Eggplant Feta Cream

Another "put everything in a blender" recipe, but real tasty:

For one portion:
about 50g eggplant, diced and cooked with salt, pepper, thyme
parsley
30g feta cheese

Calories: 90

Reaaaal good with pasta, but I guess it could make a wonderful spread on your bread, too!

Wheat and Kamut with Pumpkin Seed Pesto

For the pesto (one portion):
10g pumpkin seeds, roasted
1 tbsp ricotta
1 tsp mint
salt and pepper to taste
Calories: 85

Pour everything in the blender and press the button! :D (but leave some of the seeds out for garnish)

Feta and Rocket Pesto

You will be surprised by this pesto. It's really easy, really good, and makes your pasta smooth and creamy (although you can't tell from the picture, but trust my word!)
So here's the recipe for one serving:
30g feta cheese
rocket (as much as you want)
nutmeg, pepper
a squeeze of lemon juice
a little water
Calories: 85

Just mix everything in a blender and that's it. You're ready! Just remember to put a little less salt in the pasta water, since feta's very salty.
Enjoy!

Tortelloni with cheese & pine nuts

pretty, huh? :D
I'm quite proud of these babies, they were so good...

One serving:
60g whole wheat flour
water, as much as necessary
30g philadelphia balance
50g ricotta
10g pine nuts, toasted
salt, nutmeg, pepper (you can see I use very little pepper, yes)
Calories: 375

ooh you know how these are made. it's no rocket science!
let me tell you, you will have a teaspoon or so of filling left (philadelphia+ricotta+smashed pine nuts) but you won't mind cause it's so soo good even on it's own! try it!!

Eggplant Gnocchi

Hello! I made gnocchi again! :D

I really liked my first attempt with carrots, so I decided to try with eggplant this time...
I think I have to modify the flour/eggplant ratio. My gnocchi were waaay too sticky and two of them even got somehow "destroyed" while boiling them, but the taste of these, paired with a simple tomato sauce, was SO good that I am definitely going to make them again so no problem!

Ingredients:
80g whole wheat flour
150g (I think I'll try with 100 next time) eggplant
salt, pepper, thyme, parsley
2 tbsp tomato sauce
5 or 6 cherry tomatoes, sliced
Calories: about 380

First, cook the eggplant, however you want (I just put it in a pan with some water and herbs), until it's soft. Remove the peel and mash the green (now brown actually :D) part. Add the flour and form the gnocchi (mine were no-shaped things as usual... I'm soo bad).
Prepare the dressing putting tomato sauce, tomatoes and herbs together and cooking for five minutes or so, meanwhile boil the gnocchi in salted water. That's going to take very little time, mine were ready in 3 minutes or so!
All you have to do next is put gnocchi and sauce together, stir, put in a plate and eat!
You're going to thank me later ;)

Cocoa Pasta

Yes, it's pasta with cocoa in it!
Yes, ok, it's not such great news. Lots of foodbloggers did it before. But they did tagliatelle. I did pretty squares. I actually wanted to make dainty little hearts, but I couldn't find the stamp. umpf!

Anyway, the cocoa flavor doesn't stick out very much, but the pasta's good. It looks good, most of all. And you know you are somehow managing to eat chocolate on a diet! How great is that?!


Cocoa Pasta




One serving:
67g flour + 3g cocoa powder
water (as much as necessary)

30g cream cheese (I used Philadelphia Balance)
pepper, schinus, cardamom, orange zest

Calories: 320

Do I need to tell you how it's made? No, I don't think so. It's easy, intuitive.
And nobody reads this blog anyway! :D

Carrot Gnocchi

my first carrot recipe! finally, I live up to my name :D

Carrot Gnocchi




For one serving:
60 g flour
150 g carrots
20 g parmesan
salt, pepper, nutmeg

Calories: about 350

Boil the carrots until they are soft (this could take a while... I think I let them boil for... uh... 40 minutes maybe? I wasn't really paying attention haha), then dice them or mash them, and add them to the flour. The batter will be a little sticky, so wet your hands before forming the gnocchi.
I did spheric gnocchi. Yes, it is an odd shape for gnocchi. Yes, they look like tiny little meatballs. But yes, they are pretty so why not do it??
Anyway, after you formed the balls, just cook them as for every pasta, in salted water. Mine took about 10 minutes to be ready.
Sprinkle them with pepper, nutmeg and parmesan and voilà!

Millet Spinach Salad

Have you noticed millet is almost never used?
This poor cereal is highly underestimated, in my opinion!
It cooks in ten minutes, it's pretty, it's yellow, it's good for your health... what's not to love?

Millet Spinach Salad

50g millet
50g spinach
5g almond thins, toasted
parsley, salt, pepper, nutmeg
Calories: 220

There isn't much to say about the preparation here :) I guess you all know how to make this... let's say I'm just here to inspire you!

Zucchini Ravioli

My first recipe! My first ravioli! I'm so excited!

Today, I woke up wanting to make ravioli... I actually was thinking of much weirder stuffings (strawberries, anyone?) but that project didn't quite come out right... don't worry, I will try again!
For now, let's enjoy some simple zucchini...



The pasta here is very simple. Just flour and water.
The filling is very simple, too (after a failed project, one wants to be sure the next is going to be all right, non?): just zucchini, diced and cooked with a little olive oil, salt, pepper and mint (I love mint in my zucchini... am I using too many parenthesis maybe?)


The most difficult part was trying to make them look pretty. Hell, it's my first time guys!
I thought the result wasn't too bad looking... surely it did not taste bad!


So, if you want some no-fuss, simple recipe... go with it! You won't be disappointed ;)

Love and carrot stews,
Serena