Bestest Carrot Salad recipe ever… June 24, 2008

In lieu of a proper post here is my recipe de jour…

I am going through one of those phases when I don’t really feel like cooking but I still want to eat something yummy (perhaps it’s called the midwinter food blues?).  I am sick of casseroles and mashed potatoes I want something tangy and light and most of all tasty…enter stage left my simple and delicious carrot salad

Step one:  Grate as many carrots as you think you will need ( 3-4 is usually enough for a side dish for 3)

step two:  add finely sliced red onion and a handful of flat leaf parsley and mint

step three: add salt and pepper, olive oil and juice of one large lemon

step four:  mix well and leave for about 1/2 hour 

step five:  add feta cheese to salad just before serving and mix again

Step six:  eat and eat until your heart is content (I usually keep some in the kitchen that I can eat on the sly later on)

Friday is recipe day. September 21, 2007

Most nights I cook dinner – mainly because I like doing it and I can also because I get a meal to the table in under 30 minutes – whereas the Adman usually takes  anywhere between 1 -2 hours to cook.  The Adman is a great cook but he just doesn’t  have the skills to be quick about it.  Last night   I made the yummiest pasta dish ever – and it took exactly 10 minutes to prepare, cook and serve.   Its the kind of recipe that you can change depending on whats in your fridge or who you are cooking for. For some reason kids seem to like it too – perhaps because of the bright green appearance?

 Pesto Pasta

-Pasta  – any variety

-pesto ( a good 2-3 tablespoons)

-plain Greek yogurt or sour cream (a good 2 -3 tablespoons)

 -mushrooms, sliced

-Sun dried tomatoes sliced

-bacon  cut into small pieces.

Place pasta in large pot and cook

While pasta is cooking fry the mushrooms and bacon until cook and the bacon is a bit crispy

Add the sundried tomatoes, pesto and sour cream/yogurt

Stir and pour over the drained pasta

SERVE