I have had a few very good dinners lately. A friend served me this delicious duck breast. I gave her advise on how to prepare a perfect breast, but I loved the ingredients served with it. Mashed sweet and regular potatoes, lightly steamed beans, and raspberries, and she added raspberry in the sauce, as well. DE-LI-CI-OUS!
The traditional ingredient to serve with duck are cherries. The raspberry were more interesting and provided a more interesting contrast to the salted meat.
Try it!
Penne with ruccola pesto and blue cheese
I make the most delicious pesto from home grown pesto from my garden of my country home. The idea for this sauce was conceived in an Italian restaurant, where I was served gnocchi with a ruccola-blue cheese sauce. To create a similarly smooth sauce, dissolve 75 grams blue cheese in a little milk over gentle heat. Add ruccola pesto and heat lightly until sauce is smooth.
Add olive oil to newly boiled penne or other pasta. Add fresh ruccola - as much as you want, and stir before adding the sauce. Before serving add Parmesan cheese and pepper.
Yum!
An extremely easy and healthy dinner (or two)
Coming home after a busy day at the office, you often have to make an easy meal. This does not mean that it has to be unhealthy.
Buy a bag of frozen vegetables, and place in an oven-proof dish. Add a little oil, salt, pepper, 200-300 grams of diced cold boiled ham. and stir. Then stir in what sauce you want, I used 3-4 tbsp of pesto. Place in a medium hot oven, and bake until tender.
High in proteins, low in fat and carbohydrates - and it tastes good too!
The traditional ingredient to serve with duck are cherries. The raspberry were more interesting and provided a more interesting contrast to the salted meat.
Try it!
Penne with ruccola pesto and blue cheeseI make the most delicious pesto from home grown pesto from my garden of my country home. The idea for this sauce was conceived in an Italian restaurant, where I was served gnocchi with a ruccola-blue cheese sauce. To create a similarly smooth sauce, dissolve 75 grams blue cheese in a little milk over gentle heat. Add ruccola pesto and heat lightly until sauce is smooth.
Add olive oil to newly boiled penne or other pasta. Add fresh ruccola - as much as you want, and stir before adding the sauce. Before serving add Parmesan cheese and pepper.
Yum!
An extremely easy and healthy dinner (or two)Coming home after a busy day at the office, you often have to make an easy meal. This does not mean that it has to be unhealthy.
Buy a bag of frozen vegetables, and place in an oven-proof dish. Add a little oil, salt, pepper, 200-300 grams of diced cold boiled ham. and stir. Then stir in what sauce you want, I used 3-4 tbsp of pesto. Place in a medium hot oven, and bake until tender.
High in proteins, low in fat and carbohydrates - and it tastes good too!
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