads my blog!) - anything had to be better than the last monstrousity
Now all that’s needed is for me to write more! Watch this space…