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!

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!!

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

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