Italian food, so nice, even when self prepared

Today, I prepared something Italian. I loved it and therefore want to share it.

Ingredients:

Almond and pine nuts
Green asparagus
Mushrooms
Wok mix
Pasta: Mezzelune con verdure alla griglia
Garlic
Herbs
Olive oil and spicy olive oil

Let's start ...

The pasta are mezzelune filled with basil, spinach and grilled vegetables including courgette and aubergine. I bought it prepared in a package and only needed to boil it for about 3-4 min but if you really like cooking, you may try to prepare it yourself (I won't).

In addition, I decided there needed some extra vegetables so I can use the pasta spread over two days. Therefore, I cut some green asparagus in half and some mushrooms in small pieces. I also used mixed sprouting vegetables called "wok mix". Finally, I cut a garlic in small pieces.

Some of the ingredients, i.e. "wok mix", mushrooms, green asparagus and garlic together with the pasta

While I started heating the water, I added some spicy oil and normal olive oil (according to taste can the amount differ) in a baking pan. Then I added the almond nuts and after a short time, I also added the mushrooms and asparagus (I use green asparagus as for me their taste is much better but of course, white asparagus can also be used). After a short period, I added the mok mix and used some herbs according to taste.

In the meanwhile, the water started boiling and I added half the package of pasta for about 4 min so the pasta became soft. I also added the garlic pieces and pine nuts to the other vegetables as they only need a short time to get ready.

Finally, I removed the pasta from the water and placed them on my plate after which I added the mixture of vegetables on top of them. With all those colours, it looked delicious. And it tasted as it looked.

Delicious meal, both for its looks and its taste.

Some other suggestions

As I mentioned in the article, I only used half of the pasta so tomorrow, I can have another dish. Of course, two times the same is a little boring and one gets tired of the meal. Therefore, I will replace some of the vegetables, for instance the asparagus with green beans and maybe also add some tomato pieces at the end of the cooking so they will be a little but not too soft. I may also replace the nuts with (or add in addition) cashew nuts so there is something a little harder.

And although I didn't add cheese, as we all know that can always be used with pasta.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

(18l) Belgium, king Leopold II and Congo

Image
Leopold II in Congo Belgium has a terrible human rights track record because of its second king Leopold II (1835 - 1909) during whose reign millions of people in Congo died. People may say he is not personally responsible but the same can be said of Hitler. However, Leopold II could have ruled only Belgium but this he considered too small and thus he lobbied to gain Congo for himself and succeeded on the condition he would treat its people correct, something he refused to do from day one. Therefore, he is responsible as he actively searched for this expansion to enrich himself so he could enlarge his own glory in his kingdom Belgium with neglect of his "subjects" in Congo. And people in those days had already a conscience because the king had to replace the first ambassador who refused to collaborate to expand the king's personal property.   To have an impression of the terror Leopold ii allowed in Congo is a picture in this article that shows a black father who l...
Read more

(05d) PM Merkel is against Eurobonds - I agree to some extend

I'm having again Internet after almost a three months break. Finally, back to the world. Many European politicians (and certainly economists) want to introduce Eurobonds and as I understand it, the EU may take some (most, all?) of the debts of poorer European countries and spread it over Europe so that both strong and weak shoulders will carry the problems. Of course, it is only understandable that Europe wants to help countries that are in need (as it should do because they are members). But, as the German PM Angela Merkel (a woman who thinks differently than most men and wants other solutions then the usual ones), I am against spreading debts because it will weaken every country that take some of the debts (it is similar to banks using savings of people to pay off their debts so that when people want their money the banks can't give it anymore (I wonder whether rating agencies threat some countries well so those countries are prepared to take responsibilities to save count...
Read more

Buildup of Tensions in Societies Throughout the World

Image
We notice worldwide tensions are growing within societies. This is mainly as a result of growing inequality but also other factors are involved such as a virus and climate change that destroys crops so people start to migrate as essentials become rarer and thus more expensive compared with what people earn. The result is likely that increasingly people in places where the migrants move to will demand a closing of their borders. Let's discuss. Financial crisis 2008-2009 While inequality was growing as a result of what many people earned versus rising costs of products, this accelerated when the financial crisis was organised just over ten years ago. As a result, people lost work and many even their home such as in the USA so poverty increased although the rich became richer. But, while house prices dropped because many flats and houses became available, those with money were able to buy them cheaper and sell or rent them out to make money when property prices rose again. The problem...
Read more