Hi all,
I've just done my first new recipe challenge: Britmum’s creamy pasta
[FONT="]Serves 2[/FONT]
[FONT="]Free on Extra Easy and Green (if you syn or HE the ham)[/FONT]
[FONT="]Ingredients[/FONT]
2 cups of uncooked pasta (I used the tri coloured one)
3 slices of ham, chopped
4 heaped tablespoons of quark
1 crush clove of garlic
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1/2 teaspoon of paprika
mixed salad leaves
fresh chopped basil
[FONT="]Method[/FONT]
Add the pasta to a saucepan of boiling hot water and simmer until tender.
In a bowl mix together the chopped ham, quark, crushed garlic cloves, black pepper and paprika.
When pasta is ready, drain and stir in quark mixture.
Serve on some mixed salad leaves topped with fresh basil.
You could also add a HEa serving of cheese if you have one spare to use.
I hadn't had much veg today, so I fried some mushrooms and cherry toms in olive fry light and had smoked ham instead of ham.
Overall, it was quite nice. This is the first time I've used Quark, and I think it will take some getting used to! I don't usually have creamy pasta sauces either, so maybe it was just a bit too creamy. It made loads though, more like 3 portions than 2, probably because I'd added the mush and toms. I'm going to take some to work tomorrow and have it cold for lunch.
I also made up my 2nd new recipe, as I was using my mini blender for the garlic and basil, and both recipes use it:
[FONT="]Alternative pesto sauce posted by Mummy Helen:[/FONT]
[FONT="]1 Cup basil leaves
2 Tbsp lemon juice
2-3 cloves of garlic
2 Tbsp fat free (ground) parmesan cheese[/FONT]
I couldn't get any fat free, or reduced fat parmesan, but have added about 50g, so it will count as HEAs (it made 2 portions). Will tell you what it tastes like tomorrow or I might save it until Friday as it will make a v.quick tea when I'm rushing around trying to do everything before the footy starts!